Tunic

My friend has a love for flowy tunics, so i made her one. 

this was sooo easy to make, just measure yourself to see how loose u want the tunic to be, and how long.  then cute out fabric in a square, sew the front and back pieces together at the shoulder inside out, then sew the sides according to how tight u want it to be, and sew the line on the right side on fabric to create the "wings" of the tunic.

the back of the tunic. for her tunic, i used a green silky fabric to the sides in the back to be a bit more unique then just black. 

One Shoulder Dress

I have made dresses before, but they were for Halloween, so this one is my first REAL dress that i have ever made by myself.   A single shoulder dress with a very pretty fabric that i picked up at Hancock's on a clearance rack!

I am using McCall's pattern M6118, Tunic A without the bow. Here is a link for the pattern info. 

The dress has two layers, one is a layer of dark red fabric, a fabric i used for my Renaniance Fair costume last year, and a flowy patterned fabric that i am sewing onto the front. 

Here I was cutting my red fabric with the pattern pinned.

After cutting all the red pieces, i cut the flowy one

 

Now onto the sewing part.  Here i was sewing the shoulder band, front and back together without using the interfacing (i didnt wanna use interfacing for this dress)

 Then I sewed the front and back of the tunic together at shoulder and sides with the flowy front.  I skipped the gathering part.  the pattern says to gather the upper edge, but i wanted to be only folded a few times instead of the gather.

 

After that, i pinned the shoulder band to the tunic without using interfacing, so here, i did not follow the pattern. i just winged it.

Here i am sewing it together.

This is how it looked, without the bottom hem or the armhole done

Then onto the armhole

Bottom hem

 

The finished dress

All the while, i was watching my favorite show FRIENDS

Update:  Since i have made that dress, i kept thinking how i didnt like the neckline, so i ripped it all apart and redid it.  Instead of having four layers , i cut that in half and sewed onto the garment with right sides together instead of what the pattern told me to do (sew that neck piece just as a bias tape onto the garment). this way, my neckline is smooth and hugs my body.

The final product

My First Clothing Design - Tunic

This is the first dress design i have ever done. So please bear with me! :)

My poorly drawn design :p and the fabric i am using

 fabric cut out

sewing the two pieces together at sides

half way there

onto the sleeves, i wanted poofy sleeves

doing the neckline, which is square

using the same fabric to bind the neckline

the bottom of the sleeves

Sleeves are looking good

sewing sleeves onto the armholes

awww... isnt that just so cute? hehe

Sewing the elastic band to the hips

done

the outside

the inside

this is the finished product