Sewing Pattern:Lengthen a t-shirt with a color block stripe

Tutorial: Lengthen a t-shirt with a color block stripe

It’s amazing what havoc a growth spurt wreak on your child’s wardrobe. One week everything fits, the next… not so much. Kim from The Sew Spot shares a tutorial at Make It and Love It shows one way you can eke out a little more wear out of a t-shirt that has grown too short. She does a little color blocking magic to add some extra length to it.

Click below for her tutorial showing how:

Add a Color Block Stripe to a T-shirt (…to add length), by The Sew Spot

[photo from The Sew Spot on Make It and Love It] Looking for more t-shirt style sewing patterns? Check these t-shirt patterns out on Etsy.

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