How to make a vest from a denim jacket?

A denim vest is one of the main fashion trends of the last few fashion seasons. It goes well with light sundresses and dresses, short shorts and bright skirts. However, not every girl has the money to buy this useful and stylish thing, especially since such vests are sometimes unreasonably expensive.

A good way to update your wardrobe without striking a significant impact on your wallet is to make a fashionable vest from an old denim jacket. If you do not have suitable jeans, you can put the thing in the case with someone else's shoulder, because the vest does not have to be exactly the size.

To give a shabby denim jacket a new life, simply unplug the sleeves from it, process a few stitches and, if necessary, decorate it with various decorative elements.

For work you may need:

• cutting scissors;
• color matching threads;
• wax crayon or remnant;
• safety pins set;
• sewing device;
• needle or sewing machine;
• decorations (optional).

The procedure will be as follows:

• To begin with, put on the product new contours for sleeve armhole. There is no need to gently pull off the sleeves, since the armholes at the waistcoat should be a little deeper than that of a denim jacket.
• Then trim the sleeves on the markup, leaving about 1 cm for the treatment of seams.

The seams can be processed in several ways:

• pull a few threads along the edge to make a careless fringe;
• sweep with overlock;
• sheathe braid.

If you chose the latter method, then you will need to purchase a suitable tape (1 meter of tape will be more than enough). The tape is sewn to the cut armhole seam 5 mm.

You can decorate the vest with the help of various materials at hand, for example, buttons, beads, rhinestones, fringe, ribbons, etc. Consider the two most interesting ways to decorate a denim vest.

Metal rivets give a simple denim waistcoat a slight touch of punk or rock styling. The first thing to do is to think over a pattern or pattern of staves and schematically mark it on a vest (the most convenient way is to use a special washable marker for this purpose). Then we estimate the approximate amount of riveting we need.

Now you need to carefully attach the rivets to the waistcoat so that you get the planned pattern. The easiest way to fix them with a special machine, but usually only professional seamstresses have it. Therefore, we advise you to use a set of tools for installing buttons and rivets, which are in a large assortment in ordinary handicraft stores. However, you can cheat and buy imitation rivets on a self-adhesive basis.

Rough jeans and exquisite lace in a pair make an incredibly beautiful combination.

Therefore, as another way to decorate a denim vest, we want to offer you a lace trim. In the sewing shops you can find many options for lace ribbons - from synthetic lace to real lace, woven on bobbins. We advise you to choose cotton, textured lace - on denim it will look more impressive.

How exactly to use lace to decorate vests - it's up to you.You can put a thin strip on the edge of the armhole, you can trim them with pockets or use as an original patch. Appliqués look very tender, in the form of lace patterns cut along the contour.

Ripped jeans haven't been out of fashion for a very long time, and we can hope that this trend will last for several more seasons.

So, to make spectacular holes on a denim vest, we need a sewing razvarivatel and a little patience. We choose the place of the future tears, take a razvarivatel and make in a row several vertical cuts of different lengths. Then we turn the steamer with a rounded end and start pulling the white transverse threads one by one. Carefully remove the longitudinal blue threads. We finish work when the hole reaches the desired size.

Fashionable "vintage" vest ready!