The Sewing Workshop Nine Lives Vest

The Sewing Workshop

£15.00 – £22.00

Buy the Nine Lives Vest sewing pattern from The Sewing Workshop. Four pattern pieces create an asymmetric top with differing shoulder seam lengths, a stand-up collar, and a diagonal hem. This button-front easy top looks great with or without a blouse or t-shirt.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: Light to mid-weight fabrics in stable knits or wovens such as linen, cotton, rayon/viscose, wool, silk.

Fabric requirements: 

45″ (114 cm) wide fabric: Size 1, 1 1/2 yd (1.4 m) // Sizes 2 – 3, 1 3/4 yd (1.6 m).

60″ (152 cm) wide fabric: Size 1, 1 yd (0.9 m) // Sizes 2 – 3, 1 5/8 yd (1.5 m).

Sizing: 1 – 3 (approx. UK 4/6 – 22, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer’s size chart.

Notions: Thread; 1 yd lightweight fusible interfacing (optional); five 1/2″ buttons; tagboard or manila file folder; fusible web tape.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; print-at-home pattern (34 pages); 36″ wide copy shop pattern (1 sheet); A0 copy shop pattern (2 sheets).

Note: The measurements in the instructions are in yards and inches only.

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