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Hello!

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Welcome to a brand new episode of Make Thrift
Buy, the show where you guys send in cool

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clothes you've found on the internet, and
then I do my best to recreate them, in order

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to fight against cheap, disposable fast fashion
and how to teach you guys how to make your

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own stuff!

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Today’s suggestion was sent in by zelhis..
.zelhistoir… that person.

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Who wanted me to make this t-shirt.

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Now if you cast your mind back to episode
22, I’ve actually already made this bag,

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but back then I wasn’t able to find any
proper holographic material, and this kinda

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caused some people to lose their minds – GUYS
– you know you’re actually allowed to

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use whatever fabric you want when you recreate
these things for yourself?

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ANYWAY guess what – I actually found some
proper, stretchy HOLOGRAPHIC MATERIAL the

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other day, so those people who were unreasonably
angry at me last time can now chill out a

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little bit.

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Anyway, let’s get started.

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You can start this DIY with any plain t-shirt
that you own.

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I thrifted mine for 50c, and it is tighter
fitting than the one in the suggestion, but

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it’s all I had on hand and I also wanted
to show you that you can use whatever style

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of shirt that you like.

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It doesn’t have to be white either – basically
any t-shirt will work.

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It’s hard to see on the camera, but this
particular t-shirt also had yellow sweat stains

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that were just on the sleeves, so it was the
perfect t-shirt to upcycle and give a new

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life.

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Now the first step is to remove the sleeves.

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So, I turned the t-shirt inside out and I
got a pair of small, sharp scissors.

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Most store-made shirts will use overlocking
stitches, that look like this, to attach the

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sleeves to the body.

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The quickest and easiest way to remove these
stitches is to find the side of the seam where

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the overlocking stitches look like this.

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Notice these two lines of thread going across
the loops?

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These are the threads that I wanted to cut
through, so I snipped through these every

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3 or 4 stitches along.

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Once I’d done that all the way around the
sleeve seam, I could basically just pull on

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the threads on the other side of the seam,
and ALL of the threads came loose.

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By using this method it only took a couple
of minutes to remove the sleeves!

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Now I’m going to set the body of the shirt
aside for the moment, and I’m going to use

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just one of the old sleeves to make a pattern
for some new sleeves!

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Now, the original sleeves on this t-shirt
were pretty small and tight, however I wanted

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to make the new contrasting sleeves both wide
and longer.

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So I’m not only going to trace and copy
the old sleeve, I’m also going to modify

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it to make it bigger as well.

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So first I cut open the original sleeve to
make it flat, and then I traced around the

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top of this original sleeve, onto some blank
butcher’s paper.

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I then made the sleeve a little bit longer
by extending the pattern straight down from

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the curved edge, like this.

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And I ended up with this sleeve pattern.

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Now, I also wanted to make the sleeve WIDER,
so I cut up the pattern vertically in 3 places

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like this, and then I separated the 4 resulting
sections.

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The top of the sleeve is still the same length
as the original, but the rest of the sleeve

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is now WIDER.

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I traced around this slashed and spread-out
pattern, onto more pattern paper, also extending

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the sleeves to make them a little bit longer
again, adding an even 7 inches on both sides,

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and then I added a slightly curved bottom
edge to join up the ends, and now I’ve got

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my new sleeve pattern, which I cut out.

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Notice how much bigger it is in size to the
original sleeve?

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However, the top edge is still the same length,
which is important because the new sleeves

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with still fit on the original t-shirt.

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With the sleeve pattern done, I grabbed my
holographic material.

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To cut out two mirrored sleeves at once, I
folded the fabric over in half like this,

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right sides together and then I laid the pattern
down on top of the wrong side of the fabric,

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put some heavy items on top of the pattern
to hold it in place, and I cut around the

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pattern with my rotary cutter, cutting through
both layers of fabric at the same time.

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This gave me two, mirrored sleeves, that look
like this.

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For each sleeve, I folded it in half, right-sides
together like this and then I sewed down the

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straight edge.

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I used an overlocker (also known as a serger)
for this step, but a zig zag stitch will also

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work just fine.

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Next, I finished off the bottom edges of the
sleeves by first overlocking right around

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the bottom edges – and again, this is a
totally optional step – and then with the

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sleeve still inside out I folded the bottom
edge up about 5/8ths of an inch (which is

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about 1.5 cm).

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I stuck some pins in and I sewed all the way
around the edge using a zig-zag stitch to

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make a hem at the bottom of the sleeves.

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Because I’m using stretchy fabric, I am
also using a walking foot on my sewing machine,

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so that the hem doesn’t become all weird
and ruffled.

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I am also using clear thread so the stitch
won’t be visible from the outside.

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After I repeated that process on both sleeves,
it was now time to attach them to the body

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of the original t-shirt!

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To do this, first I turned the body of the
t-shirt inside out.

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Then I pushed one of the sleeves inside the
armhole, hem-first, so that the curvy, raw

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edge of the sleeve matched up with the armhole,
right-sides touching, positioned so that the

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seam on the bottom edge of the sleeve matches
up with the underarm seams on the t-shirt

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body.

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Then using lots of pins, I pinned the two
pieces together really well.

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The last step was to sew the sleeve on, using
a zig zag stitch, all the way around the armhole.

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You can see that I’m struggling a little
bit with the stretchy, slippery fabrics here,

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but it’s not impossible if you leave the
pins in ‘til the last moment and you go

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really slowly.

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After sewing the two together, I did finish
off the seam by going over it again using

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my serger, but again, this step is totally
optional - it just gives you a more professional

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finishing inside the garment.

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After turning the shirt the right way around,
I noticed that I should also iron the seams

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to help them lay more flat.

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But anyway - that’s it!

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So, how did I go?

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[Music plays]

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Okay, so I just went into the sunlight wearing
this t-shirt and I lit up like a rainbow!

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I can - I understand why people defend holographic
material so viciously now because LOOK at

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this!

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I'm a walking rainbow!

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Woooow!

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Pretty.

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So, obviously my t-shirt is a little bit tighter-fitting
than the picture in the suggestion, but I

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knew that going in, because basically, I wanted
to show you guys that you can use this technique

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to add holographic sleeves – or, indeed,
any kind of sleeves in any kind of stretchy

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material you want – to any style kind of
t-shirt that you want!

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So my conclusion is:
[Scissor snipping and zipper sound effect]

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If you'd like to leave a suggestion for a
new make thrift buy then use the hashtag #makethriftbuy

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on twitter, instagram, or leave a comment
in the comment's section down below on my

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most recent video.

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I've given up telling people to not send them
to me on twitter and instagram, 'coz you all

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did anyway, so if you want me to see your
suggestions: put up a picture, use the hashtag

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#makethriftbuy and I'll browse it frequently
to look for new suggestions for new videos!

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OH and if you haven’t already, please check
out my Patreon page!

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I’m currently trying to fund a proper sewing
workbench that is adjustable so I can raise

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it to a level where I don't have to bend over
and hurt my back all the time, it will also

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be really useful for using patterns because
I am to be - hopefully soon - doing a "how

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to sew with patterns" series for you guys.

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So it basically means new and better quality
videos for you guys, and selfishly, I also

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won't be in so much pain anymore when I try
and sew.

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And thank you so much to all of my amazing
Patreon supporters, I couldn't do what I do

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without your help.

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But of course, if you can't help me out on
Patreon right now, then feel free to share

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my videos on social media, with your friends
who you wanna get into sewing and have some

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crafternoons with...

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Anyway, that’s it from me and I’ll see
you all in my next video.

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Bye!