How to Make a Vest out of a T-Shirt

 by threadbanger
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Step 1: Cut...

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First, get a T-shirt.

Draw a line up the middle with a fabric pen.

Get your scissors and cut up the shirt along the line you just made.

Then, cut off the sleeves along the seam.
craig3 says: May 22, 2008. 5:19 AM
How can you stop the cut edges from fraying? is it just a matter of folding the cut edges and sewing them closed?
anibioman in reply to craig3Jan 19, 2011. 9:50 AM
t shirts dont really fray
dmnhunt3r says: Apr 11, 2009. 12:37 AM
dude awesome
holyfire says: Apr 26, 2008. 8:04 PM
thought this guy looked familiar. He was on operation junkyard on discovery kids. i used to watch it, but sadly, it was never as good as junkyard wars. Man, i wish that show was bak on. =)
place name here- says: Nov 28, 2007. 9:13 PM
sweet that is awsome nice stitching!
thinker says: Nov 6, 2007. 5:40 PM
ace shirt !!
i did this for one of my old shirts a while ago
my friend recently did it for one of his Thudercats t-shirts that had got too small
im currently working on converting my old school blazer into some old-school style chique, im adding a grey hoody-style hood under the collar to hide the seams, addin some paddin to the shoulder for wear and tear, and gonna add me some lining to
any ideas which stitch i should for the lining of it? or any particular material i should use? i was thinkin of a red silk as its a blue blazer but i wasnt sure.
any comments on this would be greatly appreciated
kirnex says: Sep 27, 2007. 5:43 AM
So glad you managed to make it look un-trailer-like. I was skeptical, but you wear it well. ;)
Metal4God says: Aug 21, 2007. 10:08 AM
cool first comment and the vest is cool to
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