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1. 

   

   Get your T-shirts! These can be shirts you have that have stains on them or you can buy them new or whatever! Some words of advice: The shirts should be about the same size BUT if you want bigger lapels, get a bigger shirt. You can always trim it to fit later. Also, I have found that thin knit brands (ei expressions or other girly brand) SUCK for this project!! I highly suggest sturdy shirts such as fruit of the loom, men's t-shirts, etc. It will save you a TON of pain in the end.
   
   

2. 

   

   Put on the black shirt. Mark a point about midway between your chest and belly button. Don't mark too low or you may not have enough fabric to complete your project. You can also make a note of where you may want to cut out the triangles in the next step.Take off. Find the midpoint of the collar and cut from the collar down the center of the shirt.Don't go past your mark.




3. 

   

   Pinch both ends of the cut you just made, almost folding the shirt in half. Cut the triangles out to make the lapels. You cut them both at once so that they are even. PS Don't cut through the back of the shirt...

4. 

   

   Put on both shirts now, with the white one underneath. The lapels won't fold this nicely... but you get the idea. Make a mark at the very bottom of the lapel V. When you take the shirts off again, the white one should resemble the example on the right. This is so you don't cut the white shirt too short and have to go get another one.
   
   




5. 

   

   Cut the bottom of the white shirt off about 1 to 1.5 inches below that mark you just made.

6. 

   

   Place the bottom of the white shirt (the piece you just cut off) under one of the lapels of the black shirt. At this point, arrange your lapels flat, in the position you plan on sewing them into. Note: the grey will represent the inside of the black shirt.

7. 

   

   Cut the white fabric, following the contour of the lapel at about a half an inch distance

8. 

   

   When you get done cutting, you should get what you see on the left. Place these back on the shirt, arranging them under the black lapels so that they line up nicely.

9. 

   

   Pin down this configuration and sew with zigzag stitches. In the picture I show white thread so you can see the lines.

10. 

    

    On my actual project I used all black thread, since I wanted the zigzags on the white to show. Feel free to use white if you want the stitches hidden. ;p If your shirt is too big, now is the time to sew it to fit.

11. 

    

    All right! Hang in there! Next take the bottom of the white shirt and cut off the very bottom (including the pre-existing hem) about an inch above the hem. Cut this big ol circle into two pieces. This will go under the black sleeve ends as shown.

12. 

    

    This step is a little difficult to show. Pin the white bit under the black sleeve ends, ling up the pre-existing hem in the white fabric to the end of the black sleeve. (If the sleeves will end up too long for your fancy, turn the black sleeves under before you pin the white undersleeve on.) When you sew these together (again, I used all black thread) don't sew all around, leave about an inch or two where the ends of white fabric come together, so you can sew a seam in the white undersleeve separately. Then continue and sew that inch or two you left open when you were sewing the black.

13. 

    All right!!!! Now it's time to silkscreen that rose on there. I used the good old freezer paper and iron technique. I did and googleimage search for clipart roses, and I bought my silkscreen ink from misterart.com. BTW, no picture here cuz i went over my picture limit...

14. 

    

    Now let that part dry. Go back to your mangled white shirt and cut off the collar.

15. 

    And now grab those bits you have left of the bottom of the white shirt. Fabricate two sides of a rough collar. The size of the collar will depend on how much fabric you have left. Feel free to use all that's left of the bottom. We won't need it any more

16. 

    The pink represents the inside of the white shirt. Turn what's left of your white shirt inside out and pin your collar pieces on there, aligning them the way you want them to look. Then clip the collar pieces to have the same roundedness as the shirt itself. Note: the collar only needs to extend to the shoulder seam

17. 

    

    Sew a SMALL seam along the collar. Mine was about a quarter inch seam. I used a regular stitch here.

18. 

    

    Flip right side out, flip collar over, and zigzag stitch down. This time I did use white thread. You may get this little lip in the middle, where the arrow is. just make sure you sew it down when you go by, so it doesn't stick up. It is only necessary to sew the collar down until you hit the shoulder seams.

19. 

    And this is how it shall look. ...nevermind... I went over my pic limit so this step took one for the team. :P

20. 

