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hey guys welcome back to the channel
today I'm going to do a little bit of a
sewing tutorial because ever since my
first haul y'all have been fiending for
some thrifting videos so one thing I've
been seeing at places like Urban
Outfitters and my personal business
brandy melville are just these simple
tube tops like it's literally just a
tube of fabric and a tube of fabric like
it's that simple and they're charged
like 20 30 bucks for it so I thought
today I'd show you guys a tutorial on
how you can make one super super simply
it takes literally five minutes I
probably shouldn't be making a tutorial
on this because it's insanely easy but
you know like I got to do it for the
views but ever since my throat all y'all
have been asking for some sewing
tutorials so I thought I'd give it a
shot so basically you can start off with
any small scrap of fabric but a pro tip
for you cuz I am a pro at this it's
actually start off with the bottom of a
shirt so this parallelogram of fabric
that I have is actually just like the
bottom of a large polo that I hacked the
bottom off here is an image of like the
remainder of the shirt I had just turned
it into a crop top and then this was
just extra fabric that I had leftover
from the bottom so the great thing about
this is then you can use the bottom hem
of the shirt as the top of the tube top
and it'll look really nice and finished
without having to actually like fold
over stuff and sew the hem yourself
because I have been sewing for year now
and I still find that really really hard
so you have a couple different options
for cutting out the pattern I would
recommend just taking a crop top that
you already have or a t-shirt that just
fits you well kind of laying that on the
fabric and cutting accordingly although
I will say this method is kind of like
that scissors meme where it's like you
have to already have scissors to open
the packet of scissors you already have
to have a crop top to make a crop top so
another option is to kind of use
yourself as a mannequin just take your
fabric parallelogram and hold it over
your bust and kind of pin each side
until it fits how you want it to fit and
then you can cut accordingly however
since I am kind of extra I already have
this pattern cut out in order to make
your pattern all you have to do is
measure a top of the bust and then
divide that in half and I would subtract
like around two inches this depends
how tightly you want the top to fit and
how stretchy your fabric is but this is
again so that it hugs your boobs pretty
snugly and then you can measure around
your waist and do the same thing and
that is the bottom measurement of the
trapezoid so no matter which method you
use just make sure that you line up the
longer part of your trap is away at the
top of your tube top with what was the
bottom of the shirt which is where your
finished end is so I just cut this out
according to my pattern and I left a
little bit of extra space for seam
allowance I also realized that cutting
with one hand while you're holding the
camera with the other hand is kind of
difficult so I had to go back and clean
up the edges ok so congratulations you
have created a slightly smaller fabric
parallelogram than what you started out
with now we're just going to turn that
inside out so the right sides are facing
each other even though it would have
been smarter to do that before you cut
your pattern but I didn't think of that
at the time and let's head over to the
sewing machine set the stitch length to
about the grade where you were at
peacock reduce which for me is around
eight to ten and then just sew a
straight line down both sides at the top
you can use pins if you want but this
ain't my first rodeo so I did it
freehand so just repeat that process on
the other side and then congratulations
you now have a fabric parallelogram
that's sewed up at the side if you're
like functionally OCD like me you can
trim down the edges of the scenes in
order to make the work even even though
nobody will ever see those because
they're on the inside of your shirt and
now you are pretty much done because as
I warned you this was a very simple
tutorial there were no plot twists
whatsoever so you just turn that inside
out again awkwardly with one hand and
now you have the beautiful finished
product just look at the craftsmanship
and detail on that and now for our
favorite part of any vest on this
episode awkward modeling time there are
two ways that I style it I think it
looks really good with a denim skirt or
these vintage Levi's that I just bought
Amsterdam and frankly obsessed with I
feel like I've finally ascended to like
the final level of hipster with these
jeans you can also hem the bottom if you
really want but honestly I think it
looks really good for all if you use a
kind of Jersey fabric it will roll up at
the bottom anyway that's all I have for
you guys hopefully although this
tutorial was really really simple you
found it useful and hopefully you guys
can go out to your thrift store and find
something similar and make one of these
tops if you do please let me know in the
comments down below otherwise don't
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week bye
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