I have had Made by Rae's Washi Dress/Tunic pattern on my to-sew list since it came out last year. Not quite sure why I didn't buy the pattern and just make the damn thing until now, but I was so happy with the result that I wore it out approximately an hour after finishing it!
I sewed up the tunic version of the pattern using this beautiful fabric, Sapphire Nelly from Sis Boom's Honey Child line. The colors in the fabric are awesome.
I made a few changes to the pattern:
1. I lowered the neckline so that it was even with the bottom of the Washi's U-shaped cut out.
2. I have a facings phobia, so I skipped them and used bias tape around the neckline as a facing.
3. After wrestling with the elastic thread and my machine for a while in a failed attempt to shir the back of the tunic, I gave up and sewed a strip of fabric across the back on the inside and made 4 rows of casing for thin (1/8") elastic.
4. After making 2 muslins of Washi bodice, I decided to go one size down
from what my measurements called for.
I can't wait to make the dress version of the Washi. Maybe I'll line the bodice to eliminate the need for facings and make the elastic casing in one go.
