giddy-up cowboy (and girl) vests

Did you see the tutorial for the Frontier Vest on MADE?  Super cute.  Oscar loves dress up, but our collection mostly consists of Ruby's tu-tu's at this point.  While we are equal opportunity fun around here (no boy-stuff/girl-stuff yet), it was time to beef things up.

 The faux cowhide came from one of my favorite old skirts.  In high school, I was a big fan of animal prints.  :)  I've been saving it for years for just this kind of project!  The denim came from a pair of my husband's jeans and the khaki from another old skirt, so this project was entirely refashioned.

I used Dana's template but added extra seam allowance at all the finished seams. 

Ruby's vest was actually a happy mistake.  I printed the template to the wrong size, and plowed ahead despite it looking rather small.  Luckily it turned out to be a perfect 12 month size!

My kids are not at a happy picture-taking stage.  Ruby can't sit still and Oscar is just kind of uncooperative.  Even with a bribe, this is the best I could get.

Have a great weekend!