Pink and White Tunic

A tunic I made for an 18" doll (American-Girl sized) based on the character of Amelia from the anime Slayers (or a younger version, at least). The shirt was made using The Doll's Dressmaker (by Venus Dodge) patterns and the tutorial at The Bean Stalk.

I used bias tape for the trim, and purchased trim around the yoke. The shirt seals by velcro in the back, and has hook-and-eyes on the sleeves to give them enough give to get hands through them. Not the best job I did on sewing -- you can see a lot of threads on the sleeve closures.

I tied the shirt at the waist with a sash, but plan on making a belt. One of these days. It has the problem of any high-waisted thing on a female body, the effect of making you look pregnant or five years old. An 18" American Girl doll is just on the line about being young enough looking to pull it off, but few modern ten year olds in real life would want to.

Not the look I was going for, there.

Three lessons learned:

1. Sew trim on before sewing pieces together/hemming. Doing it the other way means having to hem the trim.
2. When sewing velcro with the needle reserved for leather and denim and other fun things like that, keep your thumb out of the way (or buy a thimble).
3. There was a third one... I'll remember it later. Oh, yeah, check to make sure you sew the trim to the bottom, instead of sewing it to itself.

There's some loose threads, but not a bad project. The folks at the AG>18 community on LJ liked it.