The vest the vest

Still thinking of making a coordinating skirt to go with the patchwork vest, but went ahead and wore it today with stuff I already have

Wore a boiled wool cardigan on top when running errands this morning, so amused myself with the mash up of goth/loli/steampunk/landhausmode--only missing vintage...

Finished the vest started last month...wait...no...I need puns...so...um...The Vest is Yet to Come...?

Late last year, I did a cloth-for-sewing-doll-clothes trade with AsterKurayami, who sent an interesting assortment of cloth scraps from her Aunt's interior decorating projects.  Most of what she sent were doll-appropriate cottons, but she did send a few light upholstery weight fabrics as well, and some of them really caught my interest.  My favorite pieces weren't entirely small, and I thought for a while of using them to make zippered pouches, and was almost ready to do that, when...hmm...how about a patchwork vest?