Following on from yesterdays post about making a viking shield (which is almost complete, just needs the front bit glueing onto it with hot glue). I have set about making the viking tunic. I got the idea from this pin which came from Where's my Glow blog.
As I said yesterday I bought a toilet and bath mat set for £3.99 to use as the base to make his tunic/ wasitcoat. They are a great idea as they are brown and fluffy like fur.
I started by marking a line down the middle of the toilet mat on the back. From the toilet mat I stitched the small top bit to one corner of the bath mat (I turned it the other way to the photo). I then made my son hold it all whilst I worked out where the arm hole needed to be to, marked it on the inside with pen and took it off him. I sewed up the side to where I had marked and tried it on him again. It fitted ok. I went to start the other side only to realise that the top is narrower than the bottom, so I had to cut on my line to make it into 2 pieces and then stitched the other small top piece to the bath mat - it was just over half way so I had to cut it. I then stitched the side and left the arm hole. This side was much harder to sew as it didnt have the nice bound edge, so I stitched it twice to make sure it holds.
This is what it looks like:
