How to make a top out of a T-shirt?

We all notice how bright and stylish an unusual thing looks in the image of a creative fashionista. Such an accent of the outfit attracts the eyes of others and makes the image unique. It turns out that often a shocking novelty is created independently, but it looks no worse than branded clothing. Take a regular T-shirt, for example, it offers tons of design possibilities and can turn into a stylish trend.

How to make a top out of a T-shirt?

It's worth starting with what is available. The women's T-shirt can be found in every wardrobe: it is a versatile item that is popular in various outfits of the modern fashionista. If you approach the creation of a fashionable new thing creatively, the result will be pleasing, and the product will become the pride of the wardrobe.

The style depends on the choice of the woman: some like freedom, others like tight-fitting models. If you have a white jersey T-shirt at home, it will be ideal for a creative experiment. This color can be combined with any shades of the color palette, so the finished product will be appropriate with different clothes.

White is not the only color: if there are products in other shades at home, they will do too.Although here it is already necessary to select the details of the ensemble and the finishing of the top more carefully.

Conventionally, all alterations can be divided into two categories: without sewing and with the participation of a sewing machine. The choice of decorative design is varied and depends on the imagination, style and the intended image.

To make the new thing look beautiful, you need to take into account some of the nuances:

• a combination of simplicity, creativity and accent is welcome;
• oversaturation of the image, its transformation into something formless is unacceptable;
• fittings should not outweigh textiles: it looks ugly;
• outright vulgarity is unacceptable, restrained sexuality is welcome;
• there cannot be several accents in one product: it will lose creativity;
• Do not decorate the model with an abundance of metal: textiles may not support the weight of the fittings or break from the sharp edges of the decor.

The whole process depends on the skills and interests of the woman. Skillful craftswomen often carefully think over the cut, add new design elements. For inexperienced people, a couple of scissors are enough: remove the sleeves, trim the bottom, experiment with cuts - all that is needed to turn a boring product into a fashionable novelty.

With the right approach, you can create a product that will be appropriate in a romantic, sporty, urban look, suitable not only for the beach, but also for the classic set.

Perhaps this is one of the easiest alteration methods if you have a sewing machine. Such a T-shirt will be indispensable in the summer: open shoulders are in the spotlight today.

The procedure for transforming the shirt itself is not so complicated:

1. Having cut off the sleeves and the top, it is folded so that the side seams of the product coincide.
2. Attaching a contrasting insert to the fold in front, taking into account the allowance, cut off the excess fabric.
3. It remains to assemble the parts on a typewriter, process the edges, wrap the top, stitch it and insert a lace or elastic band.

The fashionable new thing is ready!

Crop-top is quite simple to perform:

• cutting off the sleeves, neck and bottom, you need to process the edges, wrap the allowances on the wrong side and sew them on a typewriter, connecting them to the top of the product.
• all that remains is to diversify the novelty with a bright accent. It can be anything: beads, buttons, sequins, rhinestones, beads, braid, ready-made fringe. The lace sewn on the bottom will look interesting. You can decorate the front with stamping, using a stamp and special fabric paints.

If you have a talent for drawing, this is a great opportunity to show it. You can use felt-tip pens on fabric or acrylic paints. To add zest, in addition to the pattern, you can make a volumetric applique by decorating the T-shirt with textile patches of chiffon or other airy fabric.

This is the case when a loose T-shirt like a man's with bright colors comes in handy. For this style, products with a boiled effect or faded colors are suitable.

It is done as follows:

1. The T-shirt is laid out on a flat surface, the sleeves are cut along the armholes and the top (just under the neckline).
2. The bottom remains unchanged: due to its length, the top will seem like a beach dress with a factory processing of the edge.
3. The upper part of the front and back is folded inward and covered, then a lace is threaded into each blank. This will tie the laces on the sides.
4. If you want one tie, then after the neck is cut off, you need to make an incision in the back by processing the free edge.

A beautiful model, in which you can go anywhere, will turn out from a short women's T-shirt (preferably a delicate shade).

Farther:

• Having folded a thing on a flat surface, you need to draw an asymmetrical line from the shoulder on one side to the bottom of the armhole on the other, and then cut off the neckline and one sleeve from above.
• Having picked up a narrow tape to match the T-shirt, it is applied with the faded side (seamy side) from the seamy side of the future top and sharpened to the base.
• Then the tape is turned over to the face and sewn, leaving room for the lace.
• Throwing in an elastic lace it is fixed with a thread.

If it seems impossible, it is not: an example of this is the excellent cutting technique with scissors. The main thing is to use a high-quality cotton T-shirt, which will not peel off the edges. This technique loves monochromatic things, as a pattern created with scissors will not be visible on a printed T-shirt.

In some cases, with a skillful approach, you can combine a discreet print and cuts. However, do not experiment with colors over the entire area of ​​the product. In this case, it is better to slightly change the cut.

One of the most interesting and quickest techniques for turning a T-shirt into a top. The first sweep is the removal of the sleeves. This is what distinguishes a T-shirt from a T-shirt. After that, it remains to give free rein to fantasy.

To make a crop top, you need to trim the bottom to keep the shirt short. If a stylish design is conceived, it is better not to touch the bottom: the long length gives a lot of possibilities for decoration, and the processed edge looks neater.

It is even easier to do this: cut off the sleeves, fold the product so that the side seams coincide, make transverse cuts along the back. Having expanded the product, it remains only to pull off every two cuts in the middle, forming a bow. You can use tape, contrasting lace, or a knit flap.

If the sleeves of the T-shirt are one-piece, they can be shortened to give the garment a T-shirt look. Then trim the hem to the desired length and cut into a fringe. To make it more interesting, weaving can be done from fringe, tying it together with knots or fixing it with fittings.

If there is not enough brightness, stickers, drawings and stripes are not excluded: modestly in the center, in the front. It can be letters, lace inserts, appliques.

A T-shirt without a pattern with a regular neckline will do. The product is straightened on a flat plane, a cutting line is marked from the shoulder on one side, and to the bottom of the armhole on the other. The second sleeve is cut off. It turns out a T-shirt with one shoulder. From the side, where the armhole is, make several cuts, having previously cut the side seam itself. Another cut is needed from the shoulder along the topline. Now all that remains is to tie the resulting tails in knots - and the fashionable top is ready!

Let's try to make a shocking novelty in two ways: only by hand and using a sewing machine.

For this style, a T-shirt with a sports print or a simple inscription is well suited.

The top is done like this:

• Laying out the T-shirt on a flat surface, a T-shirt is applied to it and the necessary lines are drawn.
• Cut the neck first (front and back at the same time), then sleeves (along the outlined lines). The cut off sleeve is cut along the seam, then it must be laid out on a flat plane and several strips no more than 2.5 cm wide are cut off, starting from the bottom of the sleeve.
• Having picked up the T-shirt and the first strip, you need to step back from the shoulder seams about 7 cm and tying the two straps together, tie a knot. Then, starting from this point to the level of the armholes, the straps continue to braid, adding new strips cut off from the sleeve.

The new wardrobe hit is ready!

For those who have time and want to make an original topic, the following method is suitable. To create a new thing, you will need a T-shirt itself (preferably with a discreet accent in the front) and sewing accessories.

• First you need to carefully rip off the sleeves and cut off the top just below the neckline. The hem of the bottom is cut off from the sleeves: these will be the straps of the top.
• After the edges are finished and folded inward, they are sewn on a sewing machine. The resulting straps are threaded into the channels made, which are connected to each other and hide the connection points under the fabric. Stylish, beautiful and gentle!

There is another option for reworking the T-shirt, see about this in the next video.