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Arrakis wrote:Really, you can have it one of two ways for tunics: you can save time, or you can save fabric. I can cut a knee-length tunic with long sleeves for my 6'1" frame out of two yards of 56"-wide linen, if I'm willing to sew a bunch of seams; I can also sew a similar tunic with two seams, three hems, and a basic neckline if I don't mind using closer to four yards.
I'm thrifty, so I mostly take the more sewing-intensive direction (which is how a medieval tailor would have done it, cloth being even more expensive back then, and labor cheaper), but if you can get cheap fabric (Goodwill bedsheets?) and don't care about waste, you can just chop out front and back and possibly sleeves (trapezoids) and toss the scrap, instead of using all of the pieces that Alric's tutorial calls for.
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