0:00:00.000,0:00:01.340 [singing the opening song] 0:00:01.340,0:00:03.240 Ba dom dom chika chika dom dom chika chika bleoeoeop! 0:00:03.250,0:00:04.250 Hello! 0:00:04.250,0:00:08.309 Welcome to another episode of Make Thrift[br]Buy, the show where you guys send in suggestions 0:00:08.309,0:00:12.690 of clothing or accessories that you’ve seen[br]online or on the high street, and then I do 0:00:12.690,0:00:14.190 my best to recreate them. 0:00:14.190,0:00:19.690 A bunch of you have been suggesting to make[br]bell sleeve shirts and what with the 70s revival 0:00:19.690,0:00:22.810 that’s going on in fashion at the moment,[br]they can be found everywhere. 0:00:22.810,0:00:27.880 However, I didn’t think this would be too[br]difficult to make for ourselves, so lets give 0:00:27.880,0:00:29.090 it a go! 0:00:29.090,0:00:33.760 Now I showed you all how to make t-shirts[br]back in episode #37 of Make Thrift Buy. 0:00:33.760,0:00:38.710 We are basically going to be following the[br]exact same process as in that tutorial - the 0:00:38.710,0:00:42.690 construction of the shirt is basically exactly[br]the same as the construction of the t-shirt 0:00:42.690,0:00:46.890 in that video - and the only thing that I'm[br]really doing differently is altering the sleeves 0:00:46.890,0:00:49.649 to make them longer and bell-shaped. 0:00:49.649,0:00:54.520 So if you want to know how to make this top[br]from start to finish, follow the tutorial 0:00:54.520,0:01:00.300 for making a t-shirt in Make Thrift Buy #37,[br]and then come back here to see how to make 0:01:00.300,0:01:01.820 and attach the sleeves. 0:01:01.820,0:01:06.140 So the shirt that I’m going to use to copy[br]my pattern from is this slightly oversized 0:01:06.140,0:01:10.970 red top – which I am now just realising[br]looks stolen from Where’s Waldo closet. 0:01:10.970,0:01:14.960 Anyway I traced around the back and front[br]of the bodice, and I traced it down onto pattern 0:01:14.960,0:01:18.040 paper this time so that I could reuse my pattern[br]again and again. 0:01:18.040,0:01:21.470 Then, I traced around the sleeve, and this[br]is where this tutorial is going to differ 0:01:21.470,0:01:22.860 a little from the other one. 0:01:22.860,0:01:26.290 I used a slightly different method of copying[br]out the sleeves for the top. 0:01:26.290,0:01:30.020 The front and the back of the sleeve are actually[br]slightly different shapes, because as you 0:01:30.020,0:01:33.670 will notice here, the front bodice piece and[br]back bodice pieces are slightly different 0:01:33.670,0:01:38.040 – so the front and back of the sleeve actually[br]need to differ a little bit to compensate 0:01:38.040,0:01:39.040 for this. 0:01:39.040,0:01:42.600 So first I folded the bottom part of the sleeve[br]out of the way, because I wasn’t worried 0:01:42.600,0:01:44.740 about making the sleeve pattern long yet. 0:01:44.740,0:01:49.790 Then I traced around the sleeve, like this,[br]and to trace out the armhole curve here, I 0:01:49.790,0:01:54.470 placed my finger on the seam that connects[br]the sleeve to the bodice, and I basically 0:01:54.470,0:01:59.689 just folded the fabric back, making dashed[br]marks where the two fabrics join up, which 0:01:59.689,0:02:01.450 I then connected with my pen. 0:02:01.450,0:02:05.460 Then I flipped the sleeve over like this,[br]lining up the top of the sleeve with this 0:02:05.460,0:02:10.260 middle line there, and then I traced around[br]the back of the sleeve in the same way. 0:02:13.460,0:02:15.540 All up, that gave me this. 0:02:15.540,0:02:18.540 Notice how the slope for the back of the sleeve[br]is slighhhtly straighter and flatter than 0:02:18.540,0:02:19.540 the front? 