[Namron] I made a TUNIC but

[BardessOfTheSted at aol.com]

Well..  Bought some material.  Linen.  About 3 yards each of two different 
colors.  So, I washed it, dried it, and laid it out. Made my pattern.. Cut it 
and looked great.  Until I unfolded it and noticed that I made my neck hole 
about two times to big.  Is it possible for me to use the other material (its 
darker so it looks good on top of the lighter one I made the tunic with) and cut 
out kind of a rectangle with a proper size neck hole.  Then sew it on top of 
the tunic (with the large neck)?  I was thinking that this would make the neck 
smaller and at the same time give the tunic more than one color.  Also, I could 
use some of the darker fabric for trim on the bottom. 
 
Is this a  good idea or should I pretty much just count the first one as a 
huge lesson and move on to cutting out the second?
 
Thanks
Jim

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Something I would personally think about (and I might be a little too late 
for this)  Is instead of layering the other color on top of the tunic, placing 
it underneath with the existing neckline showing.  Give it a neat little flair, 
and less like a mistake.  

Also, since you're using two different colors of fabric, you might make a 
long strip of fabric to put around the wrists.  Not covering up the seams of the 
wrists, but just a band of the differently colored fabric.  (just like you 
were putting trim on the sleeves) This way you're tying in the two different 
colorsin together, so again, it will look like you choose to use two different 
colors, and not just coverering up a mistake.

Hope some of this helps!
Aelesia
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