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Beyond Beginner Sewing: Making a Quilted Linen Vest

teacher avatar Jessica Rose, Quiltd Studios | Designer | Educator

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction to Beyond Beginner Sewing

      1:55

    • 2.

      Class Overview

      2:43

    • 3.

      Necessary Supplies

      2:28

    • 4.

      Assembling the Pattern

      2:38

    • 5.

      Preparing Your Fabric

      2:20

    • 6.

      Fabric Basting

      3:39

    • 7.

      Marking Quilt Lines + Quilting Fabric Panels

      4:26

    • 8.

      Cutting Your Pattern Pieces

      5:49

    • 9.

      Sewing the Vest

      2:24

    • 10.

      Making Double Fold Tape

      4:30

    • 11.

      Making Double Fold Tape pt. 2

      5:54

    • 12.

      Attaching the Bias Tape + Sewing Inside Double Fold Tape

      2:56

    • 13.

      Sewing Outside Double Fold Tape

      5:01

    • 14.

      Finishing Touches

      2:49

    • 15.

      Conclusion + Next Steps

      1:55

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About This Class

Ready to level up in sewing and make a fashion statement? Learn how to quilt fabric together and make a gorgeous quilted linen vest. Join Jessica Rose, founder of Quiltd Studios, in this immersive Skillshare class designed to take your sewing skills and to the next level.

Whether you're a seasoned sewist or someone who's just beginning to explore the world of sewing and fashion, this class offers a perfect blend of challenge and guidance. Jessica will walk you through every step of the process, from selecting the finest linen fabric to mastering essential quilting techniques.

Throughout the course, you'll learn how to:

  • Choose the right materials and tools for your project - Seriously this can be a headache for beginners (and even intermediate sewists), learn how to sew with linen, a gorgeous material that is super versatile. 
  • Cut and assemble fabric pieces with precision and confidence - Don't worry about accidentally starting a project that you can't finish, this is a pattern hand designed just for you. It doesn't include any super complex directions and is perfect for beginners. 
  • Seamlessly combine quilting and garment construction techniques - Don't learn how to make quilt clothes from clothing designers, seriously they are experts at clothing.. not quilting! Let me teach you how to quilt correctly, so you'll be able to learn the right way from the very beginning.
  • Customize your vest with custom sizing and adjustments - Every single person is unique and lovely in their own way, learn how to change the lines of the vest pattern to be perfect for YOUR SHAPE. 
  • Troubleshoot common sewing challenges and refine your craftsmanship - There's always something that can go wrong, you can work though common problems with me during the class. And I'm always here for questions/issues that arise, message me or leave a comment so I can help!

By the end of the class, you'll not only have a beautiful quilted linen vest to showcase your newfound skills but also a deeper understanding of sewing principles that you can apply to future projects. Whether you're looking to expand your handmade wardrobe or create thoughtful gifts for loved ones, this class is sure to inspire and empower you on your sewing journey.

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Jessica Rose

Quiltd Studios | Designer | Educator

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Welcome to my little corner of Skillshare. I'm Jess, and I'm excited to share my love of sewing and quilting with you. Sewing has always been a passion of mine, and I was lucky enough to learn as a little girl. I can't wait to show you everything I know about the art of sewing.

Just a little about me:

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and yes I wear socks and sandals (it's completely acceptable there). My parents taught me how to sew, garden, craft, and DIY just about anything. It was a childhood filled with sun-warmed blackberries and soggy rain boots.

