Sewtastically Made: Good Knight Part 2: The Tunic

Remember when I showed you these arm bracers I made for a Knight's costume? Well, I finished up the tunic a few days before the Knight and Princess party and thought you might like an update.

The finished tunic.

A super quick rundown here. I found an image the boy liked and set to work on the design. I used Wee Folk Arts tip for cutting felt and it worked beautifully!

It took forever to cut out but it was so worth it.

I then used spray adhesive to tack it down to the black part of the design. After the glue dried (maybe 1 hour) I stitched around the Griffin with a running stitch. Then I cut out a rectangle of fleece that was folded at the top. You want your fleece to comfortably fit the length of your child front and back.

I cut an oval out of the folded edge for the neck and hemmed the neck opening. Make sure it fits over your childs head before hemming. I also hemmed the sides and added eyelets and lacing. (honestly I'd have preferred black lacing here but Michael's only had brown that day. Oh and use interfacing where you want the eyelets.) The next step was to cut up the very center of the front and the back about 6 inches. Hem that along with the bottom and add any decorative trim you'd like. That's it!

This was pretty inexpensive to do honestly. I already had the felt and eyelets on hand so I only had to purchase the fleece (about half a yard will leave you with plenty of extras), the lacing, and the red trim. Less than $10 total. If you have any questions about the directions please let me know.

An action shot at the party! They had so much fun. I'll try and show you more detail with the helmet and sword in another post (the helmet is my favorite part of the whole thing!). I'll give you a hint though, the helmet is made from craft foam and the sword is a pizza box and some duct tape.