Knight Party: How to make "Armor" tunics

For the Knight Party, I wanted to make little tunics for the kids to wear as their Knightly Garb.

Since I still don't really know how to operate the sewing machine I received for my last birthday, sewing 12 of these was too daunting of a task to take on!  So I cheated, and used iron on hemming tape.

Once I got going, it was really easy!  Each one took approx. 15-20 minutes to make.

Here's a step-by-step tutorial...

Purchase: 

• gray material for tunics
• contrasting color for decoration (I got red satin) 
• iron-on hemming tape
• heat bond (easier than the tape for adhearing the decoration)
• Ribbon

You'll also need scissors and your iron.

-Cut gray material to size (roughly 2 ft x 1 ft)

-Iron crease for "hem" (approx. 1 inch all the way around)

-Place iron-on tape inside folded material
-With iron set to high heat, with NO STEAM, secure hem (hold iron in place for about 8 seconds)

Sorry- A little hard to see,
because my ironing board cover is gray too!

-Trim excess material at corners, if needed

-Fold tunic in half and cut rectangle for neck hole

-Cut small diagonal slit at each of the four corners of the neck hole

-Fold edges of neck hole to the inner side of the tunic and iron crease

-Apply iron-on tape inside fold, and secure "hem" with iron

When laid flat, with "inside" facing up,
it will now look like this

-Get red decoration material and apply Heat & Bond to BACK SIDE of satin, with iron

-One side will now be satin, the other is the Heat & Bond paper

-On paper side, trace desired shape & cut (I chose a crown)

-Decide which side of your gray tunic will be the front

-Peel paper from back of crown, and position with glue down on front of tunic

After, peeling the paper- the glue will be exposed.
You want to make sure the glue is facing the gray tunic
when you apply your iron.

-Iron into place (approx. 10 seconds of heat, since satin is thick)

-Cut ribbon to lengths that can be tied (approx. 8 inches)

-Position ribbon with the glossy side facing out, on the sides of the tunic, making sure the ribbons will line up for tying later

Use as small piece of the hem tape to secure the ribbon to the tunic.

Done!

Tunics set up on back of each child's chair:

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