I finished it! Origami Vest

I can't remember when I started this 2004? 2005?

But it's finally finished. It should have been done a lot sooner, but I messed up the machine binding and the buttonholes. So I decided to rip it out and redo it by hand. I just finished tonight!

The vest is reversible, one side is made up of a crane print with two origami cups on the front as pockets. The back has an origami flapping bird and an origami crane.

The reverse side is inspired by the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the Little Prince. It is my favorite chapter in the book, chapter 21, where the little prince tames the fox and they become unique to each other and responsible for each other because they have created ties.

The sun is made up of an octagonal twist fold. The little prince is inspired by Neal Elias' human figures and uses the Elias stretch. The fox is a traditional fox model.

The front pockets are made up of the traditional fox and the traditional cup models. The rose is my design based off of a twist fold on a 16 x 16 grid.

The pattern is from Judy Murrah's book, Jacket Jackpot.

Here is a link to some more photos including close ups.