This is one of my rare UFO. I started this project quite a long time ago. I had made a muslin and put it all together, only to realize it was a bit too boxy for my taste.
Faux fur is a bit tedious to work with, as it invovles trimming the hair from all the seam allowances. So after working on if for a while, I kind of ran out of steam. Plus spring was coming, so I put it away. Actually it sat on my dressform for over a year...
Then finally, just before christmas, I found myself without a sewing
project. I didn't want to start something from scratch as we were going
away for the holidays. So I pulled the vest out of the closet (it had
migrated from the dressform to the closet before summer) I took another
look at it and started pinning in every seam. I also decided to give it a
lower V-shaped neckline, as opposed to the higher round shape that
contrinubted to make it look overwhelming on my figure.
Eventually I managed to turn it into something that I'm happy with. With the fur it's not so obvious, but the
V-shape actually makes a big difference, and thanks to the princess seams I
added in the back, I was able to take it in in four different places
thus balancing things a bit better.
The pattern is Simplicity 2285 - my early post about the muslin has a bit more detail about the changes I made. Also, Sonja just posted a great article on her blog about how to sew with fur, full of great tips.
I'm really glad that I finished it, I was so excited about the faux fur
when I firts bought it. It was one of those purchases where I went to
the store a few times, petting it for a minute, but then walking away, before I finally
made the leap of buying a meter of it.
I've already worn this a few times, it's quite comfortable and warm and goes with pretty much anything. So glad I finally got the motivation to finishing this!