I met my husband in college at Brigham Young University Provo, we were climbing friends.. and then we became climbing spouses! He is the kindest person I know, I'm lucky to have him as my sidekick. When he's not... See full profile

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1. Introduction to Beyond Beginner Sewing: Ready to embark on a sewing journey that's both fun and stylish. You're in the right place. Before we begin the sewing adventure, let me introduce myself. I'm Jessica Rose. Your guide on creating an easy quilted vest. I specialize in modern and stylish quilt patterns. I'm also a fabric designer for Moti fabrics. Over the years, I've had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with some of the biggest names in the sewing and quilting industry. Every experience and collaboration has enriched my craft and fueled my love for creating stylish and functional pieces. I'm thrilled to share all of the knowledge that I've gained from sewing over the past 20 years, which makes me sound really old. I just learned how to sew a really young age. In this class, you'll not only learn how to craft a stylish quilted vest, but also gain insights into the techniques and tips that I've gathered throughout my journey. We'll explore the art of quilting fabric together, discovering the joy of cutting out and assembling patterns. And we'll turn simple materials into a masterpiece that you can proudly wear. Learning how to make clothing from patterns can be so much easier than you think. And it's the perfect way to get started in crafting a wardrobe that's both sustainable and unique. Sewing is a valuable skill for anyone looking to expand their creativity or even start a fun side household, whether you're a seasoned sewer or quilter, or you're even just starting out, join me in this adventure. This class is perfect for those who have been introduced to sewing, but would like to expand their skills into quilting or making simple clothing patterns. I cannot wait to see the unique pieces that you will craft along the way. So let's get started. 2. Class Overview: Let's jump into what we'll be covering during this class. Making a quilted best is the perfect way to get started on making clothing from patterns and bonus you get to learn how to quilt fabric together. You will need to have a basic understanding of how your sewing machine works, how to sew, and how to pin for true beginners, it would be a good idea to start with my earlier class. I chose this specific project for a few reasons. One, I saw the cutest quilted clothing being sold at my favorite clothing brands like Anthral and Made Well. And I've been wanting to make my own quilted linen Invest ever since. Really, this class was a great excuse to make one reason. Number two, making clothes can be really scary if you've never been shown how to make them, but they are so much easier than you think once you get past all of the weird vocabulary. It's really simple. It's a process that anyone can learn and replicate. Lastly, I also snuck in some quilting because I'm a quilt at heart. It's a technique that I love for so many reasons, but it definitely adds a timeless element to any project. This is the perfect introduction to it. Quilting is a technique that can be applied anywhere. Bags, pillows, clothing, and obviously quilts. If at any point you start to feel overwhelmed, just remember to hit pause and go back over any steps that you may have missed. Sewing is a lot like cooking. In some ways you have a list of ingredients and you simply need to follow a set of steps to get the final result that you're looking for together. We'll go through how to print out and assemble a clothing pattern. We'll go through how to pick out the right fabric for this project. How to baste and quilt panels of fabric together. How to cut out pattern pieces from the quilted fabric. How to assemble the vest using the easiest methods, I promise. And lastly, how to finish the edges of the vest and add finishing touches to help you gather all of the right supplies. I included a PDF list to help you see everything in one place. Don't forget to download it so that you have everything you need before we get started. Included in this class is also a free pattern for a vest, and I will put links for that. I'm so excited to get started. Now that we know exactly what project we're working on, let's go over all of the necessary supplies that you'll need to make this cute linen vest. I'll see you there. 3. Necessary Supplies: Let's get started and gathering everything that you'll need to be successful. You'll have a much better outcome if everything that you need is already in one place. Before you begin to start, you'll need a way to sew. Usually that means using a sewing machine. Any sewing machine that can do a straight stitch will work. Nothing fancy is needed when making clothing. Usually a surgery is used. However, in this project, the seams are actually covered. Therefore, a surgery is unnecessary. You will also need fabric. I chose 100% linen because it crinkles when it's washed, which gives the project a really great end result. If you'd prefer to use another type of fabric, I would just say to avoid any fabric that has stretch to it. Stretchy fabrics are notoriously hard to sew with. Believe me, I've learned that the hard way, the amount of