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Thanks – I’ll pick it up and give it a try!

JoannaH, I think if you can get a good fit in the shoulders, and have the tunic glide over the rest of your body, it will look great.

Me too, Robin. I clicked on the profile to double check. 🙂

I’ll be JohannaH

I’m chuckling to myself this morning Johannas. I saw the picture of JohannaO in the flickr group and thought the tunic was perfect, and wondered why she was asking for advice after the fact. Happy sewing Johanna!

Thanks Nicole and JohannaO (good name). I’ll see what happens when I shorten some at the shorten line. Due to a pear shaped body I’m not always sure I want long shirts so this may not be the right pattern for me.

Hi Johanna! (now that is fun)
I’m 5’2″. I made a straight 8 but took 1 1/2″ off the “shorten line”. I’m short in the torso, but long (for a petite) in the legs. I’m pretty average through my shoulders. I would say you may not want to take that much length out unless you would like it to be a blouse instead of a tunic. If that’s the case,…[Read more]

To be honest, I don’t really know. I just wanted to experiment. I think it would have everything to do with where the seam was and what fabric you were using that would lend itself to advantages or disadvantages. I would think this way would be ideal to use with fabrics that are light but fray alot. This way cutting is kept to a minimum as you…[Read more]

To be honest, I don’t really know. I just wanted to experiment. I think it would have everything to do with where the seam was and what fabric you were using that would lend itself to advantages or disadvantages. I would think this way would be ideal to use with fabrics that are light but fray alot. This way cutting is kept to a minimum as you…[Read more]

Johanna, are you long in the body? If so ( like me) I can just lop off the hem. If you are short bodied you may want to shorten above the waist line.

I was just going to mention this, @aussie! Looks like it’s a versatile bow tie pattern–you can even make it for your dog…or probably cat.

Several pairs in rotation over two daughters and no complaints here.

i had this email pop into my inbox from Creativebug this morning. Since they are offering this month free, it might help with what you are wanting to do. http://www.creativebug.com/classseries/single/sew-a-bow-tie?utm_source=cb+sub.newrelease.060215&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1300&c_crid=702&c_xid=060215

They fall at the hip. I think it just looks low because of the style. Its a great pattern. I have made this one for both my older daughter and my son and hope to make a pair soon for the baby.

You sew the seam at the seam allowance of 1/2 inch. Then when you go to press yhe seam, you open up the seam allowances and then fold the raw edges into the middle, close up the seam by pressing the new folded seam allowances ontop of each other and then stitching along the edge to close the seam up. In the end it looks like a french seam but done…[Read more]

You sew the seam at the seam allowance of 1/2 inch. Then when you go to press yhe seam, you open up the seam allowances and then fold the raw edges into the middle, close up the seam by pressing the new folded seam allowances ontop of each other and then stitching along the edge to close the seam up. In the end it looks like a french seam but done…[Read more]