Women's T-Shirts/Basic V-Neck T-Shirt Pattern | Easy Knit Top PDF | Everyday Casual Womens Tee | Beginner Sewing | L-XXL
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Step-by-step technological process of sewing the garment.
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1. Fusible interfacing (Back)
- Fuse a 0.7 cm-wide strip of interfacing to the back panel neckline edge on the wrong side.
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1. Fusible interfacing (Front)
- Fuse a 0.7 cm-wide strip of interfacing to the front neckline edge on the wrong side.
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1. Fusible interfacing (Sleeves)
- Fuse a 0.7 cm-wide strip of interfacing to the sleeve neckline edges on the wrong side.
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2. Pressing the hem (Front)
- Press the hem allowance along the bottom edge of the front panel by 2.5 cm, turning it toward the wrong side.
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2. Pressing the hem (Back)
- Press the hem allowance along the bottom edge of the back panel by 2.5 cm, turning it toward the wrong side.
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3. Pinning side seams
- Pin the side seams together, matching the edges and notches, with right sides facing.
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5. Pressing side seams
- Press the side seam allowances toward the back.
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4. Stitching side seams
- Stitch and serge the side seams at the same time on a 4-thread overlock. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm.
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6.1. Sleeve Prep - Pinning
- Pin the sleeve's upper and lower edges together, matching the edges with right sides facing each other.
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6.4. Pressing cuffs
- Press the cuffs in half lengthwise, folding with the wrong side inside.
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6.3. Pressing sleeve seams
- Press the seam allowances from stitching the sleeve edges toward the back of the sleeve.
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6.2. Stitching sleeve edges
- Stitch and serge the upper and lower sleeve edges at the same time on a 4-thread overlock. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm.
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6.5. Pinning cuff edges
- Pin the cuff edges into a ring, right sides together.
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6.7. Pressing cuff seams
- Press the seam allowances of the cuff seam open. Press the sewn cuff again, folding it in half lengthwise.
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6.6. Sewing cuff edges
- Sew the cuff edges into a ring. Seam allowance: 1.0 cm.
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6.9. Stitching cuffs to sleeve
- Stitch the cuffs to the sleeve hem and serge at the same time on a 4-thread overlock. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm. Using a hook, tuck the serger tails into the coverstitch from the wrong side.
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6.10. Pressing cuff seams
- Press the seam allowance from attaching the cuffs to the sleeve hem toward the sleeves.
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6.8. Pinning cuffs to sleeve
- Pin the cuffs to the sleeve hem, matching raw edges, seams, and notches, with right sides together.
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10. Stitching bottom hem
- Stitch along the bottom hem of the T-shirt using a coverstitch machine. If you don’t have a coverstitch machine, you can serge the raw edges first and then sew the hem on a regular sewing machine. Pull the thread tails on the wrong side through the coverstitch using a hook.
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9. Pressing armhole seams
- Press the armhole seam allowances toward the sleeve.
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7. Pinning sleeves to armhole
- Pin the sleeves to the armhole edge, matching the edges and notches, with right sides together.
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8. Sewing sleeves to armhole
- Sew the sleeves to the armhole and finish the edge at the same time on a 4-thread serger. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm.
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12.2. Overlapping placket ends
- Overlap the placket ends, aligning the cut edges so the right side lays over the left, forming a corner.
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12.1. Pressing placket
- Press the placket in half lengthwise, folding the crosswise edges with the wrong side facing in.
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12.2. Securing placket seam
- Secure the seam allowances. Allowance: 0.5 cm.
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12.3. Marking placket corner
- Mark the corner of the placket stitching line on the right side of the front bodice. Also align the reference marks at the placket corner with the chalk markings on the front and placket pattern pieces.
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12.4. Pinning placket to neckline
- Pin the placket to the neckline edge of the front and back, placing it on the right side of the neckline and matching the reference points, edges, and notches.
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12.5. Stitching placket to neckline
- Stitch the placket to the neckline edge at the front corner, carefully keeping the neckline level. Clip into the neckline seam allowance at the corner, stopping 1 mm short of the stitching. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm.
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12.7. Pressing neckband seam
- Press the seam allowance from attaching the neckband toward the front and back neckline.
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12.6. Stitching neckband
- Stitch the neckband on and, at the same time, serge it with a 4-thread overlock along the neckline edges of the front, sleeve, and back. Seam allowance: 0.7 cm. Using a hook, tuck the serger thread tails into the cover stitch on the wrong side.
