Sis Boom's Ethan Shirt Flipped

The lovely ladies over at Frances Suzanne are doing their FLIP series again and this month was for a pattern that I've been eyeing for some time.

So with the incentive of a discount code, I bought myself the pattern, Ethan Shirt for Boys by Sis Boom and...

flipped it into something much more girly.

Here is my FLIP of the Ethan Shirt...a collared tunic in a mix of fabrics.

The blue is poplin, with red with white polka dots cotton woven for the pocket and inside the collar stand and then a very soft, cherry printed knit for the tunic skirt and sleeves. The buttons are these really cool vintage ones from my stash.

As for the changes, I made the bodice by the pattern, chopping it off at the chest, just below the pocket placement.

I rounded off the collar, to make it a little more feminine and added some red stitching around the edge before attaching it, for some contrast.

I cut the inside of the collar stand out of some contrasting fabric as well for a fun pop of color.

The big change was adding the 'skirt' and making it tunic length. I made the skirt all one piece and over lapped it in the back. To do this I measured the front and back width, adding the back width in again to get the overlap. Then before I attached it I lettuce ruffled the edge of the knit in red thread and rounded the back corners.

The sleeves are out of the knit as well. I used the sleeve pattern piece and just cut them the length I wanted and lettuce ruffled the edge in red thread. I had originally planned on making a cuff at the upper arm out of the blue and the red, but I just didn't like the way it looked...to busy for a comfy tunic.

This was the first time I sewed a Sis Boom pattern and I was impressed with the way it was written and how the shirt came together. The pattern had some new to me techniques/way of doing things, which was a fun change of pace and I learned something new.

I love how the tunic turned out and Clara loves how comfortable it is. It's perfect to wear with shorts and will be great to wear with leggings in the winter.