Does anyone know of an online tank top pattern? I found one but it had spaghetti straps and I am passed spaghetti straps by many years. Certainly I don't have to buy one. I thought of taking a tank top and laying it out on some paper and cutting around it but I don't know if I can get a true shape that way. I found some cool material today and want to make myself a couple tanks.
Thanks for your help.
Use the tank top pattern you have found. Just make the spaghetti straps wider, probably a couple of inches. Use a 4" (or so) wide strip of fabric. Fold in half lengthwise and sew your seam. Turn inside out and press so your seam is in the centre, which will become your wong side ( against your skin so it won't show). Use the length of the spaghetti straps and their placement as a guide.
Ann
If you have a Hancock Fabrics near you, they have McCall's & Butterick patterns on sale this weekend for 88 cents. McCall's will also be on sale for 99 cents at Hobby Lobby next week. I don't mess with trying to develop my own pattern if I can buy one for that price.
Julia > Does anyone know of an online tank top pattern? I found one but it had
I'll bet you can. Find something 'throw away' - an old t-shirt perhaps for test fabric and give it a go. Take a loved but not fit for the public tank top and make a pattern. With a bit of trial and testing, you can make one just right for you. Commercial patterns seem to be cut too low, have too much ease and the straps are too skinny. If you have an old tank you like, you'll be able to see what works. Just be willing to miss a time or two. After all, you only need a front piece and a back. It's not like you're trying to duplicate the Duchess's dressing gown. Polly
Thanks. DH has some old tees I can use for material...cut them up and use one of my tanks for a pattern and see if it works or if I need to adjust. Thought that's what I needed to do. Don't have a serger but have oodles of stretch stitches on my Janome 6600.
If you haven't played with knits before - or haven't in a long time (I haven't) - you might play with the Janome stretch stitches and see what works best. All you'll have to do to test is stitch two scraps together and then give them a yank to see if it holds or pops . . . and, of course, how it looks. Back before the earth cooled and there were no stretch stitches, I found that shoving the fabric up toward the presser foot made a nice-looking and reliable seam. When you get your pattern figured out, you might want to stitch your seams again about 1/8" outside in your seam allowance. We're here when you need us. Polly
Good hint, thanks.
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