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Hi, This is Anshu from Blooms And Bugs, did you guys miss me? I’m back with a T-shirt pattern and tutorial for your sewing pleasure.
Here is a really fun boy print from Clothworks. Its called City Streets by Jamie Wood. When I received the fabric, the first thing that came to my mind was Raglan T-shirts. However, all the T-shirts need to have some stretch in them which is not present in cotton wovens. I kept thinking about how I could use the prints I liked so much and still have the flexibility of T-shirts. Finally I found the answer, I just need to mix in some knits and we will be good to go. So I made one Raglan Tee, and then I made some more, and I love them all.
Complexity: Beginner
Supplies:
Half yard City Streets Print from Clothworks ( SKU- Y0980-31)
Half yard Knit fabric in coordinating color
Pattern: Download the pdf pattern for Raglan T-shirt ( size -2T). Print on 8.5×11″ paper with no margin.
The pattern should look like this once you put the pages together.
Sewing margin : 3/8 inch
Construction:
1. Cut out the pattern pieces
2. Sleeves and body are sewn together just like in peasant dresses tutorial ( look at the step 2).
3. Cut out the neckbands and cuffs for the sleeves. The rule of thumb I use is that they are two-third+1 inch of the length we need to cover and 3 inches wide.
4. Sew the shorter ends( right sides together)
5. Fold in half onto themselves.
6. Align the raw edges of the band and the sleeves, pin and sew.
7. Turn out!
8. I had also added a knit fabric band at the bottom of the first shirt I made. For that I took a 5 inch wide band about two inch shorter than the hem length and sew it at the hem in the same way as we did the cuffs and neck band. In the second shirt I just folded the hemline twice to hem it. You could do whichever way you like better but if you are planning on adding a band at the bottom, remove the bottom 2 inches from the pattern to allow for the extra length.
Rinse and repeat!
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Awesome shirt! And thank you SO much for providing the pattern for this also. I see so many wonderful ideas and tutorials for clothing I could make for my Grandchildren but they rarely have the pattern. Instead the instructions on them always say to get a piece of clothing that fits and trace around it. I don’t have their clothing handy so that makes it impossible for me to make the item I’m reading and loving so much. There are so many cute shirts, pants, and dresses etc that I’ve seen but almost all of them don’t include the pattern so this really made me happy to see it included. THANK YOU!
Hi VickIT,
Thanks.
Glad you found the pattern and tutorial useful. Don’t forget to add pictures to our flickr pool if you make one of these.
We also have more girls and boys patterns in our older posts. Check out the click on the “Tutorial” tab ( right below the header at the top) to find them.
I love these shirts Anshu! As VickiT had mentioned, I love that you included the pattern. My granddaughter does not live in the same city as I do, so I only get to see her once every few weeks. I am hoping to make some winter pajamas and these shirts would be perfect for that.
Happy to be of help Kathy. Hope your granddaughter enjoys her new PJs
So cute! I am always on the lookout for boy patterns, and this must be faith because my boys are almost into 24 months!
Thank you for sharing.
Oops, I mean 2T!
Thank you Teresa. Happy to be of help!
I LOVE this idea! I am adding it to my boy feature on my blog to day!
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Just made 5 of these!! Love it!! Thanks for the free pattern!!
Thanks for the great pattern! Its so easy. I had one problem though and wondered if you could suggest anything? It was very tight putting it on my boy around the underarms. How do I make it wider across the chest please so he can get his arms in without disagreements? Do I adjust the armhole length or chest measurement when cutting out front and back patterns? I discovered I needed to make the front section a bit lower at the neck as it was looking a bit like a turtleneck but just need to solve the underarm problem. It was fine when I made it with stretch fabric but with a cotton non-stretch front and back was where i had the problem