how do i make this shirt?

I like the style of this shirt a lot, and I wanted to reproduce it with a cheap t shirt. Any suggestions as to how I'd make it?

Any helps is appreciated!

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From what I can see, it looks like a plain cotton t shirt, where she cut the sleeves to make cap ones, cut the neck part out. It looks she like then took a circular piece of another t shirt and sewed it over the cut neck...

that's all i can decipher...the shirt has a turtle neck thing...do you by any change know how i'd make that?

and the zipper looks like the easier part. hehehehe!

I appreciate this very much, and thanks in advance!

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andrea
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That neck's interesting... it's a bit like a cowl neck but it seems to be shaped to fit the shoulders.

A cowl neck is just a tube with the same diameter as the neckline. But the one in the picture snugs her shoulders so it can't be a stright piece of fabric - but I think I see a seam in the neck piece that seems to be a triangular insert. It's close to the zip, on the lower edge of the collar, on the model's left.

If you have enough spare fabric to experiment I'd start with a piece like this:

+------------------+ / \ / \ +--------------------------+

with the wider edge attached to the T-shirt. See how that fits. I suspect you'll have to make the piece curved on both edges.

HTH

Sally

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Sally Holmes

Sally's description sounds about right, but it looks like there is a straight bit above what she drew. Follow her drawing for the yoke, add a separate turtleneck piece and then make the zipper go diagonally into the armpit and end at the underarm seam where the sleeve seam is.

Before you try this on a t-shirt that you love, I would suggest getting a couple from your favorite thrift store on "dollar day" and practice.

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Poohma

Hmm, do you think it's a cowl? cause in the picture iwth the zipper up, doesn't it look like a turtle beck?

I've been cutting up t shirts all day trying to figure out how she did it (oops hehe) so would i attach the wide parts to the shirt and then somehow make it into a turtle neck shape?

this is what i was going to do...think i'll have any luck with it?

cut a circle out of spare fabric and cut a hole for the "turtle neck", then cut a tube and attach it to the hole in the neck and then sew the entire "bib" onto the shirt. would this work maybe?

Reply to
andrea

That doesn't sound like a bad start. My first thought was that it would be easier to do this to a turtle/cowl neck shirt, then cut the sleeves off where you'd want them. I think putting the zipper in this will be tricky, but not impossible. Having a dress form would certainly help in placing the zipper. Turn the shirt inside out, pin and hand baste the zipper exactly where you want, turn the shirt right side out, carefully snip the shirt along the center of the zipper, open the zipper and carefully topstitch near the zipper teeth and about 1/8 inch away. I say open the zipper to topstitch because I don't think wrestling the turtleneck and shoulder will yield nice stitching. Good luck!

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Sew-Sew Lady

how do i make this shirt?

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sewingbythecea

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