DIY Floral Oversized Jersey

Oversized jerseys are a big trend when it comes to a sporty street style look. I have taken this trend into my own hands and decided to make my own jersey. 

You will need:

1) An oversized shirt. I am usually a small in men's sizes, so for this project I went with a large because I know it may shrink a bit in the wash.

2) A fabric of your choice. I went with 1/2 a yard.

3) Sewing machine or hand sewing skills -- whatever you prefer.

4) Pins

5) Something to make marks with. In this case I used a white crayon.

6) Ruler

Difficulty: Intermediate

Time: About 1 hour

First I measured where I want to cut for the main piece. The line goes just above my boobs which measured about 7 inches from the neckline of the shirt. Make a straight line.

You will be cutting out half of the part where the sleeves connect just as pictured.

Next comes the neckline for the jersey. I decided to go with a v-neck, you may go with a scoop neck if you prefer. For the v-neck, I just traced a "V" shape from the scoop neckline from the shirt. After, cut it out to the v shape.

Lay the piece on top of your fabric. Mark around it, adding at least 1/2 inch seam allowance, except for the neckline. Cut out your piece.

Sew the shoulder pieces together.

It should look like this when you flip it over.

Next I made the v-neck pieces. Cut out about 1 inch wide strips the same length as one side of the v-neck.

With one strip, fold it over once and sew along the edge.

Turn it inside out using the safety pin method: http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-turn-a-skinny-piece-of-fabric-right-side-ou/

Pin the pieces along the edge of the neckline and sew. Cut off any pieces that were hanging.

Here's how it looks from the front.

Flip your shirt inside out and pin the top piece onto it, then sew.

You're almost done! You can stop here or you can continue on to add a lil' extra to your jersey.

You know how some jerseys have those stripes on the sleeves? I had some left over fabric strips and decided to add just that. I cut out about 1 inch from the sleeve.

I then took the left over fabric and cut out a one inch wide strip and matched the length to the sleeve. I added about one more inch to the strip because I found that when sewing it on, the shirt tended to stretch. Better to have more left over than run out short, feel me? Pin the fabric piece to the sleeve and the piece you cut off.

Sew along the edges. It may be a little time consuming but it will be worth it! You got this :)

Here's the final product! As you can see, I made two strips on the sleeves instead of one. I freaking LOVE this shirt because I know I will be wearing this piece out a lot.

Close up of the top piece and the sleeve strips I have sewn in.

Thank you for reading -- let me know if you have any questions or comments :)

xoxo, Ysabel