Vest fabric help

[Migrate from As You Wish]

Originally posted by Ruffkintoy:

I got my fabric at Jo ann's fabric. It was called Casa satin platinum(thats the color) I was about $6.00 a yard regular price.
I used another gray material from walmart for the liner($1.00/yd) and a thin batting material for the padding.I'll try to get pictures of it for you.

 

[crisisfilms]

Hey, I made a vest last year, but now I want it with a different material. Is there any way I could jut sew the new fabric over the old vest so I don't need to redo the whole thing? Also, did you guys pad your vest? If so, did you use badding? My badding bunches up a lot and it's a pain to fix it.

 

[Megatron]

remember cotton is your friend,,it breaths
padding just adds to the heat..
If you do use padding only pad the shoulders and the front..
leave the back unpadded..

I had padding all over and I refit my vest and took all the padding out of the back...weee it was at least 10 degrees different. I did a baseball event and it was hot that day..
Instead of being mr sticky back I was nice a dry but I will tell you the front where the padding is was blaaaaa..

 

[Rogue Studios]

"Tackle twill" It's a fabric look into it it's uncanny how close it is.

as Forrest Gump would say "that's all I'm gonna say about that".

 

[Jedi Bob]

I was in the supermarket and was looking at a package of Iron Board cover. 100% cotton, has the shine and the flexibility. I think it is worth looking into. The only thing is how and where to get more of it. An ironing board isn't that big. :confused

 

[LisaFett]

Iron board cover will not breathe. You can get cotton fabric, polished or "chintz", that looks similar to ironing board stuff, but will breathe.

 

[BobaFettish]

Chintz is a good choice, but not easily found in gray. I don't think it will take dye either.