T-shirt Sewing Tutorial: 7 Easy Steps To Sew a Tee Like A Pro

Want to sew a t-shirt like a pro? Then follow these 7 easy steps to make your best tee ever.

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[geraldinehudson]

It's great to see a new video from you and I hope you are well. Just for people who are new to sewing a knit neckband, I would of explained how to quarter the tee shirt too because they might think that they can use the shoulder seems as quarter marks. xx

[kkaidohfan]

Great video! Can you do a video on how to cut /match stripes for shoulder and bodice?

[agnescleary]

Nice, clear video with good advice. One thing I would add, however, is that it's easier to sew one shoulder seam, then attach the neckband. No need to fuss with attaching it in the round. Same principle as attaching the sleeves before sewing the side seams.

[ingveldurjonsdottir]

I ordered your book one for me and one for my daughter, her birthday is this month so good timing. I bought a lot of stretch fabric last month, 50 meters x 4 colors very very cheap but good material, so we can practise a lot :) She is adult and has never been interested in sewing. She did inherit my mothers sewing machine and last week asked if she could borrow my overlocker as she would like to make her own clothes :) I´m looking forward to getting your book :)

[elizabethrowe]

Great tutorial! I learn something new every time I watch YouTube especially the part to what stitch to use when stitching knits. In my Janome book the Overedge stitch is another one I can use and believe it or not they tell me the foot to use and never did I think of this one and there in black and white there it is. Maybe I need to go thru my manual with a fine tooth comb and re learn stitching with knits. Thank you so much for your guidance.

[TheCynedd]

Since I own all of your other books I ordered this one😊

[elsafischer]

Thank you for your tips I just bought your book

[trinacairns]

My copy of your book arrived today. 🎉 Thanks for this clear video too!

[puledressdesigns]

Do you like attaching the neckline using the server? Rather than the coverstitch?

[shericreates]

I don't know why I keep getting denied to post on your FaceBook site. I am hemming a knit dress for my daughter. I watched your great video on Twin Needle sewing. I don't have a cover stitch machine. I am using a Elna BU that doesn't have a bobbin case. I was just wondering if you know how to adjust the lower bobbin on a machine with no case. That's it. I just attached two photos. One shows the bobbin area and the next is a scrap of material showing my sewing with the "puckering". It basically looks like pin tucks. I love your channel and I have two of your books. I learn so much! One thing I have to get better at is just adding an elastic waistband on pajamas. Sounds so silly. Thank you for all that you do.

[SuzySunshine]

Great video - I'm looking forward to getting your book! Bernadette 🍁

[getcraft]

For a t-shirt sleeve, where it looks like a serger stitch on the inside but on the outside it just has two nice straight parallel lines, is that done on a serger or regular sewing machine?

[gavannapatterns]

❤very nice and clear instructions, as usual😊

[busysewingbee]

Does the book have instructions on how to make a T-shirt with neck facing and hem facing?

[getcraft]

Is coverstitch machine the same as serger machine? How many machines do i need?

[bonnierobbins]

Lovely tshirts! Love your teaching method!😊

Bonnie Ohio

[BarbaraEmersonBEE]

I have tried cutting knit fabric with a rotary cutter and it simply Will. Not. Cut. the fabric cleanly, leaving ragged edges, uncut spaces, divots, etc.. I realize I need a sharp blade. Do you change the blade after each cut? So, for a t-shirt, cut the back, change the blade. Cut the shirt front, change the blade, Cut the sleeve, change the blade, Cut the neck binding, change the blade. Then throw all those blades away and do the same with the next garment?
A five-pack of Fiskars rotary blades is $16.58 on Amazon. That amounts to about $3.32 per blade and $13.28 per t-shirt just to cut it out. That doesn't factor in the cost of fabric, thread (for which I paid $15. per spool at my local quilt shop! yikes. Is that normal?), sewing machine needles and other notions.
The math above tells me I should buy t-shirts ready-made.
My question (buried in this long, frustrated comment ) is do all sewists change blades after each cut? If anyone has advice, I would be eternally grateful.

[fuzzylimefairy]

This is dumb because you're not even sewing a tee shirt to actually show us!!