How To Take In The Neck Of A Shirt

It s shown still attached in this photo but i snipped it off right afterwards.

How to take in the neck of a shirt. This works if you have a v neck or scoop neck dress or shirt that s too wide too deep or too big. Take your larger shirt and lay it inside out flat on the ground. You will need to measure the shirt ee for fit or you can just wing it and take in an inch or so at a time. So waist 16 belly 14.

Make a muslin and pinch out the extra fabric in the shoulders you want to remove. Then i cut along each shoulder seam from the armhole to the neck. Now take each of these numbers and divide by 2. Using the smaller shirt as a pattern take your marker and lightly make a dashed line from the bottom of the sleeves to the armpit seam and then vertically down the side of the shirt.

Turn the shirt inside out. Learn how to raise a low neckline with this beginner friendly sewing tutorial. The serged seam allowance was bulky and in the way so i cut that off as well. For more options on altering the neckline width on a bodice pattern or a ready garment please read the blog post here http.

Say waist 32 belly 28 bust 30. Draw a line from the armhole to the shoulder and then a second one going from the top corner of the shoulder to the first line. Then lay your smaller shirt on top of it. Draw in the seam allowance on your front pattern piece.

First i cut the sleeves off of the shirt or sweater. Line the necklines of the shirts up.