Making a Simple T-Shirt

 Hello Readers. I have been really trying to use the fabric in my sewing stash. I had a small piece of knit blue floral and decided to make a t-shirt out of it. It was soft and I loved the colors. It would make a great t-shirt. There was not a lot of it though.

My new t-shirt.

 

I had this blue floral in my sewing stash. It was so soft. It would make a great top and it would work with these tan corduroy's from my last post. 

 

I started with this pattern. It is Simplicity 8035. It would make a fitted t-shirt and I did not have enough fabric to make a loose fitting top. So this was my choice.

(If this is the first time you have read my blog, let me just tell you that I am always a bit short on fabric when I try to use a pattern. Then I stress about it and force it to work out. I do this every time.)

 

I squeezed this pattern pieces on the fabric. I made my shirt shorter than the pattern piece so I could use the fabric at the bottom of this picture for the sleeves. 

 

I used a t-shirt I already had as a guide to make these cap sleeves. These sleeves were small enough to fit with the fabric I had. 

 

I had all my pieces and I was ready to sew them all together. 

I used my serger because it is great with knits. 

 

I was happy I made a shirt from this blue floral.
 

I was happy with how this shirt turned out but...

 

It is a bit cold for a t-shirt. I'm going to need a sweater. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.