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Hi everyone!
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So, today on my channel I’m starting a new
series and its going to be called...
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So, I do a lot of sewing and creating things
that I don’t actually film and put on my
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YouTube channel - either because I’m
making alterations or I’m trying something
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new or I’m making something which requires
a lot of specialized equipment like an overlocker.
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But, I thought that it might actually be fun
to start filming some of this sewing I do.
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Because while you might have all the equipment
necessary or some of the things I do might
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not that simple,
you might be able to pick up some tips or
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tricks or things that you might want to purchase
in the future.
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So, without further ado...
This is the thing that I made today.
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And I want you to all join me as I make it!
So I started out with this old crop top whose
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pattern I wanted to copy because I like the
fit of it.
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And some pink stretchy fabric.
I then folded the crop top exactly in half
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and I placed it on the fabric’s fold.
Then using a washable fabric marker, I traced
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around this half of the top.
Adding a small seam allowance of half an inch
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all around the way around.
So, I didn’t trace out the sleeves here.
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This is because I’m going to trace where
the shoulder seam is instead.
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To do this, I’m going to be using a curved
ruler.
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Now, the curve of the ruler matches the shoulder
seam perfectly.
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So I used it to trace out the shoulder.
Its kind of hard to see the pen here,
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so, with the help of some computer graphics,
this is what I just drew onto my fabric.
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Then, I just cut it out!
And then I used the same piece to trace and
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cut another shirt piece so that I ended up
with two identical pieces.
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One will make the front of the T-shirt and
the other will be the back.
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Next up is making the pattern for the sleeves!
I place the sleeve onto the fabric fold, with
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the stretch going in the opposite direction
this time.
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I traced all around the sleeve leaving about
half an inch of the seam allowance again.
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And then, I used a curved ruler again to trace
out that shoulder seam.
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So then, I cut this out.
Used it as a template for another sleeve piece.
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Then I unfolded both of them and...
Here are my two sleeve pieces.
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Then, just to make my garment look all *professional*
I overlocked the edges of the sleeves and
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the front and the back of the top like this.
Overlockers are amazing!
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But if you don’t have one, this is not a
necessary step. It's just a step to make things look nice.
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Then I placed the these two top pieces together.
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So, I started sewing them together using a
zigzag stitch and...
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Wait! Why am I doing this when I have an overlocker?!
So, I used the overlocker to serge the two pieces together instead.
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Now, this clip hasn’t been sped up at all!
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This is literally how fast it is when using
an overlocker.
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~OVERLOCKERS!~
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Seriously though, I love my overlocker.
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I then tried on the top for size and I have
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to say its looking pretty sexy at this point!
So, the next step was to hem both the neckline
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and the bottom of the top.
Now, if you remember from before, these were
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the raw edges that I overlocked.
To both the neckline and the bottom edges
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of the top, I folded these edges up inside
the top about half and inch.
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Then I sewed over the top of them using a
zigzag stitch with a piece of paper underneath
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to prevent ruffling.
I ripped the paper off when it was done and
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this is what the hem looks like!
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Then it was time to sew on the sleeves!
So, I matched up the sleeve and the top’s
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shoulder seams - right sides together, just
like this.
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And I pinned the sleeve all around the arm
hole.
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Then I sewed the two together carefully using
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a zigzag stitch.
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And, this is what it looks like!
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I repeated this for the other sleeve and that’s
the top finished!
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Now, this is the first stretchy T-shirt that
I’ve ever successfully made!
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And I have to say that I’m pretty please
with how it's turned out.
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I did have a bit of ruffling going on at the
hem,
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and I think that fiddling around with my overlocker
settings or getting a walking foot for my
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machine would help me to make better T-shirts
in the future.
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So, I would love to hear your feedback about
this potential new series!
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And don’t worry, Make Thrift Buy isn’t
going anywhere!
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Its still my favourite series to make!
And I also want to make this a space where
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you can share tips and tricks of your own
with me if you have a better method for doing
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something, then let me know.
And yeah, that’s it!
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I’ll see you all in the next video!
Bye!
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