T-shirt Necklines
I have a bunch of women's t-shirts (the form-fitting type) that have high
necklines. I would like to lower the necklines, if possible - preferably scoop and not V. I'm not sure how to do this (without stretching, puckering, etc.). Is binding necessary on these mostly 100% cotton T's, or can i turn under and stitch? What type of stitch do i use? Any advice would be appreciated. Used to sew a lot years ago, but lately it's limited to a mending or altering. Thank you. |
I personally prefer to bind my necklines. It is more work but the finished
results are worth it. If you do not want to bind the neckline, I would suggest cutting a piece of clear swimsuit elastic just slightly smaller than the neck opening. Baste this to the wrong side with a long, wide zigzag stitch. Turn the raw edge to the inside of the t-shirt and stitch along the edge with a narrow short zigzag stitch (about 2 wide and 1.5 long). This will give the neckline a memory and prevent gaping and sagging. Hope this helps. Cynthia "MLWCS" wrote in message news:Zx0gb.18781$Rd4.12440@fed1read07... I have a bunch of women's t-shirts (the form-fitting type) that have high necklines. I would like to lower the necklines, if possible - preferably scoop and not V. I'm not sure how to do this (without stretching, puckering, etc.). Is binding necessary on these mostly 100% cotton T's, or can i turn under and stitch? What type of stitch do i use? Any advice would be appreciated. Used to sew a lot years ago, but lately it's limited to a mending or altering. Thank you. |
Cynthia Spilsted wrote:
I personally prefer to bind my necklines. It is more work but the finished results are worth it. If you do not want to bind the neckline, I would suggest cutting a piece of clear swimsuit elastic just slightly smaller than the neck opening. Baste this to the wrong side with a long, wide zigzag stitch. Turn the raw edge to the inside of the t-shirt and stitch along the edge with a narrow short zigzag stitch (about 2 wide and 1.5 long). This will give the neckline a memory and prevent gaping and sagging. Hope this helps. Cynthia Cynthia, that's *such* a clever idea! I've used that technique in making swimmers and leotards for my daughter but never thought to apply it to T-shirts! What a nice, clean, just-stretchy-enough finish that will make - I'm going to give that a go! Thanks! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
Trish Brown wrote:
Cynthia Spilsted wrote: I personally prefer to bind my necklines. It is more work but the finished results are worth it. If you do not want to bind the neckline, I would suggest cutting a piece of clear swimsuit elastic just slightly smaller than the neck opening. Baste this to the wrong side with a long, wide zigzag stitch. Turn the raw edge to the inside of the t-shirt and stitch along the edge with a narrow short zigzag stitch (about 2 wide and 1.5 long). This will give the neckline a memory and prevent gaping and sagging. Hope this helps. Cynthia Cynthia, that's *such* a clever idea! I've used that technique in making swimmers and leotards for my daughter but never thought to apply it to T-shirts! What a nice, clean, just-stretchy-enough finish that will make - I'm going to give that a go! Thanks! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia Same here! Idea filed for later use! Hm... Wonder how it would work with that 'invisible' elastic? Got some somewhere... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
Here is a link to the answers I got when i asked this exact same question
several years ago. good luck http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...4149-3ACF4550- 16%40storefull-621.iap.bryant.webtv.net&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr %3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D24149-3ACF4550-16%2540storefull-621.iap.bryant.w ebtv.net%26rnum%3D4 or do a search on t shirt & neckline. the date for the posts were april 2001. susan |
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Liz "Susiemw" wrote in message ... Here is a link to the answers I got when i asked this exact same question several years ago. good luck http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...4149-3ACF4550- 16%40storefull-621.iap.bryant.webtv.net&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr %3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D24149-3ACF4550-16%2540storefull-621.iap.bryant.w ebtv.net%26rnum%3D4 or do a search on t shirt & neckline. the date for the posts were april 2001. susan |
T-shirt Necklines Well, that was my step-by-step solution for cutting a dress (or non-stretchy garment) neckline down, but, for a T shirt neckline, I'd skip the interfacing details, and either use a stretch binding, or a small satin binding around the neck. In my reply over at alt.sewing, I mentioned that I use two rows of stitching in the seam-to-be, to stabilize the new knit neckline and keep it from laddering. Stitch before cutting the neckline down. (Nice short link URL, Liz!) Cea --- (Liz) For anyone who has trouble with multi-line URLs, try http://tinyurl.com/q4kz --- "Susiemw" wrote : Here is a link to the answers I got when i asked this exact same question several years ago. snipped |
On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 04:51:52 GMT, "Liz" wrote:
For anyone who has trouble with multi-line URLs, try http://tinyurl.com/q4kz Liz You can also preced the linkwith a "" and end it with a "" (minus the quote marks) http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=24149-3ACF4550-16%40storefull-621.iap.bryant.webtv.net&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D24149-3ACF4550-16%2540storefull-621.iap.bryant.webtv.net%26rnum%3D4 |
Would be interested to know if this elastic is available in the UK as I have
never heard of it and it would eliminate the problem of trying to match colours. What a good idea. Liz "Cynthia Spilsted" wrote in message ... I personally prefer to bind my necklines. It is more work but the finished results are worth it. If you do not want to bind the neckline, I would suggest cutting a piece of clear swimsuit elastic just slightly smaller than the neck opening. Baste this to the wrong side with a long, wide zigzag stitch. Turn the raw edge to the inside of the t-shirt and stitch along the edge with a narrow short zigzag stitch (about 2 wide and 1.5 long). This will give the neckline a memory and prevent gaping and sagging. Hope this helps. Cynthia "MLWCS" wrote in message news:Zx0gb.18781$Rd4.12440@fed1read07... I have a bunch of women's t-shirts (the form-fitting type) that have high necklines. I would like to lower the necklines, if possible - preferably scoop and not V. I'm not sure how to do this (without stretching, puckering, etc.). Is binding necessary on these mostly 100% cotton T's, or can i turn under and stitch? What type of stitch do i use? Any advice would be appreciated. Used to sew a lot years ago, but lately it's limited to a mending or altering. Thank you. |
Elizabeth Hall wrote:
Would be interested to know if this elastic is available in the UK as I have never heard of it and it would eliminate the problem of trying to match colours. What a good idea. Liz You can use the technique with ordinary knicker elastic. I've just made DD's ballet costume (printed leotard) in this way (ie zig zag the elastic to the neck, arm and leg holes, then turning once and zig zagging again) - the shop had run out of clear elastic and so I was forced to use the ordinary stuff. Works just the same! HTH, -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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