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DIY Shirt Template Free Printable

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DIY SHIRT TEMPLATE

Materials you will need:

Large Colored
Tape
construction permanent Ruler Scissors
measure
paper markers

Instructions:
Grab your large construction paper Take your large piece of construction
1 and a shirt you would like to use as a 2 paper (I used 20"x 40") and fold in half.
stencil for your design. Lay your shirt on top of the folded
paper as shown below. Fold the sleeve
toward the center of the shirt.

Trace all the way around. Mark a line Remove your shirt and draw an arc
3 where your neckline starts on the front 4 from your front neckline to the top of
of the shirt. the shoulder.

Add seam allowance to the pattern by Since your paper is folded you do not
5 tracing all around your pattern from 6 need to trace a separate pattern for
step 2 about 1/2" from your original your front and back bodice. Cut along
lines. You do not need to trace on the the back bodice line as indicated below
center fold for seam allowance. for the back. Once you finish cutting all
the way around, you will have two
pieces; the one on the bottom is for the
back bodice and the one on the top is
for the front bodice. Cut along the blue
line on your top piece and you will
have your completed front bodice.

For the sleeves, you will be doing the Fold the sleeve toward the center of the
7 same thing as you did for the bodice 8 shirt and trace from the inner arm to
pieces. Place your sleeve on the folded the top.
paper ensuring that the top edges of
the sleeve line up with the folded edge
of the paper. Mark off the desired
length. Trace the inner part of the
sleeve toward the underarm.

9 Trace about 1/2" all the way around


your trace from above for your seam
10 Cut around your green long s-shape
toward the underarm and then follow
allowance. Do not add seam allowance through all the around on the green line.
to the fold. Place a dot about 1" from
the center of the sleeve as shown
below. Draw a long s-shape from the
underarm to the top of the sleeve.
Trace about 1/2" from your line created
the step above for seam allowance.

Cut this
green line

11 You now have pieces for your front,


back, and sleeves.
12 You can begin your making shirts with
your new stencils!

Front Back Sleeve


(Folded) Front Back

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