I Made A Freaking Shirt!!!

and I will repeat myself over and over and over again until everyone in the entire universe knows that I MADE A SHIRT FROM SCRATCH wth.

Nah. Just kidding. I think.

Actually I’ve already posted it on Facebook lah buttt…. I need to post it on my blog too because I feel like a celebrity wth *puts on sunglasses to avoid being blinded by imaginary flashing lights wth*

And errr.. the aforementioned shirt looks like this:

shirt done

Hahaha it’s very bad tailoring :P But oh well, I just learnt to use the sewing machine like 2 days before I started working on it :P The sleeves are super cacat too cuz I cut them wrongly so I had to squeeze my brain juice dry to figure out how to attach them to the shirt =.=

But I think it looks pretty good on me :) :)

edited shirt

And most of my friends think so too so hooray!

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Okay, so it all started with this sketch:

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Okay I know I’m damn horrible at drawing so DON’T JUDGE ME.

It was supposed to look very marching band-ish because I’m currently infatuated with them marching band jackets :D But I can’t find them anywhere and I bet they’d be really expensive anyway so I decided to make my own :D I know I’m super ambitious and borderline crazy but oh well, I’ve had experience painting on t-shirts before *cough cough* (oh yeah like that helped).

So… I kinda knew I needed to draw the parts of the shirt on paper first before transferring them onto actual cloth. So I went out and bought some mahjong paper which is probably the silliest thing to do because mahjong paper is so flimsy and tears so easily (but I think it’s what tailors use tho o.O).

I mapped out the shirt based on my own measurements and I totally confused myself! Haha. I added a few inches here and there and left out a few inches here and there, all the while thinking “I’ll just cut the cloth more later la”. Which is stupid. Because by the time I started cutting the cloth, I’d already forgotten where to cut more and where less.

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Moral of the story is.. BE CONSISTENT!

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Drawing the shirt’s entire “frame” on paper is like the most difficult thing to do =.=

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But once that’s done, the other steps are pretty easy. Just need to transfer everything onto the cloth :) And I drew using a pencil on the cloth also because it’s so much more convenient! But apparently it won’t wash off o.O Let’s hope it does *crosses fingers*

Oh attaching the pieces of cloth together is hardwork too =.= And I kinda suck at it. But I’m getting better at using the sewing machine :D Although none of the stitches have been a straight line and I have failed to make any two ends meet without force-stretching the cloth.. but it’s all better now :D

I’ve made 2 more trial shirts and I’m almost done with my 1st proper one :D Which still sucks but I’m gonna wear it out once I’m done with it!

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I’ll post photos of the proper shirt once I’m done with it :)

I’ll post one more photo of this first shirt because I’m generous like that wth :D

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That’s all!

Cya!

XOXO

  1. Gosh, I’m PSYCHIC. Hey, the design’s pretty nice *shocked*

    Tho it does look…unfinished.

    But good job overall. I couldn’t even figure out how to use a needle, what more to sew.

    Did u take the pic in black n white to cover the flaws? lol.

    It’s awesome la that u can make ur own clothes. But in my case, i think the tailor does a more terrific job ;)

    Me: If I could find a tailor who would do it for me cheap then I wouldn’t even think twice of doing it myself! I have zero tailoring skills! But I bet they’d charge me a bomb to actually make my *ahem* complicated designs, so yeah. It’s a good skill to embody, not that I have. But I’ll keep working on it so I can save more money and spend on other necessities! :P

  2. WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

    make more!

    Me: I am! Just made one more :) Gonna start drawing out another one soon. I hope

  3. ha ha i love it! so very ambitious! good luck good luck, remember the now great Dolce & Gabanna had to start somewhere! and THIS was where! tee heeee.
    n did ur blog shut down for a bit? i remember trying for theterencelee and something else came up so i was like, ok dunno la link only but wrong also the link hahaha. well. happy hols xx

    Me: Happy holidays to u too :) haha i think D&G prob started in design school or sth :P yeah my domain expired for a while and stuff so it was down. but now it’s back up :D

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