inside: Sewing a shirt with cute shoulder detail for a fun raglan style shirt. Add decorative trim to a shoulder seam for a cute style.
I’ve been sewing raglan shirts for my kids for years. The kids raglan shirt was my first ever free sewing pattern and I’ve shared several hacks over the years as well. Today I’ve got another shirt sewing tutorial with an adorable shoulder detail you need to try.
Sewing a Shirt with Decorative Shoulder Seams –
How cute are the seams on these shoulders? You are going to love this simple sewing hack that you can add to any raglan shirt tutorial.
I’m so excited for both of these new shirts and I will give you the pattern hack details for each of these shirts. I started with my free Raglan for the girls shirt and the Lane Raglan for myself.
Is there anything cuter?
Raglan Pattern Hacks to try
How to sew a shirt with shoulder detail –
Let’s just dive into the detail of adding the shoulder to any raglan shirt. My link to the original free pattern is above. It’s a free raglan pattern in size 18m-10y.
You will need: a raglan shirt pattern, cute fabric, and decorative trim, more cute fabric.
After you have cut out your fabric you will need to trim the seam allowance from the front pieces to make room for the decorative trim. Here are the sleeves, you can see that one side {the front} has a 3/8″ seam allowance trimmed off.
Also remove the same 3/8″ seam allowance from both shoulder edges of the front.
Sew your trim to both sides of the front of the shirt. Flip open the trim and top-stitch.
Next add the front of the sleeve to the other side of the decorative trim.
Add the back and then finish the shirt as directed by the pattern you are using.
Make sure to catch the trim when you sew the arm and side seams.
Ok! Let’s talk about this cute shirt I made recently. I started with the kids raglan and trimmed two inches off the bottom of the shirt before adding the skirt. I used my High-Low skirt tutorial to design the shirt, I just kept it short for a shirt now a dress.
I added a slight curve to the back of my shirt. Otherwise I kept the shirt as is. {I was out in the rain… you can see the drops on my back}
I hope you will use these tips to make a fun raglan hack of your own. Share photos in our facebook group.
Darlene says
Do you have a patterns for adult sizes in raglan sleeved T’s? They seem to be hard to find.
Nikki says
This is a really cute touch! Thanks for the great idea, I have a bin of smallish lace and trim pieces 🙂
Judy P says
Your link for the women’s raglan sleeve that you USED to have it no longer accessible. 🙁
Emily says
I didn’t actually see a link to the womens raglan at all in the post… but here it is and I added it to the post.https://lifesewsavory.com/product/womens-raglan-pattern/