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[Make your own V neck tee]

Also, over the weekend I altered a tshirt. It was a very simple alteration, and there’s a lot of tutorials on the web, but apparently I am incapable of doing anything crafty without documenting it. Four pictures, after the jump.

1) I took a bit of cardboard from the recycling, and another shirt where I liked the neckline. I traced it onto the cardboard and cut it out …

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2) Traced the neckline onto the tshirt with a tailor pencil

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3) Cut the neckline on the tshirt & hemmed it

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4) Voila!

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I am stoked it went well (though, I have to admit, further alteration attempts on the sleeve could well qualify for the Craft Fail blog) and now I am spending a lot of time eyeing my other tshirts. Of which there are lots, not gonna lie.

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  1. Reply carey 09/04/28

    cool! i’ve been thinking about doing some sleeve alterations on some of my threadless shirts but have no clue of course how to do so. i guess the internets can probably help me there, too.

  2. Reply Liz 09/04/28

    Was hemming the neckline difficult? I have several tees with necklines so high they’re practically mock turtlenecks, I might have to try this.

  3. Reply jacicita 09/04/29

    I got some ideas from Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt & 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special (neither worth buying — I got them out at the library & took down notes)

  4. Reply Steph 09/05/14

    You’re so clever! It’s the hemming part I would be afraid of – sewing and I do not get along.

  5. Reply Grace 10/12/01

    How exactly did you hem the neck line? Did you just turn the shirt inside out or what, haha, i am defiantly intrested in trying this, i’m just not entirely sure how to hem a neckline!

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