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Latest Design: Long Tunic Series

3/15/2018

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Heading into Fall, it only makes sense to explore more tailoring techniques and shirt-making. This series highlights two of our long tailored tunic designs- Tiny Bubbles Tunic and Dot Tunic. Both designs are demi-couture. Only the main seams stitched by machine, all other stitching completed by hand.
Bubble Dot Long Tailored Tunic
Polka Dot Long Tailored Tunic
This tunic design was drafted using a bodice block and a straight sleeve block. The concept was an interchangeable pattern in which you could customize the collar, the front button placket, the sleeves, the front pocket, back details and even the length. 
Polka Dot Tunic
Polka Dot Tunic

Fabric

Both fabrics purchased from Nippoori Textile Town in Tokyo, Japan. Our dot tunic was made from a beautiful double gauze linen purchased from textile shop Tomato.
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Design Elements

Given the interchangeable nature of this design, we will go through the elements featured in these two longer tunic editions.

In-seam Button Holes

See ya later traditional button holes. Creating in-seam button holes is the easiest way to get around creating 'real' button holes. Drafting is the most challenging part of this type of button hole. The sewing is easy! Let us know in the comments if you have used this type of button hole in the past.
Polka Dot Tunic Buttonholes
Polka Dot Tunic Buttons
Bubble Dot Long Tailored Tunic

Mandarin vs. Convertible Collar

Depending on your mood you could pick a mandarin stand collar or a traditional convertible collar. Which one do you like best? We could not decide, so we drafted both!
Polka Dot Tunic Stand Collar
Bubble Dot Long Tunic Traditional Collar

Side Seam Slits with an Asymmetrical Hem

A curved hem and side slits make this piece a little less traditional. Slits provide ease of movement but still a flared look. In both of these designs, we hand basted small gathering stitches around the curve to pull the hem into place. The edges where folded in twice and slip-stitched closed.
Tunic Side Slit
Curved Hem

Patch Pocket

We know patch pockets are all about the pressing. Here's a useful tip- Use pins to help hold the fabric flat as you are pressing the edges. We think of them as tiny soldiers doing their sewing duty.
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How to Sew a Patch Pocket
Did you know, most pressing tables have holes in them or extra padding, hence why the pins can stand tall!
Tunic Patch Pocket

Box Pleat

To provide ease along the upper back, quite often a box pleat is placed at the center back of tailored shirts. We favor inverted box pleats, less boxy! The pleat also provides a slight flare to the shirt.
Box Pleat

Cuffed Sleeves

We like to call this our reverse cuffed sleeve. Most rolled-up or cuffed sleeves display the interior or wrong side of the fabric. In these tunics are reverse rolled up, so the right or outside of the fabric is showing. 
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Cuffed Sleeve
Tunic Cuffed Sleeve

​Final Design

Long tunic's finito! From drafting to final stitch, both designs took our team approximately 35 hours to complete. How would you style this shirt? Let us know in the comments.
Polka Dot Tunic
Bubble Dot Long Tailored Tunic
Polka Dot Long Tunic
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PS- What do you think of this interchangeable element pattern? Would you be interested in purchasing this pattern? Let us know below.  ​

Happy Sewing!
Designed, photographed and written by Sheila Wong Studios
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