Children grow up so quickly that often recently bought at an expensive store or a memorable trip, clothes already burst at the seams when trying to pull them on. And this is in an almost perfect condition of things! If your child has grown out of his favorite stylish T-shirt and does not want to part with it in any way, then perhaps it is worth giving it a second life. In this case, the T-shirt will only benefit from the transformation that has occurred to it. It will last for another season if you build up the most problematic areas of the T-shirt - the sleeves and the length of the product.
It is necessary
- - Favorite T-shirt;
- - unnecessary T-shirt with sleeves (contrasting or another color, matching the color of your favorite T-shirt);
- - sewing accessories;
- - sewing machine.
Instructions
Step 1
Lay out your favorite T-shirt (let's call it the main one), which you want to lengthen, on the table. Attach any short-sleeved T-shirt (the size your child wears) to it. Line up the armholes of the t-shirts and mark the bottom line of the short sleeve on the main t-shirt.
Step 2
From the new sleeve bottom line, add another two centimeters to the seams. Do the same on the second sleeve. Use a pair of tailor's scissors to cut off the excess sleeves of the main shirt.
Step 3
Measure the new sleeve length you want across your child's arm. Measure the new (shortened) sleeve length on the main T-shirt, excluding allowances, and subtract this value from the total sleeve length you measured. You now have the length of the sleeve cut, which you will use to lengthen the main T-shirt.
Step 4
Lay out the second prepared T-shirt, from which you will need to cut off the sleeves and the bottom. Measure from the bottom of each sleeve the value obtained in the previous step, draw a line and add two centimeters for the allowances. Cut off the sleeves from the unwanted T-shirt.
Step 5
Insert the tailored sleeve into the short sleeve of the main T-shirt, folding the fabrics, wrong sides together. Align the seams of the sleeves and their cuts. Tuck the allowances of each part inward, while you need to make sure that the bent edge of the trim piece is a couple of millimeters lower than the main one, then the finished layer of the second fabric will not be visible from under the short sleeve of the main T-shirt.
Step 6
Pin the parts with pins in a circular manner and sew on the sewing machine, stepping back 1 cm from the edge. Thus, the cuts of both parts of the sleeve will be inside. They do not need to be processed, since thin knitwear does not crumble.
Step 7
To keep the sewn-on sleeves from looking a little foreign, they can be supported by sewing the cut off the bottom of the second T-shirt to the bottom edge of the main T-shirt. This will also lengthen the shirt that is too short.
Step 8
Cut the bottom off the shirt you already used to extend the sleeve of the main shirt. Determine the height of the cut off by measuring the required total length along the back of the child and subtracting the length of the main T-shirt from it. Make an allowance of 2 cm, cut out.
Step 9
Fold the allowance of the obtained part to the wrong side and fold it with the bottom of the main T-shirt with the wrong sides so that the finished edge of the main T-shirt protrudes 1 cm beyond the edge of the hem with a folded allowance. Stitch the pieces together by stitching into the hem of the bottom of the main T-shirt.
