Dude has been busy earning lots of extra patches and belt loops and pins for Cub Scouts. It was finally time to get him one of those Boy Scout sanctioned red vests that you put your extra stuff on and wear over your uniform - you’re only allowed to put certain things on the actual uniform shirt.
So off to the Boy Scout shop we went . . . and got a red vest. And when we opened the package, BLUCK! They’re this really weird stiff felt like fabric . . . yick.
I told Dude we could go to the store and get some red fabric and I’d make him one . . . yay he said.
I needed a pattern, so I grabbed some fabric out of my hobby room scraps box and started tracing away with the vest we didn’t like. Then I cut it out. Then I realized I had enough fabric to make an entire sample vest . . . you know, for size and so I could figure out how to make it while not ruining the real fabric I’d paid for. So I got out my trusty sewing machine for the 2nd time in one week (what the hell is happening to me!!!) and sewed a red vest.
I had Dude try on the sample when I was finished. He said he loved it and couldn’t wait to wear it and wondered when would I sew the patches on.
Ummmm . . . I thought to myself . . . if he likes the sample so much, why would I ever go to the store, buy fabric, and do this again?
So, my little Dude is happily wearing a red vest . . . made out of the curtains that used to hang in his bedroom 
Red is a great color on him. He looks very handsome. He seems very proud of his accomplishments.
You have endless talents.
Sue
Great job!! It really looks good! Love…Mom