fabric will depend on the size of your vest. But it will be anywhere from 1.2 yards to 3 yards. This includes the lining of the vest, which will also be in linen. While you're picking up fabric, make sure to pick up a matching color thread. You can find the thread types on the PDF download supply list. To cut out the fabric pieces, you will need either a rotary cutter or fabric scissors, or any scissors. Sometimes I just use the nearest scissors I can find because my little girls abscond my fabric scissors. You will need to print out the pattern pieces and have some tape nearby to assemble the pieces. To make this vest quilted, you'll need thin batting to go in between the outside fabric and the lining fabric of the vest. This batting can be cotton, pre, shrunk or not. And any other type of batting will work. Really to mark the quilting lines, you'll need a clear acrylic ruler and a Hara marker or a table knife will work just as fine. Lastly, you'll need safety pins and normal sewing pins or clips to hold everything together while we're sewing. That concludes the necessary supplies that you'll need to make our quilted linen vest. I can't wait to get started on cutting out pattern pieces and quilting. So join me in the next lesson where we will be covering everything else. 4. Assembling the Pattern: Now that we've covered what you'll need for necessary supplies, next we're going to learn how to print out and assemble a paper clothing pattern. By the end of this lesson, you should be able to print out and put together mostly any clothing pattern for a Qilted vest. You can find the free pattern at the link provided in the resources section. Print out the first page of this pattern. It will have a square on it that you can measure to ensure that your prints are accurately sized. Measure the square and it should match your ruler. If it does, if it's too big or too small, you may need to adjust your printer settings to get a more accurate print. You should do this before you print out any pattern. This will help you maintain accuracy with your sizing. Patterns usually have different sizes indicated by line type and by color. Lay your pages out in the order indicated by the overview page. The overview page just gives you a bird's eye view of the entire pattern before taping pieces together. Make sure that they overlap correctly. They don't have to be perfect, but they should lay flat. Most patterns will have small indicators like circles, diamonds, squares, lines, anything. But it should match up when overlapped. It can be hard to see through the paper, but getting really close is all we really need, especially for a looser fitting garment like the quilted vest that we're making. Let's take these pages together Like this. I usually tape just where the pattern overlaps and the other paper doesn't matter on the pattern. You'll see notations like on the fold or marks where you can make notches to later help you match pieces up. Notches can be done outward, like triangles, or inward, depending on how wide your seam allowance is and what the pattern indicates. Remember that the seam allowance is how much fabric will be on the other side of your sewing line. In clothing, a seam allowance is generally larger than in quilting. For this project, our seam allowance will be around three eighth of an inch. Honestly, if it's a little bit smaller and or a little bit bigger, it's not going to make that much of a difference. As long as your seam allowance is consistent, it can mostly be anywhere from a four to a half inch wide. Now that we've printed and assembled our paper pattern, let's get our fabric ready for filting in the next lesson. I'm excited to see you there. 5. Preparing Your Fabric: We're going to get started by preparing our fabric. So make sure it's ironed, nice and flat so that there's no wrinkles when we get started with our cutting. Once you've done that, gather up all of your supplies. So we're going to need your fabric which has been ironed. The pattern piece which you've loosely cut out, your batting, which can be, again, cotton wool, anything like that. Just make sure it's thin. Lay your fabric out so it's nice and flat. What we need to do is to create a rectangle of fabric that will fit two of these template pieces. I like to flip mine over to make sure that my rectangle is going to be big enough. Once I've done that, then I can start cutting out this rectangle and make sure that you cut two. We're going to need one for the outside of our vest and we're going to need one that will end up being the lining side of our vest. If you have a different fabric that's not linen or is a different color, then the second rectangle will be the same size, but it will be in your lining fabric. One rectangle that should fit, two pattern pieces of outer and one of lining. We're going to repeat this with our second pattern piece. This is the back piece which will actually be folded and will be cut on the fold later on when we're cutting our template pieces. Once we've completed that, we should have four rectangles in total. Two that match and another two that match. Next we need to cut out the batting pieces. We will need two pieces of batting, one for each set of rectangles, for our front pieces of our vest, and for the back piece of our vest. Again, I chose batting that was pretty thin because