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Summary: Cutting neckbands can be troublesome in fashion design and pattern making; learn how to make a pattern from your favorite t-shirt in this free video on fashion design and sewing.
Lauren Bradley is a professional fashion designer with many years of experience in various parts of the fashion industry.read more
"And, then we are going to cut the neck out. And, then we are going to be done with our pattern on the neck. I'm going to just make, we've marked our front which is a fold and if we want to remember that we can write that on the fold. And, then this top part is a fold as well. So, I'm going to write fold just so I know. With an arrow pointing out at me. And, then we have a seam allowance here and a seam allowance there. And, we have our pattern. And, I think the last thing I'm going to do is explain the fold part on the top of this collar. What you see here is, you can see that this collar this was folded in half. This fabric was folded in half and then it was stitched on with the seam allowance here. So, what I did is I just made that straight. So, when I'm cutting this out I'm going to just fold the fabric in half and put the fold on the top here. And, then it will be doubled. Then, I don't need to put an edge here to sew it. It's already, just folded it. So, that's that. And, now you have a new cleaning rag. And, a new pattern. So, you can make a thousand shirts. Or, one shirt or ten shirts. However, many shirts you want. You just keep making shirts all day long!"
eHow Article: Cut a Neckband Pattern