[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 …
2) Traced the neckline onto the tshirt with a tailor pencil
3) Cut the neckline on the tshirt & hemmed it
4) Voila!
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.
April 28th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
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.
April 28th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Was hemming the neckline difficult? I have several tees with necklines so high they’re practically mock turtlenecks, I might have to try this.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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)
May 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am
You’re so clever! It’s the hemming part I would be afraid of - sewing and I do not get along.