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This is a t-tunic made following these instructions: Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction at Cynthia Virtue's (aka Cynthia du Pré Argent) web site.
The pages that follow show the construction for a child's tunic. An adult tunic would be exactly the same, only larger. I made some modifications to the pattern for a child's tunic.
These are my recommendations for making a child's tunic:Use 1 to 2 inches MORE ease in the body than the worksheet suggests. Not only does this add room for growth, it gives more room for all those things kids do (climbing, etc.)
Do not use a sleeve width of less than 15 inches, regardless of your child's arm measurement. This leaves plenty of room for sweaters underneath. Also, if you get too small, the sleeve won't fit around your machine.
Use the full hand circumference for the gusset width. Otherwise you wind up with ridiculously tiny gussets; the larger ones give kids more wiggle room. You will have to shorten the side gores to accommodate the larger arm gussets.
Eliminate the center gores in the front and back. I think they provide a weak spot in the garment when your small one takes a tumble or crawls up inside the tunic.
Use two side gores on each side. The reason becomes obvious when you stitch the side seams.
I cut out all the pattern pieces the day before I made the tunic, so I don't have photos of the cutting process. I do have detailed photos of the construction process, however.
Sewing the Facing
Constructing the Garment
Milord Models the Tunic
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