Elijah’s Cowboy Vest: Simplicity 1923 Review

 

 

 

Wearing the cowboy vest the 4th day in a row!

My little boy has recently turned into quite the cowboy.  Hardly a day goes by in which he isn’t wearing his cowboy boots.  🙂  This past week I decided to make Eli a little cowboy vest to go with his daily ensemble.  What do you think?

What a delight this little boy is in our lives.

 I used Simplicity pattern 1923 view C with 3 buttons.  I made Elijah a size 2 which seems to be just a little big.  He should get a lot of wear out of it though.     

 

 

 

I did line the vest as the Simplicity 1923 pattern suggested.  Instead of using a typical thin, slippery vest lining material I used a regular cotton.  Actually I cut up an old blue sheet that we no longer used.  🙂  This made the lining easy to sew and gives the vest a nice casual look. 

 

 

I am very pleased with how the vest turned out.  I made sure to press often as I sewed  and used pins even when I was tempted not to.  (Sometimes I’m a lazy sewer.) 

 

The only part of the pattern I disliked was sewing step 7.  I had trouble understanding how the side seams together while at the same time not seeing the seams.  I simply sewed the side seams together and then finished them with a serger.  They are visible on the inside but I still think the vest looks fairly nice.  I also may or may not have put the buttons on the wrong side for a little boy.  I couldn’t remember is it left over right for a boy or right over left.  If I can’t remember hopefully no one will notice if it is backwards.  🙂 

 

Overall I really enjoyed sewing this project.  It was very quick and easy to put together.  One could easily sew it from start to finish during your little one’s naptime.  🙂  I may attempt making another vest for Easter that is on the fancy side.  What do you think? 

It was wonderful to find such a cute pattern for little boys.  I have found that it is much more difficult to find cute patterns for boys than for little girls.  (I would estimate that there are about 4 times as many patterns for little girls as for little boys.)  Regardless of whether you are sewing for a little girl or boy the next time you find a .99 pattern sale I would recommend picking up Simplicity 1923. It also contains a button up shirt with rolled up sleeves, long shorts (they look like capri pants to me), and a sweet little dress.

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