Patterns -
Love Notions Terra Tunic and
Prisma Dress
Skill Level - Confident Beginner
Fabric - Mottled French Terry in purple from
l'oiseau fabrics
Skills - adapting a pattern
I'm a sucker for my grandchildren - they are such fun to sew for! And they have definite ideas about what they want me to make. Recently, my granddaughter asked me to make Mummy & Me outfits for her and her mother.
I could have gone the easy route and made them both Laundry Day Tees because that pattern comes in both women's and girls' sizes. But I knew my daughter-in-law particularly liked boatneck tops. The Terra Tunic with its many neckline options was going to be perfect.
It has a lovely boatneck finished with buttons.
The tunic length is very flattering with its split hem, the back a little longer than the front. My problem was that there was no equivalent pattern for girls. Aha! But the Prisma might just work! It has a boatneck option.
The A-line version could be shortened to tunic length and then the hem would be easy enough to copy! I printed off both patterns and taped them. I drew a hemline that would be tunic length on the Prisma back piece and then copied the profile of the Terra for the split hem. If you click on the picture below, you'll see adaptations I made.
Then I cut the pattern piece out. I traced the new profile onto the front piece, but cut the hem 1" shorter.
That's it! I followed the instructions for sewing from the tutorials, but when I got to the split hemline, I followed those instructions for both. It was surprisingly simple - from printing the pattern to finishing both garments took just a morning of my time. And apparently the Mummy and Me tunics are a big hit!
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