I love the look of this shawl collar t-shirt; comfortable but stunning and vintage styled at the same time ~ what could be better? Pop over to So, Zo… What do you know? for instructions on how to make this lovely refashion for yourself.
Refashion Friday Inspiration: Shawl Collar T-shirt
…There's one of two ways you could create a garment like this from an existing T-shirt. You could either take a T-shirt that already fits you (or the indented recipient) well then recut the neckline, make the new collar and then attach the collar to the T-shirt. Or you could do what I did here: take a large loose fit T-shirt originally intended for a guy, and cut it up and remake it using a T-shirt sewing pattern to fit you before getting involved in the collar section.
I took the collar pattern from New Look 6808 (pictured above) to make the collar. I also used that sewing pattern's front and back pieces as a guide to recut the new T-shirt neckline…
xox,
bonita
Oh how sweetly fantastic! I adore the feminine floral fabric you went with and how much new life a collar like this injects into a basic shirt. Wonderful work, dear gal!
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
Oh dear, I hope I didn't give you the wrong impression Jessica ~ thank you for your sweet comment, but it wasn't I who sewed that top, Zo from So, Zo did it and I just linked to her work for an example of the tutorial she's done.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right though, the floral fabric IS darling and I love how it's really picked up the overall impression of this basic tee.