when I washed it, I didn't want it to be super thick. But if you want, you could totally pick a thicker batting and have it be really puffy. And I would love to see that. You can see instead of even by ruler, I'm just using the same rectangle as a guide. And I'm just going to cut that so that way it's a nice perfect rectangle that matches. Once we've done this, we are ready to get started with our basing, and I'm excited to show you more. 6. Fabric Basting: Now that we've gone through how to prepare a fabric, it's iron and cut and ready to go, we're going to base our layers together. The first method is by using quilt basting spray, which you can pick up at most craft stores also. The second method is using safety pins. I like both methods for different reasons, but my preferred method and the one I usually use, is quilt basing spray just because it's a little bit faster. First, lay down your lining fabric and it should be faced down. And then we're going to take our rectangle of batting and put that right on top, smooth it down, and make sure that it's really nice and smooth. There's nothing worse than quilting lines or wrinkles into your fabric, although it's happened to all of us. Don't feel bad if it happens to you. What we're going to do now is we're going to carefully roll up the batting. This is just how I do it. I'm not sure how other cultures do it, but I find by rolling it up very gently and rolling it back down as I spray it gives me this nice methodical way to apply the spray. Now, when you are spraying, be gentle. You do not want to saturate the fabric. It is just a fine mist of stickiness that keeps it all together, the layers altogether. If you do saturate it, it might cause stains and hard spots that are hard to get out. When you wash it later. Roll out the roll part, unroll it is what I meant to say. Unroll the batting very gently, and you can see here, and I push down as I go. Then I'm actually going to repeat this on the top half. I first start with the bottom half and spray, then I'm going to repeat on the top here, you can see me just trimming the edges to make sure that I get my fabric lined up perfectly, but you don't have to do that. That's optional. Again, we're going to do the same thing. Roll up your fabric. I won't show you the rest of the steps. You get the idea firmly pressed down. Now I'm going to show you how to base with safety pins. Same thing. Put your lining fabric down, then batting. And then all you have to do is push that safety pin through all of the layers. And you'll do that every two or 3 " along the entire expanse of the panels. And that is it. As far as been basin goes, it's very simple and very cheap. And I still use that method quite a bit as well. Now that we've done this, we're ready to get started with the next step. I can't wait to see you there. 7. Marking Quilt Lines + Quilting Fabric Panels: We have both of our panels, which I've spray based. Now we have two options for making lines in our fabric. You could also use some marking device, pencils or pens that are washable, but I had problems with these sometimes in the past washing out. Actually, I like to use what's called a hair marker. All hair markers do is just make an indent in the fabric so that you have your lines. Now if you don't have a hair marker, you could also use the back, the dull edge of a butter knife. Don't push too hard into your fabric. You don't want to catch anything for slow. Let's decide what pattern we want for our quilting. You can do squares, you can do just lines, match, stick. Quilting is what that's called. You can actually do really anything. But if you are a beginner, I would suggest doing something that's very simple and has a very simple geometric design. Now remember we have two panels right here. It's not a huge deal. But if you would like to have these matched up, you do need to be aware of where your quilting is. If your quilting is too big, it's going to be harder to match up. If it's a little bit smaller, I think it's going to be easier to match up those panels. The back panel will look like this. Really? We just want to make sure that it's somewhat centered in the back. Also, we can choose the color of the quilting that we want. You can do something that, that would be like the opposite color. It would be able to be seen. You could do something that's like a very similar color. Gold, which is really pretty, or I'm basic, I'm going to end up doing exactly the same color as my best. The most important part is to make one line up. I'm going to start with 60 degrees because I like these diamonds that I'm going to use this just so you can see what that's going to look like. 8. Cutting Your Pattern Pieces: I finished quilting both panels. This is the panel for the back, and this will be folded in half when we cut. This is the panel for the two front pieces. Here is our standard vest pattern. It's full length. You can see here, it does include seam allowance, cut off about a half inch around all the sides and that will be the final size of your vest. What you should do is cut out a general version near the size that you want and then lay it on your body to see how long you want your vest and how wide you want your vest. My test version was way too small. What I'm doing is I'm going up two sizes to medium. Right here you can see the also, because