***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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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. 🙂
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
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! 🙂