Weddingbee Blog

A while back, Mr. Sew realized he didn’t fit into any suits at the store. Sadly, we have yet to resume the search, due to his bruised ego and our mutual discomfort around pushy sales people. It’s led the family to jokingly say, “Why don’t you just make his suit, then?”

Hmm. Why don’t we? I think I can handle at least part of it,. So like the talented Miss Poodle, we set out to make a vest.

I picked out Vogue Pattern 8048, and we decided option C would be the best.

I found some awesome tropical plant overlay fabric for the outside, and Mr. Sew chose some crepe-backed satin for the inside lining.

First I cut out all the pieces. Unfortunately, Mr. Sew is smaller than the smallest size on the pattern, so of course I had to adjust for that.

Then Mr. Sew ironed on the lightweight fusible interfacing for me. This gives the vest a crisp look.

Next, I went through the somewhat arduous task of putting on pockets. In theory it was not so hard, but the drawing direction was vague and I ended up sewing the welts on upside down the first time around. This is why technical writers are oh-so-very important!

Cutting open the pocket was the best part!

Next came the back-waist-cinch-tie thing. I’ll need to find a nice clasp for it, I think.

We made sure to press the seams down as we went, so the vest would lay flat!

Then it was time to sew the liner and the front together!

Once it was sewn, we flipped the whole thing inside out, and pressed down the edges!

Finally, I sewed the shoulders together, and voila!

One vest for Mr. Sew. (His shirt in the picture is a more of a light grey, which makes the vest look a little odd. The wedding shirt will be white.)

Should we go with buttons on the front, or maybe some frogs?

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Mr. Sew also brought up the idea of maybe doing the outer layer of my corset in the tropical overlay fabric instead of the lace, so that we would match. Would this be a good idea? I really love the lace, but I love the idea of matching, as well! Maybe we’ll make two corsets for my indecision!

Will you match your groom in any way?