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Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Tutorial on transforming a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt. Just a few simple geometric shapes of triangles and squares are stacked to make the T-shirt instantly look full of personality!

Main materials:

1 white T-shirt, red cloth 30cm*30cm

Tools required:

Scissor sewing machine

Ruler positioning pin

White paper and pen

Production steps:

Step 1:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Materials and tools are simple and easy to find

Step 2:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Design the pattern on paper. If you plan to make a symmetrical pattern from the beginning, be sure to fold the paper in half first

Step 3:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Cut out these shapes. Just one drawing is enough for the same graphics in the surrounding circle

Step 4:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Put the paper pattern on the inside of the front of the white T. You can use a red eraser pen to mark the traces of the thread on the clothes, which will facilitate the subsequent sewing

If you are confident enough, you can also draw the pattern directly on the T-shirt from the beginning!

Step 5:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Put the red cloth on top of the white T, and then use the same method to draw the traces. If the paper pattern pad is not clearly visible underneath, you can place it on the red cloth.

Be sure to use positioning pins to fix it!

Step 6:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Next, you only need the sewing machine to sew according to the drawn thread path

Step 7:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

After completion, use scissors to carefully cut off the red cloth outside the triangle or square

Step 8:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

You can leave a few squares of fabric without cutting them off, and the effect will be like this~

Step 9:

Tutorial on how to transform a white T-shirt into a personalized T-shirt

Done~