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February 15, 2016

long sleeve raglan sweatshirt | free sewing pattern

I’m so over winter. Just over it. But unfortunately, it’s nowhere near done yet. Since I have at least another month or two of snow to slog through, I thought I might as well make a new sweatshirt with this cute floral ponte I ordered forever ago from Girl Charlee (looks like it’s no longer in stock). I used my raglan sleeve easy tee pattern with a few simple alterations and had a new sweatshirt put together in just over an hour.

Woman wearing a black floral raglan sweatshirt

I’m kind of wishing I’d made the sleeves black since the all over floral might be a bit much, but oh well, good enough!

a woman wearing a floral sweatshirt made from a sewing pattern

How to make a raglan sleeve sweatshirt:

Start by downloading the free raglan sleeve easy tee pattern found here. Be sure to print it out at 100% or full size, and make sure the test square measures exactly 1 inch by 1 inch. Butt the pieces together (don’t overlap), and tape, then cut out the pattern.

The easy tee raglan sleeve sewing pattern

If you’ve never made a raglan before, you’ll want to read through this post first for details on how to sew one together (it will also teach you how to draft your own pattern if you don’t wear size L). You’ll need about a yard and a half of 55-60 inch wide knit fabric – go for a heavier weight if you want it to look like a sweatshirt, or a lighter weight for a long sleeve raglan tee.

Cut two shirt pieces, both on the fold, one using the front neckline and one using the back neckline. Since my knit was not super stretchy and I wanted a relaxed fit, I added about an inch to the sides of the shirt at the bottom as I cut it out. I also shortened it slightly because I knew I would add a hem band.

The easy tee sewing pattern on floral fabric

I didn’t want separate front and back sleeve pieces for this sweatshirt, so I just lined the edge of the sleeve piece up on the fold, as you can see below–the edge of the pattern piece isn’t perfectly straight but I just lined it up as well as I could. I added about 5 inches of length to the 3/4 sleeve pattern to make a long sleeve (as well as a sleeve cuff, which I’ll talk about later).

The easy tee raglan sleeve pattern on floral fabric

Cut the sleeves on the fold, using the back neckline. Then open each sleeve up and cut the front neckline on one half of each sleeve (make sure they are mirror images!)  The image below shows what this ends up looking like.

Raglen t-shirt sleeve pattern piece

Then you can sew your sleeve pieces to the main pieces as described in this post. Sew up the arms and down the side seams as well.

At this point you have two choices: you can hem the sleeves and bottom of the shirt, or you can add sleeve cuffs and a hem band. I chose to do the latter to give it a more traditional sweatshirt look. Read this post for instructions on how to add sleeve cuffs and a hem band.

Closeup of sleeve cuff on raglan sweatshirt

That same post also has info on how to finish the neckline.

A closeup of the sweatshirt neckline

Done. New sweatshirt. Time to go shovel some more snow….and wish it was April.

A woman wearing a black sweatshirt with pink flowers

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  1. Rachel Quesada says

    February 15, 2016 at 7:24 am

    I love the floral. It turned out fantastic!

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  2. Kristie says

    February 15, 2016 at 8:09 am

    Love this. I wish I had seen it last week before I cut into my piece of awesome floral knit! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Erica says

    February 15, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    This looks great! I’ve been wanting to make myself a hooded sweatshirt- have you ever drafted a hood pattern??

    Reply
  4. Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says

    February 15, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    Soooo cute! And I love the allover floral, what are you talking about! This looks so so comfy, too! I’m definitely saving this one for later!

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  5. Sarah Helene says

    February 16, 2016 at 5:40 am

    Love your casual, yet CHIC & stylish sweatshirt sewn in a knit fabric featuring shades of pink flowers on a black background with black trims on neckline, cuffs on long sleeves as well as bottom band. Thanks for an easy-to-follow tutorial! I’ve always liked raglan sleeves– easy to fit, for certain, & comfy!

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  6. Billi mcewen says

    February 18, 2016 at 7:54 am

    I’d love the pattern in 1X, 2X & 3X. At least 2X. Love the ts.

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    • Cina says

      September 8, 2018 at 8:19 pm

      Did you ever get a response from the creator for the larger sizes?

      Reply
  7. Hanneke says

    February 23, 2016 at 8:23 am

    Hi, when I print the sleeves they do not fit on the pages. I see you printed the sleeves on horizontal pages. Is that the correct way?

