Beach tunic

In the arsenal of almost any modern fashionista, there should be at least one beach tunic. But what if the tunics offered in stores do not suit you in color or do not like the material? Do not despair, in this master class we will show how you can easily and simply sew a tunic yourself. The whole process will take you no more than 15 minutes, and the result will please you more than one summer season. For the manufacture, I used a ready-made pareo, bought many years ago, and never once dressed. If you also have some kind of pareo in your bins that you don’t wear for any reason, feel free to take it out. Today we will find a worthy application for it. If you don’t have any unnecessary or already bored pareo on hand, you can buy in the store a piece of your favorite light and airy fabric. In this case, at the very beginning of the work, you will need to process all the edges on a typewriter. In our master class this step is missing, because the edges of the pareo are already treated with an overlock. The advantages of tailoring a tunic is that you do not need to spend a lot of time searching for a tunic that suits your coloring of the swimsuit specifically. It is enough to choose the material you like and give the process a little time and effort.

So, for work we need:
1. Unnecessary pareo or piece of tissue.
2. Threads in tone.
3. Scissors.
4. Pins.
5. Centimeter tape.
6. Sewing machine.
7. Summer mood and 15 minutes of free time.



The dimensions of my pareo are 146x98cm. My size is M. I think this tunic is suitable for girls with sizes from S to L.

The first thing we need to do is fold the fabric with the edges already processed in half. As a result, we get the canvas 73x98cm. Pins off around the perimeter.



At the bend in the center, we pin off the supposed neckline with pins.



Fold again in half so that we get a canvas 73x49cm.



From the bend we will measure the neckline.



From the left corner on the upper edge we measure 14 cm. From the top edge down we measure 3 cm. We draw a smooth line. This is the neckline from the back.



We do the same, but measure it down not 3cm from the top edge, but 6cm (or 3cm from the neckline of the back). We draw a smooth line. This is the front neckline.



Cut out.



Further along the front, we need to note the line for the sleeves. To do this, fold the canvas as it was originally folded 73x98cm. On the front part we measure from the right and left edges 20cm. We draw a straight line 48 cm long in the direction of the top of the product. I just chopped pins. On these lines you will need to lay two even lines.



I offer a primitive pattern with designations in centimeters. Sorry for the quality, the pattern is whipped up for clarity. Red dashed lines indicate the cut lines. Blue dashed lines of lines.



It remains for us to process the neck on a typewriter. We bend the cut, scribble.



Now we draw a line along the blue dashed line on the right and left sides. Lay lines on the front!



We iron and go to the beach! Our airy beach tunic is ready!