This is the T-shirt I used. I got it from Threadless.
I began by cutting the top of the shirt. I cut it as close to the collar as possible, in order to have as much room as I could for the elastic top.
Here is the top with the first cut.
Next, I cut off the sleeves at the seams.
I pinned the raw edges from the sleeves, and then sewed a new seam. I then took in the side seams a little more.
Once I sewed the sides together, I made a hem for the top. This is wide enough for elastic to thread through the top.
(Sometimes, a kitty comes to help you sew. Hi, Duncan!) |
One that seam was sewn, I threaded the elastic through the top. Once I did that, I sewed the ends of the elastic together and finished the seam.
And here are a couple photographs of the shirt on. You can see that this needs a little more on top in order to pull of the look I was going for. It would have been better if there was more space between the design and the top of the shirt, so I could have put a wider elastic in it.