0:02:19.540,0:02:22.760 Now the method I gave you for copying sleeves[br]in THIS other tutorial, where the front and 0:02:22.760,0:02:26.760 the back are the same, is still valid – I’m[br]just showing you another way to do this! 0:02:26.760,0:02:30.540 Both methods will give you perfectly fine[br]sleeves for your t-shirt, but this method 0:02:30.540,0:02:34.260 is just “slightly” more correct, because[br]it allows for the natural shape and movement 0:02:34.260,0:02:35.260 of the body. 0:02:35.260,0:02:38.590 Although, when you’re using stretchy t-shirt[br]fabric, it doesn’t really matter – because 0:02:38.590,0:02:40.310 stretchy fabric is very forgiving. 0:02:40.310,0:02:44.910 So right now we’ve ended up with a pattern[br]for a short t-shirt sleeve, but obviously, 0:02:44.910,0:02:46.060 we need to make it longer! 0:02:46.060,0:02:50.769 So, I placed this short-sleeve pattern piece[br]on top of a much larger piece of paper, and 0:02:50.769,0:02:53.580 then I traced around this part of the sleeve. 0:02:53.580,0:02:58.650 Then I took one of my favourite long-sleeve[br]shirts and I measured how long the sleeve 0:02:58.650,0:02:59.650 was on that. 0:02:59.650,0:03:03.489 I added a couple of inches, one for hemming[br]allowance and another to make the sleeve just 0:03:03.489,0:03:04.489 a little bit longer. 0:03:04.489,0:03:09.590 All up that gave me a measurement that was[br]24 inches, so I drew a mark 24 inches away 0:03:09.590,0:03:11.950 from the very top part of the sleeve. 0:03:11.950,0:03:16.510 Now, to make a long sleeve all I need to do[br]is to extend the arm 24 inches down from the 0:03:16.510,0:03:18.560 top of the sleeve, like this. 0:03:18.560,0:03:23.560 The length of this line here is just the circumference[br]of my wrist, plus 1 inch, and these straight 0:03:23.560,0:03:26.320 lines here simply join up everything. 0:03:29.600,0:03:34.159 So that’s how you make a long sleeve, but[br]to make bell sleeves, what I am going to do 0:03:34.159,0:03:37.470 is to make the end of the sleeves looks like…[br]a bell! 0:03:37.470,0:03:42.580 So to make a bell, I made a mark 10 inches[br]up from the end of the sleeve, on both sides 0:03:42.580,0:03:44.010 of the sleeve. 0:03:44.010,0:03:48.130 And then, I extended the sleeve out evenly[br]on both sides like this. 0:03:56.420,0:04:01.739 I drew a curved line in this angle here to[br]smooth out the sides of the sleeves, where 0:04:01.739,0:04:03.150 the bell begins. 0:04:03.150,0:04:09.340 I’m going to curve the end like this, so[br]that the angle at each corner here is 90 degrees. 0:04:09.340,0:04:13.470 I just eyeballed this – if you wanted to[br]do the specific maths to get this perfect 0:04:13.470,0:04:16.130 then you can – but it’s fine to just eyeball[br]it. 0:04:17.870,0:04:22.270 For a more dramatic bell-sleeve, you would[br]extend it even further, and for a more subtle 0:04:22.270,0:04:23.479 one, you would bring this in. 0:04:23.479,0:04:29.020 I also drew a little F and a B on the front[br]and back parts of the sleeve pattern, so I 0:04:29.020,0:04:31.030 would remember which was which. 0:04:31.030,0:04:33.240 And that is my sleeve pattern done! 0:04:33.240,0:04:38.120 Next I cut out 2 sleeves from my fabric, using[br]the new pattern, with the stretch of the fabric 0:04:38.120,0:04:39.540 running in THIS direction. 0:04:39.540,0:04:43.370 Then, after I sewed the front and the back[br]of the bodice pieces together at the shoulders 0:04:43.370,0:04:46.680 like this, the next step is to attach the[br]sleeves to the bodice. 