Learn an easy way to turn a basic vest pattern into a one of-a-kind reversible vest featuring a paper-pieced design from Carol's book, Easy Reversible Vests-Revised Edition (September 2008 Martingale & Co.). This new edition of this best-selling book offers updated designs and approaches to create a vest you will love making and love wearing. It features the Batik Beauty vest on the cover, showing the wonderful drama created by using a focus batik fabric on one vest front and squares and alternating strips on the other vest front. The radiant paper-pieced block adds just the perfect detail. You will work on one vest side during the workshop and the other side can be completed at your leisure.

Supplies:

Sewing machine, size 90/14 and 80/12 needles, and walking foot or even feed foot.

General sewing supplies such as thread, pins, pencil, stick-on note pad and small scissors.

Rotary cutter /mat (17 1/2" x 23 1/2" is ideal), 3 1/2" x 24" or a 6" x 12" rotary ruler

6" Add-A-Quarter ruler (I will supply your paper-pieced block foundation.)

Vest Pattern: A pattern for a vest that has one pattern piece that is used for both vest

fronts and one piece for the back (no darts or special sewing needs). Make a tracing of the

front pattern piece on transparent material such as pattern tracing material. Make a muslin

trial vest in the size you intend to make in order to check that the vest fits well. Note: Easy

Reversible Vests-Revised Edition, contains 2 vest patterns appropriate for this class.

Fabrics: The fabrics listed are for one vest side only.

Left Side - 3/4 yard (or length of vest) One multi-color batik fabric cut in the shape of the

left front pattern piece. (Bring the left over fabric.)

Right Side – 1/8 yard each of 4 to 6 coordinating batiks for squares

1/8 yard very light or very dark coordinating batik for alternating strips

Bring small pieces of any additional batiks you might like to include in the paper-pieced

block.

Back - 3/4 yard (or length of vest) One piece of batik fabric that goes with the front fabrics.

Cut out the vest back, but bring the left over fabric.

Fabric foundation - Cut one right front pattern piece from a light solid fabric if your vest

has light values and a dark solid fabric if your vest has medium or dark values.

VEST SIDE TWO:

The other side of the vest will be sewn at your leisure using the same techniques, but in a

different color scheme. If you are a speedy worker, you are welcome to bring along another

grouping of fabrics and another right front foundation for the other side of the vest and get

started.