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  8. Denise says

    February 23, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    I just got my first piece of scuba knit, a beautiful picasso floral because I just could not resist it. This stuff has such a wonderful hand, but I couldn’t decide what to make with it. I do now! Can’t get enough flowers! That being said…I’m glad your sleeves aren’t black. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. April Bartlett says

    February 23, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    I think it looks great with the all-over floral, actually! And it’s super flattering and cute on you!

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  10. Anne says

    February 24, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    Very cute! Pinning this. Btw, I love your hair like that!

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  11. Allison @ The Tall Mama says

    February 25, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    I love the all over floral – it’s stunning on you!! I HAVE to make one! x Allison @ http://www.thetallmamastyle.blogspot.com

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  12. Mark says

    March 3, 2016 at 10:43 am

    Hi Autumn, first I just want to say how fantastic your top looks, I agree with the previous comments that the all over floral is great and actually think it is more unusual now to see an all over pattern vs plain sleeves.

    Secondly just to let all your European Readers (and there are lots of us!) know that we do still have stock of this ponte – http://www.girlcharlee.co.uk/pinky-grey-flowers-on-black-ponte-de-roma-knit-fabric-p-13223.html?cPath=90_168 on the UK/Europe site if anyone wants some! Sorry to all the non european readers, but you have lots of lovely choice on the US site!

    We love all your makes over here in the UK, keep up the great work!

    Kind regards and Happy Sewing

    Mark (Girl Charlee UK & Europe)

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  13. Donna Ney says

    May 2, 2016 at 6:40 am

    I love your tee patterns and was able to make it to fit my larger than your body by a just widening it. I was even able to make the easy tee out of woven material, just to see if I could, and it worked great. Next I made a tee out of interlock knit as it was my first time using knit fabric and I love it, but it is a little too heavy for the south of Alabama’s summers. Do you think I could cut one down the middle front and leave off the bottom band to make a cardigan with some sweater knit fabric as it is cold in church, or would it not hang right?

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  14. Mrs B says

    September 18, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    Thank you for this free pattern. I have just used it to make myself a shirt for Chemo treatments. I added zippers to the front sleeve seams so we can access my chemo-port easily. I plan on making a few more to perk up my wardrobe for weekly treatment days.

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  15. Kim says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:54 am

    I just want to say I LOVE your site! I love that I can just go straight to your tutorials for sewing, no jumping to another site. I love that you don’t have all these pop-up ads that interfere with reading what you have written, like so many other sites. I love that you make all patterns available without having to go and purchase it somewhere. You make it very easy and straightforward. THANK YOU!!

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  16. Lyann says

    October 10, 2016 at 8:01 am

    Can’t wait to make this! I will tag you once I am done.

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  17. Carole says

    November 22, 2016 at 11:52 am

    what seam allowance did you build into this pattern?

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    • autumn says

      November 22, 2016 at 3:19 pm

      1/2 inch seam allowance is built in. thanks!

      Reply
  18. bc.vc says

    November 28, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    Others took an entrepreneurial path, starting companies that were much gotten rid of from exactly what their moms and dads were done.

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  19. Jessi Fraker says

    December 1, 2016 at 5:57 am

    I love your patterns! Thank you for sharing them ?

    I may have missed this part, but there are two test squares. One on the sleeve and one for the body. The body test square printed 1×1 but the sleeve square printed 3/4 x 3/4. What am I missing?! ?

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  20. Dave says

    January 8, 2017 at 7:41 am

    I’m the odd one out here .
    I’m a big roughy toughy dad of three. Having a 52 inch chest and a 38 inch waist makes finding clothes that look good on me problematic . So my wife & I have resorted to adding a Serger / over-locking sewing machine ( Thank you Santa ) to our clothes making gear.
    Finding good patterns on the bigger sizes is like trying to find an honest politician , they are like hens teeth .

    Thanks for the pattern & the construction details . I’ll have unpick one of my dead favourite sweatshirts and use that to make a decent pattern then follow your guide as to which bit to sew up first .

    Reply
  21. Valerie Daily says

    March 8, 2017 at 3:22 am

    Looking forward to trying your pattern and it looks like it’s exactly what I’ve been searching for a casual sweatshirt , thank you.

    Reply

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