0:04:46.680,0:04:50.509 I lined the sleeve up with the armhole like[br]this, with the back of the sleeve matching 0:04:50.509,0:04:53.880 up with the back of the bodice, and the front[br]of the sleeve matching with with the front 0:04:53.880,0:04:54.880 of the bodice. 0:04:54.880,0:04:58.970 And then, I sew the sleeve on in the exact[br]same way as I did in Make Thrift Buy #37. 0:04:58.970,0:05:03.120 In fact, the remainder of the construction[br]of the t-shirt is basically the exact same 0:05:03.120,0:05:07.630 as in Make Thrift Buy #37 – the only exception[br]is that I used a different finishing for the 0:05:07.630,0:05:10.650 raw edges of the fabric at the ends of the[br]sleeves. 0:05:10.650,0:05:15.260 I hemmed the end of the sleeves, which I did[br]by first turning the shirt inside out, and 0:05:15.260,0:05:19.600 then folding the top of the sleeve down 1[br]inch, and then I sewed all the way around 0:05:19.600,0:05:21.250 the opening of the sleeve. 0:05:21.250,0:05:22.479 And that’s the shirt done! 0:05:22.479,0:05:23.479 So – how did I go? 0:05:23.479,0:05:24.479 [music plays] 0:05:46.680,0:05:50.620 I ended up making two shirts from stretchy,[br]thrifted jersey fabric – this black one 0:05:50.620,0:05:54.680 was the first one that I made, but the material[br]was… really sheer, it was really thin and 0:05:54.680,0:05:58.210 it was pretty weird to work with – it kinda[br]twisted in this annoying way and it made the 0:05:58.210,0:05:59.810 seams look a little bit bunched up. 0:05:59.810,0:06:04.020 The second one is a thicker blue jersey, and[br]this worked out a lot better – the seams 0:06:04.020,0:06:06.370 and the bells look really nice and smooth. 0:06:06.370,0:06:09.930 But I’m still going to wear both because[br]I think the black one is definitely still 0:06:09.930,0:06:12.580 wearable, and I already love it! 0:06:12.580,0:06:13.580 And that’s it! 0:06:13.580,0:06:16.259 It's pretty easy to make, if you’re familiar[br]with working with stretchy fabric, and if 0:06:16.259,0:06:20.150 not, I've got some tips in this video here[br]to help you out! 0:06:20.150,0:06:23.130 And the finished product is really damn cute[br]and also on trend. 0:06:23.130,0:06:28.259 I'm going to try making this with a more tightly-fitted[br]t-shirt - I quite like the dropped-shoulder 0:06:28.259,0:06:32.930 version that I made here but I want to try[br]it with a couple of different styles of shirt. 0:06:32.930,0:06:36.259 So anyway, the conclusion is![br][scissor snipping sound effect] 0:06:36.259,0:06:37.290 Make this for yourself. 0:06:37.290,0:06:42.039 By the way, thank you SO MUCH if you are subscribed[br]to my channel because I just hit the very 0:06:42.039,0:06:45.690 exciting, arbitrary milestone of 500,000 subscribers! 0:06:45.690,0:06:49.050 That’s half a million people!! 0:06:49.050,0:06:55.330 I can’t even comprehend how many people[br]that is – that’s bigger than the population 0:06:55.330,0:06:56.330 of Malta! 0:06:56.330,0:06:57.330 Of Iceland! 0:06:57.330,0:07:01.100 I’m glad you guys seem to like what I do,[br]because I really enjoy doing it too. 0:07:01.100,0:07:05.830 If you want to see me being a massive dork[br]when the subscriber count ticked over to 500,000, 0:07:05.830,0:07:08.360 you can see that video on my instagram feed. 0:07:08.360,0:07:11.169 Anyway... arghh - thank you. 0:07:11.169,0:07:13.120 And I will see you all in my next video. 0:07:13.120,0:07:14.120 Bye! 0:07:14.120,0:07:17.860 Thank you to all of my supporters on Patreon[br]for making these videos possible. 0:07:17.860,0:07:21.580 To become my Patreon supporter, go to patreon.com/annikavictoria!