Peek a boo shirt1/22/2024 ![]() ![]() For this project, we want a smooth edge so don’t pull the elastic as you stitch it down. Her video shows the elastic being stretched as it’s applied. ![]() Easy peasy. If you want to see how it’s done, check out this video tutorial by Grosgrain. Hold it in place with your hands and zig zag it in place. Wrap the elastic around the edge of the fabric with the fold line aligned with the edge of the fabric. There’s a line woven down the middle of the elastic. If you’ve never used foldover elastic before, it’s really simple to do. (Bind the edges marked with red in the handy-dandy roughly-drawn diagram.) Bind the top edges of each t-shirt piece with foldover elastic or knit fabric. If it’s too tight, just cut the neck deeper or wider.Ģ. I check this by pinning the shirt together at the shoulders and sliding it over the head. Adjust the neckline on the front piece, making sure that the neck will be big enough to go over the head. If you cut the pattern on the taller (back) neckline, then you can cut two pieces at the same time and then adjust the neck on one of them to make the front.ġ. The front and the back are the same shape, except for the neckline. You’ll also notice that I didn’t draw a separate front and back. That’s because I used a shirt that’s fairly fitted and I wanted the shirt I’m making to be boxy and loose. ![]() You’ll notice that the one I drew is wider than the shirt. Get a t-shirt that fits and draw a boxy short-sleeve shape using the t-shirt as a guide. Now that you’ve got your materials, let’s draft the pattern. I used less than 2 yards to bind the edges in the child’s size 6 shirt I made. (Size needed will depend on the size of shirt you’re making.) You’ll also need some foldover elastic to bind the edges. You’ll need either jersey knit yardage or a t-shirt large enough to cut your pieces. Go to the giveaway and get yourself entered, then come back to this post for the tutorial for the Peek-a-Boo Shoulder Shirt. And if you already use foldover, then you know how much fun it can be. Awesome!!! If you haven’t used foldover already, you’ll be hooked after just one project. Each pack will include 5 5-yard lengths of foldover, for a total of 25 yards. Remember how I said yesterday that I had a little suprise up my sleeve? Well, Hobovian has generously offered to give away a 5-piece sampler pack of her fabulous elastic to 10 lucky Craft Gossip readers. (If you send her an email request to her at or she’ll mail you free samples of the colors in her shop.) You can find a number of sources online for foldover elastic, but I order my foldover from Hobovian on Etsy. Especially elastic in pretty candy colors, like the mint green I used on this shirt. ![]() You can bind the edges with the knit, or do what I did and use foldover elastic.Īnd speaking of foldover elastic – do you know much I LOVE LOVE LOVE foldover elastic? I love it for shirts, for panties, for anything stretchy that needs a finished edge. It’s easy enough to make out of jersey knit yardage, but even easier if you use a repurposed t-shirt (no hemming required!). And with this style of shirt showing up all over the mall and boutique-y stores, I’m sooo going to be making a bunch of these for the little girl. With no set-in sleeves, it’s just two pieces of fabric with edges bound and sewn together at the sides and sleeves. Please write to Or, Click here to chat with the Simpl Team.I promised you a tutorial for making the Peek-a-Boo Shoulder Shirt, and here it is! This really is a quick, easy shirt to make.
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