Han Solo costume for my Son....... Vest 1.7

Pocket Flaps

My 'assistant' Karen suggested the other day about using fabric stiffener for the pocket flaps. To help keep there shape.

She had some already, so I cut it to size, hem material was folded over and ironed to help it stay flat & then sewn inside of hem flap edges.

Second of the three flaps I made

Front three done, Sunday night.

Han Solo costume for my Son....... Vest 1.6 'Pockets'

Karen brought over her sewing machine last night As I wanted to see if my notching of the pocket templates would work in real life lol.

Hemmed all the edges of the pockets, folded crease lines and ironed them. Then started to sew them on. First I drew on a chalk line for where the stitch lines are to go, as a guide for the top pockets. Then I pinned into position and started to sew. Another four hours work, but now I have something to show for it lol.

Looking at the bottom pocket, I was thinking it was a bit low.....?? But I do still have the pocket flap to sew on yet. Also the corners of the pockets need to have an extra stitch or two. But still a work in progress.

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Han Solo costume for my Son....... Vest 1.5 'Pockets'

So I finished up the test pieces for the pockets.

Sized them to fit the smaller size Vest.

Front layout

Rear layout

I then got on with making templates of the pockets with folds for material to give them the full/expandable look. I gave each fold a half inch around the pockets.

Note: that these are just guides and extra material around the edges is needed to hem the pockets to prevent fraying!

I then got on with cutting out the material for the pockets.

Still have the large rear pocket, pocket flaps & loops still to cut out of material.

Han Solo costume for my Son....... Vest 1.4 'Pockets'

Got around to measuring up and scaling the pockets etc, to fit onto the Vest.

Started scaling the pockets to suit Vest size.

Next will be to add extra for the folds to make them actual pockets.

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Just for ref. purposes:
There's a lot of Fan Made, stuff out there, and some of it is top notch stuff, other stuff is Halloween/just for fun/one night only, stuff. By this I mean only that it's not 'screen accurate' enough to be of use in making your own outfit. If your going down the 'authentic looking route'. So if you want your outfit to be 'right', you need to look out the forums that really count!

Being on Forum's helps you to find the correct info from people who know there stuff!
One such forum is the Rebel Legion. Here you will find all the info on all the  'Rebel' characters from the Star Wars films.