I have a larger chest, this was also way too narrow for me, like so narrow. I actually I liked it cropped because I'm also very short. In some ways, I basically changed the bottom length to be something that's more cropped for me. I follow the same line basically. And I might round that out even more then because like I said, I need my best to go out further. I'm going to go out to this line right here, which was about perfect for me. Then straight back up, right here, you can see that now I am not messing with the shoulder lengths, I'm not messing with the arm holes, and I'm not me. I guess I am shortening this, but I'm not doing anything else to that. What's really nice about that is then we don't mess with this top. That's the neck line. We don't mess with this right here, We don't mess with this. The only part on the back that we're going to mess with is the height of the vest. Because I am cropping it, it's going to end up being here. We can match up the tops right there. There's the armholes, you can see where it lands right about here. To be safe, I'm going to put mine probably right here. Then I can see what that's going to look like as always start off too long rather than too short because you can never add fabric back on. Believe me, I've tried, never works out. We always start with at least an inch longer than we need, even though I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up cropping it even further. But cropping it is a lot easier than adding fabric back on, which you can't do nearly impossible. That is the size that I'm going with. We're going to, with this panel of fabric, this panel of Qilted fabric. And I kind of want my diamonds to be straight up and down, like this part of it. Not like, well, actually, yeah, I'll do this. Makes sense. Okay. Now I find something to weight down. You can use whatever you want. Some people use pennies, some people use actual pattern weights. Other people like me just use whatever they have nearby. So let me find some heavy things that looks good. Okay, so I'm going to take my scissors and we are going to cut along this line. Now if you're making a standard, quit, quit. If you're making a standard best, just follow the lines that we have exactly right here. 9. Sewing the Vest: Okay, so here are the pieces to our quilted best, we have the front panels. The inside should be outside fabric. Outside fabric, outside fabric. And then the lining should all be facing out because what we're going to do is clip the edges together In either one, what we're going to do is bring this back down to a normal stitch. We're not quilting anymore. Quilt stitches are going to be a lot longer, normal stitching, but because this is thicker, I'm not going to have it super small. I'll probably end up with 25 or 210 somewhere in there. I've got 33 eighth inch from the side of my fabric, that's actually the side of my foot, which is really nice. All I have to do is basically using my foot as a guide. 10. Making Double Fold Tape: Now that we've sent our vest together, we are going to cut strips that are called double fold tape. I know that sounds weird. It's not actually tape. They're just strips of fabric that have been folded over twice to seal in edges of things. They're used for all sorts of different things in sewing, but I wanted to show you what these look like. We're going to use them to cover the inside seams of our T. It's really easy just cut some one, a two inch strips of fabric. You can use the pattern pieces that I gave you, or you can even just cut some strips like what I'm doing right here. Then I measure out, just depending on how the sizing of your vest is. Just measure out how long you'll need. And then I just to be safe, add an inch onto the both ends of each little strip. I have two strips for the sides of the inside and then I have two strips for the shoulder section, which you can see there. We're going to pin those on right sides facing towards the fabric because these are going to end up being folded over two times. So make sure that the raw edges are lined up and that the right side is down to cover the outside edges of our vest. And this is the edge that we'll be showing, it's not the inside. We're using what's called double fold bias tape. Again, not actually tape, it's just strips of fabric that have been folded over towards the inside. It's bias because it's been cut on the bias, which means that it's not straight of grain, it's diagonal. When a cut is made diagonal in fabric, it becomes extra stretchy. It loses some of its structure because the threads have been cut diagonal instead of straight cut. All we have to do this is so much easier than you think it is, is just make 1.5 inch strips but make them diagonal from the salvage. You can see I have the salvage edge on the right side there. That salvage edge lets me know that any cuts that I make perpendicular to that are straight grain, any cuts that I make diagonal to that are going to be what's called bias. Then what we'll do is we will sew those edges together to make one long bias strip or double fold bias tape. I do have a long pattern piece for you which you can use. However I feel like this is just an easier method and this is the one that I use. Just start by grabbing a rectangle and you can see my rectangle is not that big. It's probably 19 " by let's say 25 ". All I do is I make sure that my salvage is on the edge that it is facing up. My salvage is straight up and down and that I am cutting diagonal strips that are 1.5 " wide. You'll see that the edges are going to be diagonal as well. And that's okay. We'll end up sewing these all together to make one long strip. This strip is going to be folded over. It's going to be sewn on to the entirety outside of the vest, and then it's going to be folded and sewn on to lock in those edges, those raw edges. Lastly, we're going to cut the ties. We have two ties that go in the front of our quilted vest. And these ones can be straight of grain. And you can notice I'm not cutting diagonal. I am cut, well actually this is parallel to the salvage. 