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. This accent of the outfit captures the views of others and makes the image unique. It turns out that often a shocking novelty is created independently, and looks no worse than branded clothing. Take even an ordinary T-shirt: it gives a lot of opportunities for design 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. There is a women's t-shirt in every wardrobe: this is a universal item that is popular in different outfits of a 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 knitted T-shirt at home, it will be an ideal option for a creative experiment. This color is 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 at home there are products in other shades, they will do.Although here you already have to select the details of the ensemble and the top decoration 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 diverse and depends on imagination, style and the intended image.

In order for the new thing to look beautiful, you need to take into account some nuances:

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

The whole process depends on the skill and interests of the woman. Skilled craftswomen often carefully think through the cut, add new structural elements. Inexperienced natures have a couple of scissor strokes: remove the sleeves, cut the bottom, experiment with cuts - all that is needed for the boring product to turn into a fashionable novelty.

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

Perhaps this is one of the easiest ways to remake with a sewing machine. Such a shirt will be indispensable in the summer: open shoulders are in the spotlight today.

The very process of turning the shirt 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. Having applied a contrasting insert in front of the fold, taking into account the allowance, the excess tissue is cut off.
3. It remains to assemble the parts on a typewriter, process the edges, wrap the top, stitch it and insert the lace or elastic band.

Fashionable new thing is ready!

Crop-top is quite simple to complete:

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

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 a twist, in addition to the picture, you can make a volumetric application by decorating the shirt with textile rags made of chiffon or other airy fabric.

This is the case when a loose t-shirt like a man’s with a bright color comes in handy. Products with the effect of boiling or faded colors are suitable for this style.

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 (immediately below the neck).
2. The bottom remains unchanged: due to its length, the top will seem like a beach dress with a factory-made edge.
3. The upper part of the front and backs are bent inwards and covered up, then a lace is threaded into each blank. So, the laces will be tied on the sides.
4. If you want one tie, then after the neck is cut off, you need to make a cut in the back, having processed the free edge.

A beautiful model, in which you can go even wherever, will turn out from a short women's t-shirt (preferably a gentle shade).

Further:

• Putting the item on a flat surface you need to draw an asymmetric line from the shoulder on one side to the bottom of the armhole on the other, and then cut off the neck and one sleeve from above.
• Picking up a narrow tape to match the t-shirt, it is applied with the faded side (wrong side) on the wrong side of the future top and stitched to the base.
• Then the tape is turned on the face and sewn, leaving room for a lace.
• Pulling on an elastic cord it is fixed with a thread.

If this seems impossible, it is not: an example of this is an excellent cutting technique using scissors. The main thing is to use a high-quality cotton T-shirt, in which the edges will not crumble. This technique loves monophonic things, since a pattern created with scissors will not be visible on a print T-shirt.

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

One of the most interesting and fastest techniques for turning a t-shirt into a top. The first wave is the removal of the sleeves. This is what distinguishes a T-shirt from a T-shirt. After it remains to give vent to imagination.

To make a crop top, you need to trim the bottom so that the shirt is short. If a stylish design is conceived, it is better not to touch the bottom: a large length gives a lot of possibilities for decor, and the finished edge looks neater.

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

If the sleeves of a T-shirt are one-piece, they can be shortened, giving the product the appearance of a T-shirt. Then trim the bottom to the desired length and cut it into a fringe. To make it more interesting, weaving can be made from fringe, tying it together with nodes or fixing with fittings.

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

A shirt without a pattern with a regular neck will do. The product is spread out on a flat plane, a cut line is drawn 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 shirt with one shoulder. On the side where the armhole is located, several cuts are made, having previously cut the side seam itself. Another cut is needed from the shoulder along the top line. Now it remains only to knot the tails obtained, and the fashionable top is ready!

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

A t-shirt with a sports print or a simple inscription is well suited for such a style.

The top is done like this:

• Putting the t-shirt on a flat surface, they put a T-shirt on it and draw the necessary lines.
• First cut the neck (both front and back), then sleeves (along the marked lines). The cut-off sleeve is cut along the seam, then it needs to be laid out on a flat plane and cut off several strips no more than 2.5 cm wide, starting from the bottom of the sleeve.
• Taking up the shirt and the first strip, you need to step back from the shoulder seams about 7 cm and connecting the two straps together, tie a knot. Then, starting from this place to the level of the armholes, the straps continue to braid, adding new strips cut off from the sleeve.

The new hit of the wardrobe is ready!

For those who have the 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 front) and sewing accessories.

• First you need to gently tear off the sleeves and cut off the top just below the neck. 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 bent inwards, they are sewn on a sewing machine. The obtained straps are threaded into the made channels, which connect together and hide the joints under the fabric. Stylish, beautiful and delicate!

There is another option for remodeling T-shirts, see the next video about this.