Teagan: FreeSewing's Teagan T-Shirt
About Teagan
Teagan is a fitted T-shirt pattern.
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- 📐Joost De Cock( designer )
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- Linedrawing
- Measurements
- Design Options
- Design Parts
- Plugins used
- Conditional Options
- Waist ease
Ease at the waist (only applies when the waist is fitted). - Armhole depth factor (legacy)
Controls the depth of the armhole. Higher values make a deeper armhole. This option only applies to the legacy (v2) way of calculating the armhole depth. - Armhole depth
Controls the depth of the armhole. Higher values make a deeper armhole.
- Waist ease
- Fit
- Back neck cutout
How deep the neck is cut out at the back - Chest ease
The amount of ease at your chest. - Draft for high bust
Draft the pattern for the high bust measurement (if available) rather than the (full) chest. This will result in a more fitted garment for people with breasts. - Fit the waist
Whether or not to fit the waist or rather only fit chest and hips. - Hips ease
Ease at the hips. - Sleeve length
Controls the length of your sleeves
- Back neck cutout
- Style
- Length bonus
The amount to lengthen the garment. A negative value will shorten it. - Neckline curvature
Controls the curvature of the neckline. - Neckline depth
Controls how deep the neck opening plunges down. - Neckline width
Controls the width of the neck opening. - Sleeve ease
Amount of ease of your sleeves
- Length bonus
- Advanced
- Across back factor
Controls your across back width as a factor of your shoulder to shoulder measurement. - Legacy armhole depth
Enable this option to use the legacy way to calculate the armhole depth (using biceps circumference) rather than the v3 way (using the waist to armpit measurement) - Sleevecap
- Sleevecap back X
Controls the placement of the sleevecap back pitchpoint on the X-axis (horizontal) - Sleevecap back Y
Controls the placement of the sleevecap back pitchpoint on the Y-axis (vertical) - Sleevecap ease
The amount by which the sleevecap seam is longer than the armhole seam. - Sleevecap front X
Controls the placement of the sleevecap front pitchpoint on the X-axis (horizontal) - Sleevecap front Y
Controls the placement of the sleevecap front pitchpoint on the Y-axis (vertical) - Sleevecap Q1 offset
Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the first quadrant (front armhole) - Sleevecap Q1 downward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap first quadrant curvature towards the armhole - Sleevecap Q1 upward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap first quadrant curvature towards the shoulder - Sleevecap Q2 offset
Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the second quadrant (front shoulder) - Sleevecap Q2 downward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap second quadrant curvature towards the armhole - Sleevecap Q2 upward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap second quadrant curvature towards the shoulder - Sleevecap Q3 offset
Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the third quadrant (back shoulder) - Sleevecap Q3 upward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap third quadrant curvature towards the shoulder - Sleevecap Q3 downward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap third quadrant curvature towards the armhole - Sleevecap Q4 offset
Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the fourth quadrant (back armhole) - Sleevecap Q4 upward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap fourth quadrant curvature towards the shoulder - Sleevecap Q4 downward spread
Controls the spread of the sleevecap fourth quadrant curvature towards the armhole - Sleevecap top X
Controls the horizontal location of the sleevecap top. - Sleevecap top Y
Controls the height of the sleevecap. A higher value results in a higher and more narrow sleevecap.
- Sleevecap back X
- Across back factor
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
brian.base | Base |
teagan.front | Front |
teagan.back | Back |
brian.back | Back |
brian.front | Front |
brian.sleevecap | Sleevecap |
teagan.sleeve | Sleeve |
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
@freesewing/plugin-bust | A FreeSewing plugin that helps with bust-adjusting menswear patterns |
Designer Notes
This is my go-to T-shirt pattern for most of my T-shirts.
It's not the classical T-shape but a bit more fitted with narrower and shorter sleeves and a wider somewhat boat-neck style opening.
I like it. Maybe you will too.
joost
What You Need
To make Teagan, you will need the following:
- Basic sewing supplies
- About 1 meter (1.1 yards) of a suitable fabric (see Fabric options)
As with all knitwear and stretch fabrics, a serger/overlock will make your life easier. If you do not have one of those, don’t despair. You don’t really need it. All serged seams on the Teagan T-shirt can also be sewn with a narrow zigzag stitch (~2 mm wide) on a standard sewing machine.
Fabric Options
The Teagan T-shirt is designed as a close-fitting tee and is best suited to knit fabrics with some stretch, such as jersey. Cotton knits are often an easy-to-sew option for those new to knits. Rayon knits generally will have a bit more drape and are more slippery to sew.
If you're new to sewing, look for a knit with a few percent spandex for stretch and recovery (snapping back after stretching). Fabric weights can also help you make your choice. T-shirts are typically made in lightweight fabric. A weight of 130-200 grams per square meter (or 4-6 ounces per square yard) is likely to be about right.
Cutting Instructions
- Cut 1 back on the fold.
- Cut 1 front on the fold.
- Cut 2 sleeves with good sides together
- If you cut sleeves separately, remember that one has to be a mirror image of the other.
- Cut 1 strip for neck opening. It should be 6 cm wide and the length of your neck opening.
- There is no seam allowance on the neck opening.
- There is extra hem allowance at the hem and armholes.