Tilly

T-SHIRT
The Tilly T-shirt is the
perfect go-to top for
casual wear. Sew it out
from lightweight knit for
a flowing, easy-to-wear
tee that will go with
practically anything DOWNLOAD
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SKILL LEVEL:
2 With right sides together, align the centre
notch on the sleeve with the shoulder TO USE SPRAY
MATERIALS: seam of the bodice pieces and the other STARCH TO
•• 1 yard 137cm-wide jersey two notches with their matching partners.
•• free template from The double notch goes at the back and
PRESS YOUR
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the sleeve to the armhole opening. Repeat IN HALF AND
FABRIC TYPES: steps 2 and 3 for the other sleeve. HOLD ITS SHAPE“ Jenny
Light to medium-weight knit such as jersey,
rayon, polyester or other lightweight blends
with at least 40% stretch 3 Turn the top to the wrong side and align
the sides. Starting at the hem of the sleeve,

HOW TO MAKE:
pin and stitch the sleeve and sides. (See Pic A.)
5 Fold the strip in half lengthwise and
press. (See Pic C.)

1 Align the front and back bodices along

the shoulders with right sides facing.
Pin and stitch the shoulder seams. Lay the
4 Cut a straight strip of knit fabric from
selvedge to selvedge that is 2” wide,
using the pattern piece with the stretchiest 6 Align the two short ends with right sides
facing. Stitch together with a ¼” seam
bodice flat with the right side facing up part of the knit running lengthwise along the allowance. Finger-press the seam allowance
and the bodice pieces not touching. strip. (See Pic B.) open and fold the neckband back the way it
was pressed. (See Pic D.)

MEASUREMENTS
Choose your size for the Tilly T-shirt based on your bust measurement 7 Find the four ‘corners’ of the neckband
by placing a pin in the centre back
(the seam), in the centre front, and on
each side. (See Pic E.) Do the same for
X small Small Medium Large X large XX large
the neckline of the garment. Note that the
Bust 31” 333/4" 361/2" 391/2" 42" 443/4" sides of the neckline are NOT typically at
the shoulder seams.
78cm 85cm 92cm 100cm 107cm 114cm

Waist 241/2”

62cm
271/2"

69cm
30"

76cm
323/4"

84cm
351/2"

91cm
381/4"

98cm
8 Place the neckband on the outside of
your garment and align the three raw
edges (two from the neckband and one from
the garment) at the pins. Pin the neckband
Hips 34" 363/4" 391/2" 421/4" 45" 473/4"
in place to the garment (See Pic F). The
86cm 93cm 100cm 108cm 115cm 122cm neckband will be smaller than the neckline.

Fold

Shirt 2”
Back
RS Sleeve
WS

B C

Fold
Shirt Front Shirt
WS Fold Fold Back
WS

Shirt Front
RS

Figure 4 Figure 6
D E
Figure 4
Raw Edges

Fold Raw Edges

Shirt Shirt
Shirt Back Back
Back WS
WS WS

Shirt Shirt Front

Shirt Front Shirt Front
RS Back RS
RS
WS
A F G
Shirt Front
Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure
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 9 Using your overlocker or sewing
machine, stitch the neckband to the
neckline by stretching the neckband evenly
between each pin (See Pic G). Be careful
not to stretch the neckline of the garment
while doing so.
SEWING NECKLINES
Some patterns will give you the correct
length and width of fabric needed to sew
a T-shirt neckband, and some patterns,
like the Tilly T-shirt, include the neckband
as a pattern piece. However, if you want
neckline you’re working with, and then
multiply that measurement by 85%. This
will give you the length measurement
needed for this neckband. The length
varies a bit depending on how stretchy

10 When finished, press the neckband

away from the garment. Using your
sewing machine, top-stitch the seam
to add this technique to a garment that
doesn’t use it, here are the general
instructions. Measure the length of the
your fabric is, but this is a good rule of
thumb. You want to be stretching the
neckband as you go.
allowance to the garment for a nice,
professional finish (See Pic H.)
Shirt

11 Hem the sleeves

edge toward the
Back by pressing the raw
WS
wrong side at ³/₈” and
stitching them in place usingShirta RS
zigzag
Front stitch.
Choose a
Hem the bottom by pressing the raw edge vibrant floral
toward the wrong side at ¼” and again at print ready
Figure
1”. Top-stitch it in place 6 a zigzag stitch.
using for summer!
(See Pic I).

Shirt
Back
WS

Shirt Front
RS

H
Figure 7

Shirt
Back
WS
Fold

Fold

Shirt Front
RS

Fold
I

Sew Caroline
Weekend Style is
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