July MAGAM/Patriotic challenge outfit

I recently decided to make a pair of white capris using my Sure Fit Designs Pants pattern and the wonderful elastic waistband from Louise Cutting's One Seam Pants pattern and was fairly happy with how they came out, but I needed something to wear on top, so thought I would use a piece of patriotic fabric from my stash to make a vest since the challenge for my July Garment Group meeting was to make something patriotic. Here are the results of my efforts:

I used my Fit for Art Tabula Rasa jacket pattern without the sleeves for my vest since the front and back panels were narrow enough to fit on the small piece of red, white, and blue striped fabric that I found in my stash, a size that also determined the length of my vest, but I think that is a pretty good length for a vest that I will probably also wear with dresses

I made the vest reversible (my favorite approach to vests since all the edges are finished and you end up with two rather than just one garment) but used a plainer print on the other side so I could wear the vest the rest of the year too.

I had to piece some of that second fabric for the side panels since it was an even smaller piece of fabric, something that must have come from a skirt or dress someone once made since it still had a metal zipper in the middle of one of the sections, but I don't really know its history since that fabric too was bought at a rummage or yard sale, my usual approach to fabric shopping these days.

I did buy the fabric for my white pants at a real store, though, since I had nothing like that in my stash, but our only choice for clothing fabric in the Albany NY area is JoAnns and they didn't have a heavy enough white linen to use for my pants, my original plan.  The piece I bought is a cotton and lycra blend which is quite comfy and isn't as see through as even a thick piece of linen might have been, always a concern when making light colored garments.