Free Sewing pattern: Punk Vest for boys

Free pattern: Punk Vest for boys

Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern for making her boys Punk Vest. It’s a jean jacket style vest, made from denim and lined with a micro fleece. She designed it for her young son. The story she tells about his reaction to it is priceless! Her free pattern comes in a boys size 5. If you need another size, she includes a link to a tutorial showing how to resize a pattern.

Click below for her free pattern:

Punk Vest – Free Boys Vest Pattern, by Melly Sews

[photo from Melly Sews]

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