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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Vest Styles
  • Fabric & Color Selection
  • Piecing Techniques:
    • Fabric Preparation
    • Technique One- Adding Strips to a Foundation
    • Technique Two- Sewing Squares to Create a New Fabric
    • Technique Three- Combining Strips, Squares and blocks on a Foundation
  • Embellishments:
    • Prairie Points
    • Decorative Topstitching
    • Fabric Manipulations
    • Ribbons and Lace
    • Trinkets, Baubles, and Beads
    • Shoulder Accents
  • Reversible Vests
  • Gallery of Vests
  • Vests for Inspiration
  • Vest Patterns:
    • Red Hot Strippers
    • Blue, Blue Waves
    • Oriental Tea Garden
    • Sunny Spring
    • Springtime Tulips
    • Emeralds and Sapphires
    • Blue Birds of Paradise
    • Fancy Turquoise
    • Something Old
    • Madam Butterfly
    • Something Blue
    • Blue and Purple Passions
    • Morning Glory
    • Hearts and Flowers
  • Assembly and Finishing
  • Block Designs
  • Resource List
  • About the Author

Title: Easy Reversible Vests
Editors: Carol Doak
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1995
Publisher: That Patchwork Place, Bothell, WA
Language: English
Page Count: 88, plus a large pullout pattern sheet bound into the back of the book
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1564770923

SUMMARY- Instructions are sound and you get a great variety of patterns. You could have a LOT of fun playing with this book and have a lot of fabulous and colorful vests to wear as a result. I'm a big fan of doing crafts in the public eye, and wearing them is one way to do this. I love this book.