women's flutter sleeve tee shirt sewing pattern

January 24, 2022 Post a Comment

Are y'all a closet cleaner-outer or a closet stockpiler? I'm kinda both, depending on the month. Basically I stockpile things until the state of my closet is absolutely mortifying, so I ruthlessly make clean things out in an attempt to be ane of those people with a tidy cupboard. It doesn't actually work: stuff even so piles up, just at to the lowest degree the austerity store gets regular donations from me and I have room for my latest sewing projects.

Today I'm sharing another gratis women's tee shirt pattern inspired by a tiptop I purchased recently with pretty palpitate sleeves.

This is really a sleeve addition to a design I've shared earlier: the classic tee, which is bachelor in size large merely (about a 38 inch bosom). I've already hacked the archetype tee to give it ruffled sleeves, only I think this version is even prettier and more than flattering on people like me who carry some weight in their arms.

At present, allow'southward pause real quick so I can complain ('cuz that'southward one of my favorite things to do): as mentioned I based this pattern on a storebought shirt, which is adorable, but the armholes on information technology are so low you can see my bra anytime I raise my artillery, which I have to exercise regularly while dancing around the kitchen in gild to embarrass my teenagers. They're embarrassed enough by my dancing; they don't need to exist see my bra, too. So my flutter sleeve add-on pattern comes with an optional cap-sleeve that's sewn in correct nether the flutter sleeve. No more gaping armhole, and a piffling actress upper arm coverage in instance of a gusty breeze that sends that flutter sleeve a-fluttering.

It'due south possible I'm the only i in the world who cares about this stuff, but I'm just going to pretend otherwise considering I'k proud of myself for coming upwardly with this. Go me.

Ok, prepare for the tutorial?

Free pdf sewing design for a women's flutter sleeve top

Ok, first of all y'all will demand my Archetype Tee pattern, which you tin can download from the Classic Tee post. You lot should also read through that post and be familiar with the construction. The pattern prints on viii pages of 8.5 x 11 paper – make certain you are printing at full size and the exam square measures one inch. Butt the pages together without trimming and tape together. Cut out the shirt design and set the sleeve design bated (you'll exist using the palpitate sleeve instead).

Click here to download the palpitate sleeve improver to the Classic Tee pattern. It prints on 2 pages of 8.5 x 11 paper. Barrel the pages together and tape. The pattern looks similar this:

Yous are going to demand 1.v yards of lx inch wide knit (stretchy) fabric for this pattern, and y'all'll want to prewash and dry your fabric. I did manage to squeeze my shirt out of ane grand, and then you can try it if you'd like, but since some knits compress more than than others I recommend 1.5 yards to exist prophylactic.

You need to cut out 2 of the bodice slice on the fold, 2 of the palpitate sleeve on the fold, 2 of the cap sleeve on the fold (optional) and a neckbinding piece (about 26 inches long and 1.75 inches tall). Here'south how I laid my pieces out to get everything from 1 thou:

And hither are all the pieces cut out:

Note ON FIT: I wanted this shirt to take a more relaxed fit, so I added a flake of width to each side of the shirt as I cut it out (cutting at the pattern line just under the arm and angling out to add about an inch of width at the hip). I also cutting it well-nigh one inch longer than the longer length line on the pattern.

How to sew a women's flutter sleeve tee shirt

You'll start by hemming all 4 of your sleeve pieces (if you aren't using the cap sleeves, just hem the flutter sleeves). The photo below shows where y'all should hem on each piece. Plow nether virtually 1/two an inch and hem using a sew together that will stretch. I usually apply a double needle for hems on knits, merely I was feeling too lazy to change my needle today so I just used a zigzag and it worked great.

Next, place the bodice front and bodice back right sides together and sew together the shoulder seams. One-half an inch seam allowance is included in the pattern.

Now nosotros'll attach the sleeves. Open up up the shirt at the shoulder seams and lay information technology down flat, right side upwardly, every bit shown beneath. (Cervix pigsty is at the lesser of the photograph, one armscye is at the top of the photo.

Grab one of your flutter sleeve pieces and lay it right side down on the armscye and pin. The flutter sleeve volition fit the armscye fairly well, simply information technology will be about an inch curt on either side. If you are not calculation the cap sleeve, you can run up the flutter sleeve in now.

To add the optional cap sleeve, fold it in half to find the center of the curved portion. Match upward that center signal to the should seam and pivot the cap sleeve to the shirt, right side down. You're making a sandwich: shirt on the lesser, flutter sleeve in the eye, cap sleeve on top.

Continue to pivot the cap sleeve into the armscye. Since they are different shapes, you lot will have to ease them together a flake. The border of the capsleeve will go all the way to the edge of the armscye (different the flutter sleeve, which was nigh an inch short).

Make sure you are pinning through all three layers. Sew together along the pins to attach the cap and flutter sleeves to the shirt at the aforementioned fourth dimension. Echo with the other sleeve.

Now you lot tin put the shirt front and back correct sides together again and lucifer up the side seams. You will sew the cap sleeves and side seams all in one long seam. Be sure to continue the ends of the palpitate sleeves out of the way as you do this: