hello my dear sewing friends today we're
doing something super easy like if you
can hold the pencil
and draw a line that's how easy it's
going to be we are turning one of your
existing t-shirts from your wardrobe
into a pattern for your future designs
remember if i can do it then you can do
it so let's get started
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weekly series where i make a simple
pattern
then i sew it and love it everything is
straightforward so you can make it as
well
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to make this pattern you will need a
pencil an actual t-shirt that fits you
well
not too baggy and not too tight then
some paper
i'm using gift wrapping paper because it
already has convenient lines but printer
paper will do just fine
and a ruler is a good addition to this
list as well
now the first step would be to fold your
t-shirt in half
and make sure that all the seams and
side seams
are matching so neckline to neckline
shoulder seam to shoulder seam
side seam to side seam here i'm also
pinning my t-shirt in place
so that way it really doesn't move
around however
if you're using a good quality t-shirt
that you plan on wearing in the future
please don't use any pins as it might
ruin the fabric
step number two would be to place your
t-shirt
on your patterned paper
for step number three we're going to
mark the front neckline
the back neckline and hem so take your
pencil and let's start with the front
neckline
now i'm marking not where the neckband
is at but where our true
neckline is at and i'm going to do the
same
for our back neckline and i'm going to
do the same
for the hem and for the hem i'm going to
round it up just by a tiny bit
since the hem is pretty much straight
now i'm gonna take the ruler and i'm
gonna do a straight line
from one point to another
i'm using sharpie here so that way you
can see a little bit better
and now let's do a straight line from
this top point where our back neckline
is at
now take your t-shirt match the points
that we just did
the back neckline front neckline and the
hem
there we go
and let's mark our shoulder line so take
your pencil
mark the top of the shoulder now
mark the bottom of the shoulder
and connect those points with a straight
line
now let's mark the back of the neckline
and the front of the neckline
i am just doing a generic neckline
however if you would like to be more
precise
you can copy the exact neckline of your
t-shirt
now mark the bottom of your arm sky
and the other side of the hem
my side seam is pretty much straight
which makes it very easy to work with
and let's do a straight line from this
point
to the bottom of the t-shirt
there we go now the next step would be
to mark the curve of the arm sky
this one is the most challenging part
because you don't really have
the edge that you can see so you really
just need to make sure
that you're marking where the true seam
of the sleeve is
at now let's mark that with a dashed
line
all right let me do that in sharpie
there we go so that way you can see a
little bit better and let's finish the
hem of the actual t-shirt
all right we're almost there
this step is optional but i do mark my
bust line and my waistline so that way
when i
do make more of these patterns or i
modify this pattern
it's going to be so much easier for me
to understand where the measurements
should go
so this is my bust line this is my
waistline and i'm going to do two
straight lines
from those points
and you should mark them accordingly
bust and waist
next step is to take care of the sleeve
what i'm going to do here i'm going to
cut away the excess
from my arm sky and my shoulder seam but
i'm doing this just because i don't have
enough
paper width so i'm going to use an extra
piece of paper
to do my sleeve if you have enough paper
in the first place you don't have to do
this step
so here i'm just matching up all the
little squares
and i'm gonna secure this in place with
a little bit of scotch tape
once that is done i'm going to take my
t-shirt and i'm going to line up
all of the little markings that we did
before so that way
i can really make sure that i copy the
sleeve
with as much precision as i can
now take your ruler and here you can
clearly see
that the sleeve is pretty much the
extension of the shoulder line
so draw a straight line mark
the sleeve width and the bottom of the
sleeve
there we go
and make sure that this is almost almost
on a straight angle
there we go and
i'm going to outline this with a sharpie
our sleeve is pretty much done now the
next step would be to cut everything out
and i like to cut everything without
seam allowances however if you
do want to add your seam allowances
before cutting it out here's a little
hack take two sharpies or two pencils or
two pens or whatever
take a scrunchie or anything else to tie
them together
and then what you're going to do is
you're going to draw
around your pattern which is going to
create a very nice and even seam
allowance for you
and here you can see a little example on
a scrap piece of paper that i have
obviously you will need to watch for the
width of the seam allowance but you get
the idea
now let's cut everything out
as i mentioned before i like my patterns
without seam allowances
since i do add seam allowances as i go
and i also modify them depending on how
thick or thin is the fabric
now this is optional but i will mark my
bust and waist
quarter measurement on the actual
pattern so that way i can visually see
what are my true measurements for so for
the bust it's actually nine inches
and for the waist it's going to be seven
and a half
my bust line is nine inches and that's
actually how wide this pattern
is since this is t-shirt and we're going
to be working with a stretch fabric
it allows us to work without any extra
ease
all right we're on the finishing line
the last thing to do is to do the neck
band we're going to use a scrap piece of
paper and a measuring tape
we're going to measure the front and the
back so the front is six
the back is four we're gonna sum them
together which makes it
ten inches and since your neckband needs
to be stretched out
i usually do them one fifth or one
quarter smaller
than the half measurement and it really
depends on the fabric that you're going
to be using
so one fifth from ten inches would be
two so instead of doing it the neck band
ten inches on the fold i'm going to be
doing it eight inches on a fold
and my neckband is also going to be two
inches wide
which is going to make for one inch when
it's folded
in half that's it easy peasy just like
that
if you would like to draft your t-shirt
from scratch definitely
check out the video that you see on your
screen right now for that tutorial
thank you so much for watching i'll see
you next time bye