How to Make a Shirt From Scrap Material

When you find yourself with a large amount of scrap material, what do you do with it? Instead of consigning your previously unwanted material to the trash can, you can be creative and save money by making a shirt from your scrap material.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sewing machine
• Scrap material
• Scissors
• Shirt pattern
• Dressmakers pins

1. Using your scissors, cut all the scrap material pieces in the shapes you want them. Squares are easier to handle, but it is your preference.

2. Place two pieces of material together with the edges even and then push a dressmakers pin through the material.

3. Sew each pinned piece with your sewing machine, repeating until all pieces are sewed together in pairs.

4. Take each sewn piece and then place it with another sewn piece and pin together. Continue to sew each piece together until you have a sizable piece of patchwork material.

5. Pin the shirt pattern to the material and cut out the different pieces of the pattern.

6. Follow the instructions on the shirt pattern, and sew the shirt pieces together.

Tips & Warnings

• You can make other things out of scrap material besides a shirt, such as a set of curtains, a skirt or even a quilt.

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