11. Making Double Fold Tape pt. 2: Okay, here are all by strips. They're beautiful and they're. So you can see the difference how stretchy this bias strip is versus this on the grain strip which really doesn't stretch at all. These ones are our ties which we will sell at the end. What we're going to do is that we need to attach these to be one big long strip. We're going to, this is facing up if you have a print fabric, this is down if you have a print fabric. So a diagonal line from this point right here, like this going from corner to corner though, I just hold me into place. You can pin if you want. It should stay at 90 degrees. That's all, that's really important. Okay, Now the trick is to not get lost to open up your strip like this. We'll go back and iron and trim these. Pull your strip so that it's still open. Keep going, keep going, keep going. And then lay your next strip. This another sewing diagonally from corner to corner, creating a 90 degree angle. Right here in the 90 degree angle. Where else? This is the same with quote, lightning. Okay. Again, fold it open gently, make sure that it's going the right way. Follow it down, take your next strip, create a 90 degree angle. And I really don't want any of this to show, so I'm just going to pull it in on the strip and then trim that later. Okay. You should have a very long strip of bias tape diagonal and two strips for our ties or four if you want to do two ties in the front. Okay. First we're going to take our bit tape and you have to be gentle with it, it's stretchy. Go through and make sure that the seams are all on the same side. You can see seam is on this side, seam is on this side. I've made this mistake before. Where I go through and I start trimming and then I realize that some of these were on the wrong side. They shouldn't be, but if they are, you can go back and unpick them and fix that. What we're going to do is make this into a nice small seem like this. We are going to iron it open. Now we iron it open to reduce bulk because we want this to be a natural looking connection point. We don't want it to be this big bulky point that you can really tell was joined together like earthworm. How earthworms have those big little sections. That's what it would look like, what we're trying to avoid in reality. We want something that's very smooth and that sits very smoothly and flat, perfect. That is done and ready to be sewn on. Now what we're going to do is we're going to fold our ties in half and iron them down. Perfect, open that back up. You're going to fold one edge in and the edge is going to meet the, the fold that we just made. The same on the other side fold. We fold this in half. Ooh, that's hot iron. One more time. Beautiful. This is going to be our tie repeat with this. 12. Attaching the Bias Tape + Sewing Inside Double Fold Tape: What we're going to do next is we're going to actually sew on the double fold tape. We haven't ironed our tape yet. We start by sewing it on first, and this is just another way to make it, and you'll see in a little bit. So just make sure that those edges are still lined up and using your standard seam allowance, 38 inch. Mine's always a little bit less than that though. All of these together. Once that's been completed, take it over to your iron and iron it open or just iron it flat. Make sure that you're keeping the strip nice and straight. We don't want it to get all wonky or curved or anything like that. It is hard because it's linen, but make sure that it's iron nice and flat. Once it's been ironed and fat, fold it in half. So you can see there, I'm showing you what it will eventually look like. Fold it in half so that the other raw edge meets the edge of the seam allowance. Iron it in half and then fold again and iron again. Once that's been done, you can pin it or clip it in place because we're going to sew this down to complete the inside edges of our vest. You're going to repeat that process for every single strip around the inside of the vest. 13. Sewing Outside Double Fold Tape: Okay, we have finished covering the edges of our vest and it looks amazing. I'm going to trim off these little guys here. Open up your vest so that the wrong side is on the inside and the right side is on the outside like this. And we're going to take our bias, go to the end. One of the ends get lost here. We're going to leave maybe 2 ". You can start it in the back, very center back of your vest. I'd like to start mine where there's already a natural edge. Just means it will match, which is nice. I'm going to start clipping on the inside. You can see because