The creation of the outer tunic
Since I wanted the outer tunic to be thicker than the inner tunic, I used the fabric from a grey fleece blanket that was given away for free in a train carriage. At first I thought that the color wouldn't fit the costume since I had planned on it being tan, but having seen people in the Star Wars movies wearing grey clothes, I thought it might work after all.
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Here you can see one of the grey fleece blankets that were used for the outer tunic.
A pattern was traced onto the fleece blanket using a pen.
After the first shape was cut out, I folded it together on both sides to better figure out the shape of the opening.
After the shape of the opening had been traced onto the tunic, the excess fabric was cut away.
The top of the shoulders were sewn together on the inside.
Once the tunic was turned inside in again, the seams were hidden on the inside.
To make a hemming strip around the opening of the tunic, two strips were cut out of the fleece blankets.
The two strips were sewn together on the inside to form one longer hemming strip.
The hemming strip was then hemmed with a special hemming foot on my sewing machine.
The hemming strip was held in place by pins to make it easier to sew it onto the tunic.
The inside portion of the hemming strip was sewn into place first.
The outer portion of the hemming strip was held in place by pins, aligning it with the inside portion of the strip.
After the outside portion of the hemming strip was sewn into place, it looked like this.
The excess fabric was cut away from the ends of the hemming strips.
The arms were also traced onto the fleece blankets using a pen.
After the arms were cut out of the fleece blankets, they were held together with pins where they were to be sewn together, then they were probably sewn together.
To attach the arms onto the tunic, the tunic was turned inside out while the arms were put inside of it, then they were held in place by pins.
The arms were sewn into place on the inside.
After turning the tunic inside in again, the seams that hold the arms in place were hidden on the inside.
The arms were turned inside out again to hem the openings.
Once the arms were turned inside in again, they looked like this.
The bottom of the tunic was also hemmed, along with a double hem on the hemming strip.
This is what the tunic looked like after it was finished, and it fits very nice with the rest of the costume.
Now that the outer tunic is finished, I am very pleased with what it looks like and how comfortable it is. The color fit very well with the rest of the costume, even though I thought it wouldn't at first. Feel free to use any ideas from this tutorial, and good luck sewing your own tunic.
Project details
Outer tunic version - Custom.
Project duration - 2 days.
Costs spent - $0 USD.
Accidents - Most likely none.
Thanks to
NSB for having given away the grey fleece blankets.
The inventor of the fabric called fleece.
Project details
Outer tunic version - Custom.
Project duration - 2 days.
Costs spent - $0 USD.
Accidents - Most likely none.
Thanks to
NSB for having given away the grey fleece blankets.
The inventor of the fabric called fleece.
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