If you are looking at my photo and thinking to yourself that this SoTa tunic takes a ton of fabric, you are wrong! I had a very wonky cut of this watercolor wildflower athletic brushed poly from Zenith and Quasar in my stash. I've made several things from this fabric, so the piece I had left wouldn't have worked for many projects.
But this tunic has 4 panels on the front and 4 on the back, plus 8 godets. So, if you take your time and cut each panel individually, you can get them all in on what amounts to be less than a yard.
The short sleeves needed a wider space than the body panels, so I made sure to plot out where I would cut them first, but cut them last. I figured I could cut them from my godet fabric if I ran out of my main fabric.
My godets were cut from a beautiful blue lace I found at Wherehouse Fabrics. The godets took approximately a half yard. I cut them one at a time to fit them in as close together as I could to waste as little fabric as possible.
I did take 2" out of the length for my height. I also lowered the godet placement marks by 2" since they were very high on my short torso. That required me to shorten the godets by 2". I love this length on me as a shirt, but think I'll make one without shortening the pattern for a longer tunic length.
The SoTa has multiple sleeve options and a dress length that hits above the knees. It's made for knits, but I have an idea to make one with woven godets. While I made a very spring like SoTa, I'm going to make a sweater knit one very soon with long sleeves. It's currently still hitting 90 degrees in Texas, but Fall should be here soon.
George + Ginger patterns are always fun and unique. The SoTa tunic and dress is no different. The introductory price ends on Sunday, October 7th! Buy it HERE!
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