Tips for Customizing T Shirts at Home

To personalize a dull, old T-shirt and to adorn it with a bit of flare, one can employ an assortment of techniques and options, depending on the look one is aiming to achieve. Turn it into something chic, perhaps trendy, or even sultry, something elegantly ą la mode or simply modest.

Tips for Customizing T Shirts at Home

Alter the neckline, sides, sleeve and the hem

Starting off with the neckline, one can alter the tee’s neckline accustomed to one’s taste. Decide on a particular shape for the neckline; draw it out on the shirt with a pencil and then utilizing a scale and a pair of scissor carefully cut it out. One can opt from an extensive range of shapes- V-neck, round, square, oval or an asymmetrical one. Apart from that one could at this stage think about ornamenting the neckline with jewellery, brooches, lace, diamantes etc. If aiming for a subtle look, go with stitching some lace, brooches or flounces. But if looking to don something of a more glamorous note, garnish it with diamantes, beadwork and perhaps a few fake stones or maybe even a bit of jewellery.

Moving on to the sides, play around with it, starting off by possibly adding slits to both side. Next, utilize a technique known as panelling effect, which is basically sewing in additional fabric in place of the slits, where the type of fabric could range from net, silk, plain bold-colour pieces, to textile prints. A different take would be take to cut out holes and add in some coloured or patterned shoelaces, Furthermore, one could simply embellish the sides with some lace, jewellery etc.

For the sleeves, either go sleeveless or add in some ruffles. Otherwise to give it a modish look, add slits to the sleeves, choosing the length of the slits to preference and leaving it at that. If still interested in taking it a step further, create holes on both sides of the opening of the slits, followed by tying it up using coloured or attractive shoelaces. Furthermore, one could sew in new sleeves made out of net or any desired fabric. Apart from that one could even decide on going for a single sleeve look. So from the aforementioned suggestions, go for, whatever seems like a suitable fit and anything that will help complement the appeal of the garment further

Consider bleaching, dying, spraying or sketching

For added flamboyance bleach a coloured T-shirt, to give it a jaded effect. Then using a swap, dipped in bleach or by making use of acrylic paints either sketch some artistic stuff or jot down quotes. In addition, try dyes or spray paints to further enhance the overall look

Consider adding an image.

One can produces digital images on cheap t shirt at home if one owns a printer. The idea is to print out the image one desires to add to the shirt on an iron-on transfer paper and then simply iron it on the shirt at a preferred place. Moreover, apart from images one could print quotes or random lines too if one fancies.

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