Apparently I can't get away from silky tunics this summer! The first experiment was the light blue, ribbon-tied tunic. Having a taste of tunic-making, when I stumbled across this tunic pattern by Anna Maria Horner, I couldn't resist trying it!
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| Looks easy, right?? |
If I'd done exactly that, it would've been really easy, I'm sure. Let's see!
I hunted through my stash for a scrap large enough to try this with. I almost gave up until I stumbled across the bottom scrap from the Purple Roses refashion!
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| Which started like this... |
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| and ended like this! But what about that bottom half of the skirt? |
So the leftover skirt is what I had to work with today!
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| but not this side! |
It's a double-sided skirt! And I wanted the thinner, darker lining.
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| Eggplanty! |
And I chopped them apart!
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| Chop! |
Then I picked out one of the seams so I had one long piece of material.
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| It was longer than I expected! |
Now, I'd seen the tunic tutorial above on pinterest, and had sort of memorized it, but wasn't looking at it while doing this . . . or I would have realized that it wasn't going to turn out the same way. Oh well! :D
I took that center seam and picked it open just in the middle, as a hole for my head.
And then it was time to put it on and pin it!
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| Safety pins make getting in and out of a garment you're fitting WAY easier . . . and less painful! |
It was about this time that I realized my tunic would be funny-shaped, since my material was vaguely C-shaped. So I decided to gather it on one side!
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| We don't have a full length mirror . . . so this is me, standing on the toilet. Ya do whatcha gotta do. |
I gathered both the front and the back on the same side.
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| See that flat bit? |
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| Pinch and gather! |
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| And then pin! |
Once the gathering was pinned, it was time to finish my edges.
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| Rolled hems for the sleeves and neck! |
And sew it up with a zigzag stitch in light purple thread!
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| So many safety pins. |
The rest of the bottom/skirt-bit needed rolled hems as well!
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| Pinnnnnns |
The gathered material needed to be hand-sewn, as it was too thick for my machine.
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| Very talented one-handed seamstress. |
After that it was just two quick straight-stitches for the side seams, and . . .
Voila!
This tunic is really comfy, silky, and very unique! I failed to take a good picture of the gathered side, but I'll have to do that soon!
So far, two refashions out of one dress - and there's material left still! What shall I do next? ;)
'Til next time! <3
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