Bear with me, this is very difficult to show in photos as it's not a massive change.
I like viscose t-shirts because they drape really well, and this one
is in a favourite colour. But over time the neckline stretches out
until I spend all day faffing to cover my bra straps and keep it in
place.
You can see how stretched out it had become. I finally had enough and was thinking of completely replacing the neckband. But I couldn't match the colour. Then it occurred to me the existing neckband was stitched in such a way it was effectively a casing. So I very carefully unpicked where the neckband was sewn together on one shoulder and threaded through 6mm elastic.
I had to use a large eye needle for knitting, and sew the elastic down to itself in a loop after I put it through the eye. The neckband is too narrow for a safety pin. It has stretched the fabric a little, and I did need to arrange the gathers once I'd finished. I sewed the neckband back together and good to go!
I hope you found this useful and happy sewing!
Mimi
3 comments:
Thank you for your idea of a rescue mission which might come in handy one day for me as well.
With some stretched out T-shirt-necklines it's even possible to do a rather more lazy rescue job: stretch it even further and in a 'well organised pattern/distance'. This makes some T-shirt necklines look like the so called 'salad-seam-look'.
Disadvantage with this job: the next laundry turn since 'The Salad-Neckline' might need more attention than a/the T-Shirt did before this 'Salad-Treatment' to look 'fine/nice salaty' again.
LG, G.
This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing this.
Chickie
What a great idea! I would have never thought of this. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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