Tunic

I bought this lovely fabric at the knitting and stitching show in Harrogate in 2018. I eventually decided to try and use it to copy a tunic top that I had worn a lot and was looking worse for wear!!

This is what it looked like back in 2013!!

What I didn’t take into consideration when I copied this, was that it had a little bit of stretch to it, whereas this fabric had absolutely none! I loved how it had turned out, but didn’t finish it off, because I could only just get it on!! It has been in a bag for about a year!

With a few days off work, and finishing a few things off, I thought it was time to look at this again!

I decided the easiest way to make it fit, would be to add some extra, stretch fabric, in the sides. I decided to just do this as a straight insert, and found some lycra fabric leftover from making my daughter gymnastic shorts. Black, but sparkly!

I then found the original jersey used for just a couple of the back side panels originally, to make bias binding for the neck and sleeves.