I was poking around Vero Beach, Fl the other day, and this great tunic top jumped into my hands at the L. Putlizer shop.
As I purchased the top, I picked up the story of Lily P. She supposedly started designing wild printed tunics after her juice shop ruined all her clothes with bright, tropical stains. What a great story!
I love bright prints of all kinds and wear a tunic a day to ride my bike to the swimming pool.
So, since I've mainly been sewing boring T-shirts for my trip, I decided to show some of the tunics I made last year.
L. Pulitzer would be proud of this wild number, hum? The print, from hart's fabrics in Santa Cruz, CA had the matching border printed on the edge, although it was tricky to get the colors positioned the way I wanted them. Pattern is Kwik Sew 3601
This is brown and black border print from I think, Fabrications in Michigan. I used a New Look Project runway pattern 6076. It may seem drab by comparison, but it looks great over my brown Gottex bathing suit, a great brand for the "mature" figure!
All sewing was relatively easy and tunics are great for having minimal fitting issues.
Now, for my favorite tunic in linen, which I could have made if only I had access to linen prints like it. J. Jill, I love you, too.
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