I used a free
T-shirt pattern by The Scientific Seamstress (on her February 7, 2011 post
called ‘Tee Time’). I love her idea of
hemming the fabric before cutting it out!
Cool! I didn’t do it this way for
this t-shirt but I sure will be doing it on another t-shirt!
I laid a scrap
paper on the front and made myself a pattern for the yoke.
Press the
bottom edges of the yoke under 3/8”. Pin
to the front. Since I am using a cotton
yoke on a knit fabric, I stitched with a zig zag. Set aside.
Cut two
armbands each 2” x 6.5”. Fold in half
lengthwise. Sew to bottom of
sleeves. Press seam towards sleeve and
topstitch.
Sew the
shoulder seams. Add the sleeves. Cut a neck band from knit at 1.5” wide x 10”
long. Pull slightly while attaching to
the neck. Cut off excess.
Sew side
seams. Press hem at ½”. Attach Velcro and hem.
I found these
flat discs in my stash so I sewed them on to the yoke.
I started out
with Wren Feathers A-line skirt from her April 18, 2013 blog and did the changes
in red as shown below.
Sew, pink and
press the side seams. Serge across the
waist and each center back seam. Chalk
mark ½” for waist casing.
Press and sew
the waist casing. Insert 9” of ¼”
elastic. Secure ends. Give elastic a tug then sew at the center
front.
Sew center back
seam using 3/8” seam allowance. Set aside.
Cut cotton
fabric 4” wide by 24” long. Press in
half.
Open short ends
and sew together. Press.
Use pins or
chalk mark the ruffle and skirt in quarters.
Gather the ruffle the Nancy Z way as seen on my AG036 post. Match chalk marks or pins to the skirt. Gather.
Press towards the skirt and topstitch.
Here is Zoe (Sears
brand of an 18” doll) wearing the same outfit.
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