About two weeks ago, I made “layered look” t-shirts for Haniya and Naomi. I used thrift store knit sheets for the fabric. I figure each t-shirt cost about 60 cents.
This is Naomi in her t-shirt. Haniya’s has the same base blue fabric, but combined with a navy blue instead of the green I used for Naomi’s. (Do you see a little purple in the picture, too? That is because Naomi has her layered-look t-shirt on over top of a purple t-shirt. Just forget about the purple when following the instructions below.)
It is easy to convert any sleeve into a layered-look sleeve. Split the sleeve pattern (perpendicular to the grain) at your desired location. Naomi’s is about 4 inches down from the underarm point. Then add a seam allowance to both pieces at the new cut line. You can do this by adding to the pattern piece or by eyeballing it when you cut out your fabric.
Cut the top of each sleeve from the main fabric color and the bottom part of each sleeve from the secondary color (the one that will look like it is the t-shirt underneath). Seam together a top and a bottom sleeve piece to make each of the two sleeves.
Turn the seam allowances (where the top and bottom pieces meet) up toward the sleeve top and top stitch it down. Do this with two lines of stitching, a twin needle, or a cover stitch. This stitching will make the top part of the sleeve look “hemmed” at this point, just like it is overlapping the bottom of the sleeve.
Then construct the t-shirt, using the secondary color as the binding at the neckline. This makes it look like there really is another t-shirt peeking out from underneath.
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