i'll help you when youre drunk ♥ ([info]xxsmack) wrote in [info]tshirt_surgery,
2005-03-08 20:00:00
hi.

Im new with the surgery. Before I tear any shirts up, does anyone have a Tutorial on making a big tshirt smaller? It seems like it'd be pretty simple. I just need to know how to make the sleeves right and stuff.

Apreciate it. Thanks.

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[info]vise23

March 9 2005, 03:03:47 UTC 7 years ago

I did that with a bunch of T shirts that were too big...

What I did was turn the big shirt inside out. Lay a shirt that I liked the fit of over top. Trace the outline of the smaller shirt. Then sew along the lines. (if you are paranoid you can pin on the lines first, then turn it right side out and model it to be sure it is satisfactory..). Once you have sewn it, cut away the excess shirt.

The sleeves come out thinner, but I didn't find the need to shorten any of them. Seems like it would be just as simple tho.

[info]glitterpimpette

March 9 2005, 04:32:23 UTC 7 years ago

I always wondered the same thing and you explained it perfectly. Thank you. :-)

[info]xxsmack

March 9 2005, 11:31:29 UTC 7 years ago

so when you trace and sew the trunk of the shirt, just stop at the sleeves?

thanks a ton. it helps a lot.

[info]vise23

March 9 2005, 17:39:07 UTC 7 years ago

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This is what the traced shirt should look like. The dotted lines represent the seam that the sleeves are sewn on at. The red is where you would sew. Hope this pic makes it clear!

[info]xxsmack

March 9 2005, 21:01:03 UTC 7 years ago

perfect. thanks so much!

[info]deprivedmuffins

March 13 2005, 22:55:39 UTC 7 years ago

wait.. so you just sorta... cut it to the size, then resew at the seams? Sorry, I was also wondering how to do this.

[info]xxsmack

March 13 2005, 22:57:35 UTC 7 years ago

scroll down some and then look at the picture.
Turn the one youre resizing inside out and place one that fits directly on top of it, then trace the one that fits with marker, pin where its traced, sew along the line (except at the bottom of course) then cut off the rest of the faberic. It works really well, i just have to roll up the sleaves a bit cause Im cutting down Larges to Xsmalls and it looks a bit unperportional.

[info]deprivedmuffins

March 13 2005, 22:59:50 UTC 7 years ago

Yes, I had looked at the picture, it just wasn't quite clear.

Anyway thanks a lot, I was a bit confused. :)
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