***Be sure to read the original easy tee post for basic t-shirt construction tips***
Here’s another version of the raglan sleeve easy tee for you – and this is my favorite one yet! I don’t always LOVE everything I sew – sometimes things look a lot better in my head or at the sewing machine than they do on my body – but this top’s going to be getting lots of wear. I got the idea of a pretty gray and lace raglan top from Anthropologie’s laced indie pullover, which happens to cost $78.
For less than a sixth of the price of the Anthro version I created this lace front raglan, and I have tons of stretch lace left over for other projects.
As promised, I’ve uploaded the raglan sleeve easy tee pattern – keep reading for the free download and tips on making a lace front shirt!
You can find the free easy tee raglan sleeve pattern here. It’s 8 pages and when you print it out you’ll want to be sure to click “actual size” not “scale to fit”. Be sure the gray squares are exactly 1 inch. It looks like this:
Do not trim your pages – just butt them up together and tape. Notice there are three sleeve length options. The cap sleeve length is what I used for the mustard&ivory striped shirt, and the short sleeve length is what I used for this shirt (3/4 length shirt coming next week!). I also cut my front and back pieces longer for this shirt that what the pattern calls for.
I used this gray knit from Girl Charlee (1 yard) and it’s beautiful – perfectly soft but it holds it’s shape really nicely. I ordered this stretch lace from Amazon since it was a MUCH better price than any stretch lace I could find locally (although it’s a little more expensive now than when I ordered), and it’s quite lovely. It’s very wide, so I probably only used 1/3 of it for this shirt.
Construction was just about the same as in the original raglan tutorial. I cut all pieces out of the gray knit, and then just the front piece from the stretch lace. I pinned the lace front to the gray front, making sure both pieces were smoothed out. It’s best to use lots of pins to make sure the lace doesn’t shift around while you’re putting the shirt together.
Once the shirt was all sewn up, I used gray knit to bind the neckline and then hemmed the sleeves. Like I mentioned above, I cut the front and back pieces a little long on this shirt. I curved up the hem at the side seams, as you can see below:
I just serged around the bottom edge of my shirt to finish it off instead of turning it up and hemming.
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Susan Seal says
Love your blog and tutorials! I would like to download this raglan pattern but the link “here” wasn’t active. If you have time to fix it, that would be awesome.
Thanks!
autumn says
Thanks Susan – should be fixed now!
Susan says
Thank You for this great pattern and the tutorials. I also love Girlcharlee.com and fabric.com!
Cathy says
love this version so much. and i just ordered that same gray for a shirt for my son, but now I may have to use it for me. thanks for the pattern. can’t wait to try it out.
Tone says
I got an order on a dress from a friend, but she wanted raglan sleeves on it. I had no pattern whit raglan sleeve, so I tried to draw And design one on my own. Whit no luck I am afraid… But then I came over youre pattern for the raglan tee, And it was a perfect fit! Thank you for a suuuuper pattern!
autumn says
Great! I’m so glad it worked out for you – I’d love to see a picture of the dress you made!
tone says
I’d be honoured to have you by my blog And take a look at the finnished results;) I’ll let you know when it is finished:D
Then I will post the pictures! 🙂
Patricia says
HI! I notice that the pattern is a size L, do you have a PDF for smaller sizes or can you help with instructions to size the pattern down?
Thanks! Patricia
Emily W says
Did they have a smaller size of this?
Amy says
Thank you very much, Autumn. I actually made this out of a knit that I scored for fifty cents at a charity shop. I turned it into a banded waist maxi dress! I needed to try the raglan pattern so that later this spring I can make a couple of swim shirts/rashguards with this pattern. Thank you again.
Amy says
Oh, and I slightly altered it and cut the sleeves on the fold so that I didn’t have a shoulder seam, it’s perfect! I’ve gotten several compliments already!
autumn says
You have to send me a photo! Upload one to the flickr group (linked in main menu bar) or email one to me. This sounds like a fantastic idea, Amy!
Amy says
I don’t actually have a flickr account, but I will try to email it to you. 🙂
VINTJE TJIU says
Thanks for your easy tee tutorial autumn, I’ve downloaded it,hope I can sew it and show it to you 🙂 {sorry for my bad english}
autumn says
Thanks for visiting! I hope the shirt works out and I’d love to see it when you’re done.
margaret says
this looks to be just what I want for a raglan sleeved T.
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Tone says
Hi! Thanks for a super pattern! I downloaded and printed it a while ago, but only recently made something of it.
I made THE best top ever! The pattern is so easy to make, and the shape is perfect! Allso, I love the raglan sleeves:)
I will make a lot more of theses, for shure!
Please have a look at my blog for my cool animal printed easy tee raglan top 🙂
http://trollemors-hverdag.blogspot.no/2014/09/animal-print-easy-tee-raglan-pattern.html
autumn says
I love it! I would totally wear this top – great job!
Colleen Gurr says
I am now retired and in need of some tops…your patterns are easy, quick and cute. I have short sleeve, long sleeve, rag. sleeve, in prints and solids. Thank you so much. Hubbie says no way are they t-shirts…..
Lesley Scott says
Thanks for this, just wanted to let you know I linked back to your tutorial on my blog.
Dodie says
How do I make this pattern fit a 4X plus size. Can it be done? Is there a pattern procedure to do this?
Please help if you can.
I am a little less than an intermediate sewist.Self taught.
ThankYou !
Dodie
Mama_kura says
Thank u for that and other versions of nice easy tee!
Really ejoing all of them, super fast and fits grate!
I`m tall, but no pattern alteration is needed!
Great work, thank u for your time and efferort with different styles and options on that simple shirt.
Best regards from Russia, love your blog girl))
Ana says
Hola! Sabes cuáles son las medidas de la talla L?
Hello! You know what measures the size L are?
Zea Wulf says
Hi there, this is just the pattern I’ve been looking for! When I printed it out the grey square isn’t an inch?! What should I do? It’s close like 2/3’s of and inch?? Help!
Emily Farrer says
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing your pattern and tips!
Katie says
Your top looks much prettier than the one in the link. I see it’s only in size L… how could it be customized to make other sizes? I would like to make some tops for my mother, who wears an M, and I’d also like some for myself. I don’t even know what my size would be, and I do not have any tees to compare.
Tisha Adams says
You mention neck binding. I can’t find a measurements or instructions on how much to cut one for the large shirt. I’m not a super experienced sewer, so it’s not intuitive for me. Please help.
Jenni says
Your t-shirt size is not big enough for me; please can you tell me how I can make the pattern larger to fit comfortably? I’d probably be an XL to your L pattern. Thanks so much! Can’t wait to start!
Helen says
What size is the large please?
Helen says
What size is Large please?
Carol says
Question:
When I print out the raglan pattern, the body prints at the correct size, b;ut the sleeve (pp. 6-8) print at 3/4 size. How can that be? Any ideas? Thanks. Hoping to get this sorted. I love the pattern.
Annie says
It did the same thing for me! Curious how you made out with it?
Bethany says
Do you have any tips for working with the stretch lace to keep the spandex threads from coming loose at the seams? I made a black and light teal of this and it started doing that after only a few wears. Hand washing hang dry only.
Claudia Breidenbach says
hello Autumn, I like this raglan shirt, and I want to sew it. I cannot found a notice if the seem allowance is included. Can ou helpme?
autumn says
Hi! Half an inch seam allowance is included – thanks!
Charlene R Conner says
Is there a seam on the upper part of the sleeve??..On the print/striped version sleeves, I do NOT see a seam?
However, the seam line is NOT a straight line..Please advise???