Easiest Bolero Ever!

Here is the easiest bolero you'll ever sew: cut one piece, sew two seams. I made it out of stretch velvet, so I didn't even have to finish the edges. (Although I know they're trendy, I am not a big fan of unfinished edges. But in this case, they worked.) The picture is picking up the texture a bit much, making the bolero look a little brown, but in real life, it is a solid midnight black.

I drafted the pattern for this bolero off of a standard commercial bolero pattern. It was very simple to do. Here are pictures:




Basically:
1. Overlap the side seam by the seam allowance.
2. Add 1" to the shoulder seam, curve it down about 1/2" on the end.
3. Raise the underarm by about 1/2".
4. Redraw the armhole.
5. I reshaped the front.
6. To sew: just sew the shoulder seams.