Peace, Love and Sew Liberated
Our elementary school will host their winter carnival with a theme of "Peace, Love and Adams". As the chairperson, I feel a need to dress the part (which provided me with an oh so important reason to sew). Enter Sew Liberated Schoolhouse Tunic pattern and 3 yards of fabric from the Flower Child line by Iota. This pattern was easy to construct. I chose to use my serger for the shoulder seams, sleeves and side seams leaving the sewing machine for the placket facing and top stitching. I typically wear a size 8 and constructed the size 10...this is loose and comfortable. The pattern has two lengths---a tunic length and a dress length. I cut out the dress length (do you seem to sense that I error on the side of bigger rather than smaller) and ended up hemming it at a length mid-way between the two. I chose to leave the sleeves plain rather than add elastic to gather as called out in the pattern. Would I make the pattern again? I'll just say that I was cutt