
Hello everyone, how are you all doing today? Greetings and welcome to this new post. Today I want to show you how I made an oversized flannel shirt for women. Flannel shirts are a cool and versatile garment that can be combined with other pieces, like jeans or skirts. It's my first time sewing a flannel shirt, and it seems like something simple to do, but it took me several days to make. It was a bit confusing because I still struggle with sewing the sleeves and collar, which led me to unpick and resew. This process took me a few days to finish because when I made a mistake, I would just leave it and not continue out of frustration. And from so much unpicking, I damaged the collar seam, so I decided to use a different colored fabric for that area, but one similar to the flannel. Well, today I finally finished it, and I'll share the step-by-step process, the exact moment where I made a mistake, and the final result.

Materiales/Materials

- Tela microdurasno de color azul
- Hilo azul o parecido al color de la tela
- Tijeras
- Alfileres
- Lápiz
- Regla
- Patrón de franela oversize
- Máquina de coser
- Blue micro-peach fabric
- Blue or similar-colored ice dye
- Scissors
- Pins
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Oversized flannel pattern
- Sewing machine
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Paso a paso
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Step by step
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Paso 1/Step 1
What I did to begin was mark the flannel pattern guide to make the flannel piece. Next, I folded the fabric on the stretch side, preferably with the wrong side facing out. I marked the front piece, clearly marking the neck and shoulders. Then I marked the back piece, and I had to be careful with this one because the neckline won't be cut the same way as the front. So I only marked a straight line, not a curve. I'd had a similar experience once where I was cutting a shirt and accidentally cut both sides the same, but this time I was much more careful.


Paso 2/Step 2
Continue by also marking by folding the fabric towards the side that stretches, mark the part of the sleeves, this time the sleeves are bigger because the oversized ones have a lot of drape from the shoulder to the sleeves, and that's what I like about these flannels.

Paso 3/Step 3
In this part I marked the length measurement for the neck and the width is 4 cm, but that's where the mistake was because the fabric didn't stretch on the side needed, so I had to look for a piece of fabric and I found one in a similar blue, and then I fixed that. Of course, I would have liked the whole flannel to be the same color, but accidents happen, and I hope that next time I'll have enough fabric to improve this type of flannel.


Paso 4/Step 4
Now that I already had the piece cut, I proceeded to sew the shoulder part first to join the two sides of the flannel, I sewed first with a straight stitch and then I sewed the excess edges of fabric with a zigzag stitch.




Paso 5/Step 5
Continue sewing the neck bias tape, using pins to hold it in place, and after sewing the bias tape, sew a stitch called an overstitch, which goes between the line where the neck bias tape joins the flannel.




Paso 6/Step 6
Next, I sewed the sleeves, and I made a mistake again, not once, but twice. I sewed the sleeve inside out, and then on the third try, I sewed it right. Since I had already sewn the sleeves, I immediately sewed the sides of the flannel, from the edge of the flannel to the edge of the sleeves. I also evened out the edges of the flannel because one was longer than the other. With this step done, the flannel was completely sewn; now there was just one last detail.


Paso 7/Step 7
Finally, to finish this process, proceed to sew the edges of the sleeves and the flannel. Simply fold each edge inside the flannel to hide the raw edge and sew it with a straight stitch.
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Resultado final
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Botton line
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So, what do you think of this oversized flannel? It was a bit of a labor, but it was worth it because I learned to correct details I didn't see the first time. Next time I make another oversized flannel, I'll be more careful. In the meantime, I'm happy and satisfied with the result. It doesn't look like I unstitched it several times 🤭 and almost ruined the fabric, but everything turned out well. Until next time!
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Las fotos presentadas en este post son de mi autoría. Las imágenes han sido editadas utilizando Canva. Las fotografías fueron tomadas con mi celular Infinix Smart 7. El contenido ha sido traducido con el traductor de Firefox.
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The photos in this post are my own. The images were edited using Canva. The photos were taken with my Infinix Smart 7 phone. The content was translated using Firefox Translator.
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