    

    Now this method my cause the collar be become a little wavy. If need be, sew a tiny dart as shown to fix the problem. I needed to do this, and it will be hidden behind your tie anyway.
    
    

21. 

    

    Yes!!!!! Almost there!! Now go ahead and silk screen that tie on. I attempted to make the tie and the rose in my project look "cruddy" aka I tried to replicate that not-solid/vintage look. I did so by applying paint with one of those green scrubby things from the kitchen. Gotta remember to tell my room mate not to use that...

22. 

    

    Wait till everything dries!! That's the hardest for me cuz I'm so impatient... Now, try on the white shirt under the black shirt, pin in place, take of, and sew along these red lines. This will keep your tie straight and keep everything in place. You may sew anywhere else you feel the need to in order to make these two shirts into one garment. (In black thread btw)

23. 

    

    OMG!! Put it on! Put it on!!! XD You are done!!! Can you believe it!!?? Whew.
    
    PS This is MY tutorial, BUT! feel free to make modifications to the steps or change things around to suit your tastes. I don't mind. In fact, if there is an easier method to a step I suggested, feel free to post it so your fellow threadbangers will have an easier time than you did : D Trust me, I made a TON of mistakes that I was able to spare you guys.

By Yiya

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Candice C.

09 Nov 22:41

nifty!

DIS.AR.RAY

09 Nov 23:26

thats bitchin! I LOVE THIS LOOK! :d Wonderful

glitterbomb

09 Nov 23:29

This is fantastic! And it looks much better than a t-shirt that's just been printed on. C:

Amyers

09 Nov 23:53

Great shirt. I think I'm going to try it.

Yeesha

10 Nov 01:23

O wow i love it! very cool

Jennifer Cantillo

10 Nov 02:35

Love it!!!!!

michelle G.

10 Nov 04:02

too cute

Lilim

10 Nov 04:57

*blinks* I want! But I don't see myself being able to do that T___T

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

10 Nov 05:19

i think i might just make the tux part, so i can mix and match the shirts below.

Twizzlerette

10 Nov 06:10

thats amazing.

Mi.ezekatze

10 Nov 14:45

I wanna make that! ô.Ô NOW! That's fuckin' AMAZING!!!
Soooooooooooo thank you for that, this thingy will look great with my new bought schoolgirl-microskirt! xD

vvien c.

10 Nov 14:59

me likey!

THE NAMES WILDISH-JONES KATE WILDISH-JONES

10 Nov 20:46

love it thanks i'll try it soon

~Alice~

11 Nov 14:16

Great How To!!

Queen.Of.Dorks

11 Nov 16:57

AWESOMEE!

MIHO

11 Nov 21:01

Haha this is great!

Carli

12 Nov 22:37

Must.. try.. this.. It looks amazing! Really good tutorial too, your pics really help make everything clear. Even for someone like me who uses trial and error cos I suck at understanding tutorials!

Felicia Rose

14 Nov 16:09

Wow! I can't believe so many people liked this tutorial! Thank you all very much, I appreciate it! :)

Not A.

20 Nov 23:33

shaweetnuss :D
that's hawt

EVEnl

26 Nov 14:20

Great! I saw you posted your how-to over on the threadbanger forum. Thanks for posting it here too, now I always know where to find it.

Bianca P.

26 Nov 22:59

AWESOME!

Lola Noir

28 Nov 05:26

This is SUCH a good idea!!

Nicky Love

06 Dec 18:10

OMG THIS IS LIKE THE BEST PROJECT EVER!

Gelidpetals

27 Dec 01:47

Wow, I never thought of doing it like this =0

MAGg C.

22 Jul 17:37

LOVE it<3

Lena Landmine

05 Oct 10:41

Brilliant. .. That's really all I can say besides omfg-imgoingtogomakethisrightnow. <3

♥luvbaby♥

06 Oct 17:31

genis!!! XD

Sarah

16 Oct 17:13

Awesome! x

tula t.

20 Nov 16:32

omg ive been looking all over the place for a top like this!!!... lucky me now i can make my own thanks to you =3

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November 09, 2008 22:36

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