I cobbled together the bits of the three garments shown at the end of my last post into this "new" jumper. While it won't win any beauty prizes, it is functional and a bit funky.
The biggest difficulty is that I made the original overalls about forty pounds ago, and the torso is pretty snug. While I am currently taking action to turn the weight around, the fact is I need clothes to wear now! And since my closet is pretty empty of utility clothing right now, I will wear it gladly, while cleaning house, or working in the garden.
The part of this I really like is that I added extra pockets, the original pattern for the overalls had oddly small pockets, and now, I used the welt pockets from the vest, cut out with a good sized chunk of the vest, to make bigger "overpockets". I am of the opinion that useful pockets are a necessity.
