Apr 9, 2014

Lil Monkey Tunic Top

Lil Monkey Tunic Top



      My little niece, is such a delight to be around. She’s two years old, has crazy hair and a bubbly personality. When I saw this organic cotton jersey at Ottobre Design’s Etsy shop I just had to buy it for her. I skipped a few (hundred) pages from Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong to get to the children’s wear chapter and drew this simple tunic with envelope neck and three quarter length sleeves. Actually I drew a dress and had to shorten it to a tunic because when I bought the fabric I did not consider the added length due to the envelope neckline and I ordered just half a meter.


      It was very easy and fun to sew.


tunic_top

girl_tunic


      When I took it to her she declared “mine!” and insisted on wearing it right away. Of course I was a very very happy auntie. So we went out and took some photos.


girl_tunic

girl_top

ottobre_fabric


      I’m not so happy with the neckline, it’s too big … so I decided to redraw it and resew the whole thing (this time as a dress ;-) and I will post the pattern for download.



Thank you for visiting. I would love to hear your opinion.

6 comments:

  1. Quanto mi piace questa stoffa! Simpatica e allegra!!! Lo scollo largo e' molto comodo da infilare ai bimbi piccini perché non gli da fastidio!!! Lei è' stupenda.. Con quei capelli poi... Anche la mia Viola ha due anni.. Capellona e super vivace.. Le facciamo conoscere???!!! ;-) ti abbraccio

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ma certo che le facciamo conoscere :) !!!
    Il tessuto mette davvero allegria, poi a lei piace far' vedere le varie cose che ci sono stampate sopra: l'arcobaleno, le scimmiette... poi è organico e stampato com pigmenti non tossici apposta per i bambini!
    Un bacione

    ReplyDelete
  3. So cute, and your niece is a beauty!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thank you Sara! And thank you for stopping by. :-)

    ReplyDelete
  5. That top is truly adorable! I love the print.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thank you Shelly, I'm glad you like it!

    ReplyDelete

Google+