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Hero Vest, Make It Perfect, Uptown Girl

.Baby Poppy turned 1.

At the beginning of July baby Poppy turned 1. She is the sweetest little thing. All smiles and cuddles with the most adorable wispy, blonde hair.

For her birthday I made her a little size 1 Uptown Girl – I love how the smaller sizes use hardly any fabric, perfect for some stash busting sewing!

 

This jacket is made using quilting cotton for both layers with some left-over quilt batting in between for snuggly warmth.

 

And for when it’s cold, but not cold enough for a big jacket, I also made her a girl-style Hero Vest.

 Quilting cotton exterior with polar fleece lining and cute circular pockets.

 
Oh, and here’s a shot of the other side of the Uptown Girl jacket, a little less bright and busy.

SUPPLIES:
Make It Perfect, Uptown Girl pattern
Amy Butler, Soul Blossoms, Joy Buttercup in Spearmint
Amy Butler, Love, Sunspots in Mint
Make It Perfect Hero Vest pattern
Saffron Craig, Wombat Wonderland, Sunray in Blue

September 24, 2013
Hero Vest, Make It Perfect

.Hero Vest in jersey knit.

This Hero Vest was one of the first I made and it has been worn to death over winter. Unlike Oscar, Tommy is our cold boy. He doesn’t handle winter so well and is always freezing. His Hero Vests have saved the day over and over again, in fact, I’m planning on sewing him another one ASAP so that there is always a clean one to be worn!

 

I didn’t even bother getting Tommy a jacket this winter. I knew we wouldn’t be spending a great deal of time outside with a new baby and his vests have been just the right amount of warmth to do the job. He saves the hood for the special occasion of rain only!

 


This Hero Vest is sewn with a knit fabric exterior. As nice as the cotton version is, there is something cosier about soft and stretchy knit fabric, I think it’s a little warmer too. Our first few days of Spring were delightful, unfortunately the weather is taking a cold turn again so I think we’ve got plenty of Hero Vest wearing time ahead of us!

 
 
 
 

SUPPLIES:
Make It Perfect, Hero Vest pattern
Blue tone on tone jersey knit from Girl Charlee
Grey polar fleece from Lincraft

September 9, 2013
Hero Vest, Make It Perfect

.My quest to keep him warm!.

In my quest to keep the boy who only wears shorts and a tshirt warm, another Hero Vest was in order. It has been sitting in his cupboard for 2 months and he has worn it a total of zero times. Which I kind of expected anyway and don’t really mind because he can pass it down to Tommy in a few years time and it will still be in perfect condition!
I really just needed to make one in his size to test the fit when I was developing the pattern – having a heap of kids in different sizes really helps for testing pattern sizing!
I used grey knit for the exterior and Hilco fabric for the ribbing. The lime green polar fleece was from Lincraft online.

Oscar did think that it was cool and said he would wear it…if he got cold! We’ve had some really cold, rainy weather lately so maybe I could trick him into wearing it once or twice before winter is finished just for the satisfaction of seeing him in it!

SUPPLIES:
Make It Perfect, Hero Vest pattern
Stella knit in grey marle
Hilco Ribbing in blue/lime
Polar fleece in lime green 

August 14, 2013
Hero Vest, Make It Perfect

.Hero Vest for a GIRL.

Sewing for girls is a breeze…they have the most versatile wardrobes and a pattern targeted at boys can easily be sewn up in girl-friendly fabric – a bonus if you have boys and girls in your family.

And while I think the Hero Vest is the perfect boy sewing pattern, I also knew that it would be awesome for a girl.

The Hero Vest with girl power!

 

This Hero Vest is made using jersey knit for the exterior, polar fleece for the lining and ribbing for the aqua binding.

I really like how the charcoal lining peeking out from the hood and black zipper help to tone down the bright pink so that it isn’t so sweet and pretty – adds a bit of funk, don’t you think?

 

The pockets are one of my favourite features on the Hero Vest. I really like the quirkiness of the circular openings and decorative topstitching outlining the shape of the pocket.

These are so satisfying to sew and a great way to gain more confidence with knit sewing and inserting zips. In fact, this is the easiest way you can sew in a zip (in my opinion) so I highly recommend you giving it a try if you have been avoiding them in the past – embrace the zip, you will open yourself to so many more sewing options once you aren’t scared of them anymore! Oh, and if you don’t want to use a knit fabric for your exterior, remember this pattern is so versatile and works really well with a woven cotton exterior too.

The giveaway for the Hero Vest pattern is still running, visit this post to enter!

Or if you don’t want to wait, this pattern is available as an instant download PDF here!

July 8, 2013