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From: me_me_me
Date: 09-05-2006, 01:39 PM (1 of 6)
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Hi everyone! I am new here and live in the L.A. area. Newbie sewer  I have a T shirt that is a typical man's white T shirt. I want to make it more lady like. I know that I want to shorten, cut the sleeves, and neckline. But I am a little scared to do this. I will practice on a T shirt I dont care about but I was wondering if you had a website or a tutorial somewhere that would show me how to's. Thank you, NinfaC |
User: me_me_me
Member since: 09-05-2006 Total posts: 2 |
From: AndreaSews
Date: 09-05-2006, 03:42 PM (2 of 6)
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You got me thinking, and before I knew it I was hunting around. I quickly found an article about how cool it is to do t-shirt reconstruction: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/26/LVGB9HEFGB1.DTL I also followed a link within the article and eventually found a whole page full of tutorials: http://ohmystars.net/craft/index.htm Have fun with it! Andrea
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User: AndreaSews
Member since: 02-18-2005 Total posts: 1007 
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From: Skye
Date: 09-05-2006, 07:09 PM (3 of 6)
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There was some discussion a while ago about Pamelas patterns cant remember where - possibly patternreview anyway here is the link http://www.pamelaspatterns.com/ Something I have often thought about doing but not got around to |
User: Skye
Member since: 09-28-2000 Total posts: 233 |
From: me_me_me
Date: 09-06-2006, 11:21 AM (4 of 6)
Oh thank you so much for responding. I will check out the sites you mention. I really appreciate it. I clicked a little on the Ohmystars site -wow! Going to check them all better at lunch time. In the mean time I found this site I would like to share with you. http://paturydesign.cjb.cc/shirts/originals/sea-world-t-shirt.php That is more like what I was thinking about with the sleeves. Thanks again, me me me |
User: me_me_me
Member since: 09-05-2006 Total posts: 2 |
From: grammie
Date: 09-06-2006, 02:37 PM (5 of 6)
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Hi everyone! I am new here and live in the L.A. area. Newbie sewer I have a T shirt that is a typical man's white T shirt. I want to make it more lady like. I know that I want to shorten, cut the sleeves, and neckline. But I am a little scared to do this. I will practice on a T shirt I dont care about but I was wondering if you had a website or a tutorial somewhere that would show me how to's. Thank you, NinfaC hi everyone grammie here, ninfac, i just cut out the neck,and sew a roll hem. then i did the same to the arms. if you have a machine that does decorative stiche,do it around both. then shorten it, add a little somthing around the bottem. |
User: grammie
Member since: 06-28-2006 Total posts: 1 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 09-07-2006, 12:46 AM (6 of 6)
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Good ideas from both of you! and welcome to both of you too! I've taken a man's tshirt apart and recut it with a women's pattern then resewn it. But your ideas sound much faster and easier. Will have to give it a shot.
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
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