Laced tabard vest sewing pattern

RECOMMENDED FABRICS: • Woven fabrics without stretch that can ideally be steam ironed. Best is cotton, linen, viscose, wool, polyamide or blends thereof. For example: cotton canvas, upholstery fabric, or winter jacket/coat fabric. • Thin or delicate fabrics can be backed up with soft woven fusible interfacing. NOT RECOMMENDED: • stretch fabrics (jersey, knits), velvets (cotton, polyamide, silk), satin, sheer weavings like chiffon, tulle or lace. Vinyl, genuine leather. These materials may require additional sewing techniques and/or advanced sewing skills. Working with these materials is not described in the guide.

For 140 cm wide fabric: 2m shell fabric, 2m lining for all sizes

Other materials & tools • Soft woven fusible interfacing (e.g., Vlieseline/Vilene G785, Pellon G785 or similar) • 5-8 buttons with 0.7-1” (1.8-2.5 cm) diameter. Or use front clasps, corsetry hooks & eyes, or loops & buttons • A scrap of leather/vinyl in upholstery quality for the front toggles. Get circa 6x8” (15x20 cm). For thin materials, double the amount needed and glue both layers wrong-sides together • 7.5y (7m) piping (optional). Alternatively, get 57x12” (150x 30 cm) of soft woven fabric or vinyl and cut it into stripes to make your own piping • Sharp scissors for fabric • Tailor’s chalk or other suitable marker for your materials • Fabric clips/fasteners or pins. Clips work better with leather/vinyl. • Needle & thread in matching color to your materials • Ironing station • Spray glue or contact glue suitable for leather/vinyl • Hole punching tools for leather/vinyl • Box cutter or sharp scissors for leather • For sticky leather/vinyl a Teflon® sewing foot may be helpful. Alternatively, gently brush the material with common face powder and wipe the powder off with a moist cloth afterwards