I love the bold colors on these vests. I actually made 10 of them because I miscalculated the amount of material I needed and was indecisive on whether to make the vests orange or yellow.
You might have noticed that these vests look a little big on Camille and huge on Meghan even though they were made for children their age. We held Camille back from kindergarten this year (turning out to be an excellent choice, in our opinion...but that's another blog post...), but she is still the smallest kid in her class. I made the vests with the largest preschooler in mind. Also, we live in Minnesota so most kids go to school wearing bulky sweatshirts and sweaters. Meghan will use these vests in the fall when she starts preschool, but she does not actually plot on a growth chart for her age yet, which means that 99.9999% of all children her age are larger than her. I figure, as long as she is not tripping over the bottom hem on the vest, they're not too big. Finding an "average" sized model in our house is not easy!
Both the yellow and orange vests were made with felt, as stated before, purchased at JoAnn Fabrics and 100% washable and dryable. The stripes on the vests were also made with felt.
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| Orange store-bought binding was used for the trim on these yellow vests. |
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| I just used a 1/2" hem on the orange vests. Standard pre-made yellow trim available at our fabric store is not as bright as the yellow I used for the stripes, and I couldn't find a good match. |
I used the following as inspiration for these vests:
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