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Boring Vest Into A Shabby Chic Hello Kitty Vest *^ ^*

DIY- Y not?!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/boring-vest-into-a-shabby-chic-hello-kitty-vest-star-star • Posted by Disnerd85

I was looking through my fabric box the other day, and found a few scraps of cute fabric. What to do with them I thought? Hmm then I saw a plain vest... Lets put them both together, and make it Hello Kitty Chic (of course I had to get Hello Kitty in there somewhere!!) Hope you like it, let me know what you think! I can't remember how long it took me as I sewed it by hand...

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

3 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

I was looking through my fabric box the other day, and found a few scraps of cute fabric. What to do with them I thought? Hmm then I saw a plain vest... Lets put them both together, and make it Hello Kitty Chic (of course I had to get Hello Kitty in there somewhere!!) Hope you like it, let me know what you think! I can't remember how long it took me as I sewed it by hand...

Instructions

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    I found a picture I wanted to use, so I traced the image and stuck it onto card, to make it thicker.

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    Whilst waiting for it to dry, I chose some fabric scraps I wanted to use.

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    < I cut out the card pieces- like this.

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    Taking care when cutting out Kitty's head as it was fiddly :/

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    I cut out the face and ear part first (I put her ear to one side so I didn't lose it)

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    I decided where I wanted to put Kitty (on the left side near the bottom) and pinned her head on. [It helps having a dress makers dummy, so you know where everything sits!] Sew her head on

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    I cut out her top and shorts out of different fabrics, then sewed them on under her head.

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    < Then I sewed on her feet

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    < Arms and hands

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    < Kitty BOW!! :)

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    Her bow didn't stand out astoo well, so I sewed a thick black outline to make it stand out.

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    I didn't have any black fabric, so I marked out roughly where Kitty's eyes and nose were, then sewed them in black.

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    Next, I marked out her whiskers, then sewed those too.

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    Then I finished off by sewing around the outline

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    Finished top :)