it's, it stretches and it will actually go around these curves beautifully. I got a clip. I've clipped all of my binding to the inside of my vest, so you can see this is the inside here. Now, before we finish clipping the very end, what we're going to do is sew the binding together. I can't clip off, will need to make more for our armholes because I did not have enough. But it's okay. What I do is where it ends, I actually fold one side and the other side back like that. And then I'm going to unpin and unclip right here. And then we're going to go over to the sewing machine. We're actually going to pull this together, these two together, where the lines meet up. Okay, let's go take that over to the sewing machine and we're going to sew down this line and then term off our seam allowance. First we're going to binding, and we're going to sew down that line that we had made, the crease that we've made. Okay, so now we can see how that worked and it should lay flat that, so that way we can either join together, we can turn that off, and pin this down. What we're going to do is start stitching around the exterior with a four inch steam allowance or something similar to that. And then we're almost now that we have sewn on the binding to the inside of the vest, we're going to do the same thing for the armholes. I have folded these, then I'm going to undo these like that, push down so I have room. Then I'm going to sew where these two lines meet up right there. Push those down, make sure that they are lined up. That sew down the line, the crease that we just made and then pull back out and sew around the perimeter. I'm going to do both sleeves, both armholes right now. 14. Finishing Touches: This is so exciting, we're almost done with our vest. You can see here all the finished seams. And now all we have to do are our ties. We have two ties. It's just that double fold tape that we've done before, fold it up. And now we're going to sew down this strip at a really narrow seam allowance right on the very edge to secure the strip together. Once that's done, to make sure that one end is finished, all you have to do is open it back up, fold it in, and I usually leave about 3 " unsewn. Then I fold it down and then fold it back together and then continue stitching down. That will just secure it on one end. The other end you can leave raw because that one will be stitched into the vest measure. Where you want these, I have mine set about midway right around my bus line because everybody's body is different, you can decide where you want these. As long as they're equal on both sides, it doesn't end up looking a little bit wonky. I would measure, try on your vest and then see where you want the bow to land. Once you've figured out where you would like it to land, put the raw edge of the unfinished side of your strip aligned with the edge of the inside of your vest. You can see there, we're just going to do another stitch right over our same stitch, line stitch that once. And then what we're going to do, and I back stitch it, just to be careful, is flip it over, Stitch it one more time, just right on the edge to secure it down, and then stitch it for a third time right on the very, very edge. Once that's complete, you're going to do, you're gonna repeat the same process for the opposite side. So you'll see there you've got some mixture threads that will clip really fast. And then you'll repeat the same process so that you have two beautiful ties to make a bow on your gorgeous vest, which is now complete. I'm so excited for you. Hopefully you love your vest as much as I love mine. 15. Conclusion + Next Steps: Congrats. You made it. I'm so glad that you joined me for the sewing class. I know that sewing garments can be an intimidating skill, but it really is so easy and really useful. I hope you enjoyed making your quilted vest as much as I enjoyed making mine. In this class, we covered how to print out and assemble a clothing pattern from a PDF. We covered how to pick out the right fabric for your project. How to baste and quilt panels of fabric together. How to cut out pattern pieces from the quilted fabric. How to assemble the best using the easiest methods. And lastly, how to finish the edges of the vest and add some finishing touches. That is a ton. That's a lot. If there's anything I've learned, it's that you learn by doing. A lot of times that means making mistakes and trying again. Just never give up even if something didn't turn out exactly how you envisioned. I hope that by following along with me, you've gleaned some tips and tricks to take with you to your next project. Some of the next things that I might recommend sewing could include making a simple quilt or a quilt block, more simple clothing patterns like an apron or a skirt. On my website, you'll see lots of simple quilt patterns as well as a membership for those who enjoy making quilt blocks and sewing. Don't forget to post your project pictures to the project section of the class so I can provide feedback and support. Post your projects on social media, of course, and tag me. I love seeing your unique creations. Also, if you like this class, please leave a review and follow me on Skillshare. So you know when my next class has come out. Thank you again for joining me on this journey. And I can't wait to see you in the next class.