I have just acquired this waistcoat:



The softest suede in the world, four pocket and with genuine leather buttons as well. For this little beauty, I paid 10 pence (1/10 of a pound).



BUT

It is a 42" and I am a 44" chest.



And here using a trusty kilt pin.



You can clearly see the 2" gap. But that is at middle button, the top and bottom buttons are more like 3" to 3 1/2".

So here are the questions:

1 - Do I put a fillet in, down each side, from the armpit?

OR

2 - Do I put a wider fillet centrally down the back?

OR

3 - A combination of them both?

OR

4 - A whole new back? (If so, should it be like 1 , 2, or 3 above?)

OR

5 - Some other Idea, that I haven't thought of?

Any ideas or thoughts?

Regards

Chas