Easy Layered Tunic Tutorial

To go along with our  Medieval Knights and Princesses Halloween theme this year I dressed my husband up with a hooded cape, easy boot covers and this simple tunic.

This tunic is very similar to the sharpie art tunic I made for my son's no-sew king costume with just a few differences.

No -sew Renaissance period layered tunic

1.) Start off with a doubled over the top piece of fabric that is as wide as the shoulders and as long as the neck to mid thigh.

2.) Keep the fabric doubled over and then fold in half the opposite way (lengthwise) to cut the neck hole. Start a few inches down from the top on the center fold and cut a quarter-circle out of all four layers at once. When you open up the folds you will have a circle for the head to go through. If it is not big enough make a small cut again until you get it just right. Be careful not to cut too big.

3.) If you want a double layered tunic repeat steps 1 and 2 with a coordinating fabric. Make the neckline of the top layer slightly bigger and the length of the bottom layer a few inches longer to allow you to see both layers.

4.) With the fabric folded once from the top and once lengthwise, cut from the shoulders slightly angled out to give the top tunic more shirt-like structure. If the fabric is too thick to cut all four layers at once you can just do two at a time, but doing it all at once is nice to help keep both sides the same. 

5.) On the top layer, determine where the waist line will be then cut a small triangle towards that line.

6.) Hem raw edges. I was lucky that both of my fabrics had the selvage edges on the bottom so I only bothered hemming the sides. Bias tape would look nice on the triangle cut out if you had a coordinating color or you could even make your own with any left over fabric you have.

7.) Add trim to the waist line or just use a belt. I hot glued left over rope trim I had from my window treatments.

Super simple. Great results.