Simplicity Shirt Tutorial

1. Make sure you line up the grain of the fabric with the direction of the arrows, 2. Simplicity shirt pieces all cut out, 3. Fray Check your edges, 4. Pin right sides together, 5. I sew over needles, 6. Now pin the back piece to the other side of the sleeve, 7. Sewn together, 8. This is what you should have after sewing one sleeve., 9. Both sleeves done, 10. Use a long stitch on the neck edge and along both sleeve edges, 11. Iron bands in half, good sides out, 12. Gather top edge, 13. Pin band to neck edge, 14. Sew about half way down the band, 15. Pin arm hole band, 16. Sew arm hole band, 17. And repeat on the other side, 18. Iron bands, 19. Pin one side, 20. Sewn together, 21. Trim underarm and snip to ease, 22. Repeat on other side, 23. Turn right side out, 24. Sew down raw edges on each side, 25. Press open the seam that runs under the sleeves, 26. Press up the bottom hem and sew, 27. Press side seams flat, 28. B: Like my new shirt?

 

See the whole set: www.flickr.com/photos/morganannie/sets/72157624470181898/

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