DIY Asymmetrical One-Shoulder Top (Easy Sewing)

One-shoulder asymmetrical tops are having a huge moment this summer!

Worn by every It-girl in the early 2000s, the one-shoulder top has made a come back from Spring/Summer runways to street fashion. You can always buy tops like these in the stores but why buy it if you can easily make it from home with a plain t-shirt?!

Make a super easy asymmetrical top with this step by step tutorial today!

What You'll Need

1. Plain T-shirt

2. Two Elastic Bands

3. Scissors

4. Pencil

5. Sewing Machine

6. Safety Pins

7. Straight Pins

8. Seam Ripper

9. Ruler (Optional)

Instructions

Layout out the t-shirt on a flat surface and grab a ruler and pencil to help you mark the line.

Next, draw a line from the left bottom armhole to the right shoulder with the help of the ruler.

Cut right along the line and remove the left section of the shirt to make it a one shoulder trendy top! (Optional: Pin along the line to prevent the fabric from moving when cutting)

Take the left section of the t-shirt that was cut out and flip inside out and remove the sleeve from the section with a seam ripper.

After, wrap the elastic band over the left shoulder and under the right arm to determine how much is needed for the top. Then pin together.

Cut off the extra and leave an inch where's pinned for potential needed space.

Wrap the 2nd Elastic band around the left arm and pin where's most comfortable.

Cut off extra and leave an extra inch for some potential needed space.

The off the shoulder sleeve

For the tunnel for the elastic band, Fold 1/4 " on raw edge of the sleeve all the way around.

Fold the second time around 1" all the way around.

Pin all along the seamline then leave 2 pins horizontally across the hem with 1" apart for the passageway for the elastic band.

Time to sew! Start sewing from the first horizontal pin and backstitch. Edgestitch around the pinned hem with about 1/8" from the seamline and stop when at the 2nd horizontal pin is reached then backstitch again.

1" inch section should be left unsewn for the elastic band to go inside the tunnel.

Take a safety pin and attach it to the end of your elastic band.

Take the end of the elastic band with the safety pin and insert it inside the 1" section left unsewn. Pull the elastic band through the tunnel using the safety pin as a guide.

Hold onto the safety pin and pull the fabric as it scrunches. Make sure to evenly distribute the fabric after it's scrunched.

When the safety pin makes it through the tunnel, pin both ends with a straight pin and get ready to sew.

Sew the end of the elastic band along with the vertical pin.

Now it's time to edgestitch the 1" inch section left off which completes the off the shoulder sleeve.

The Rest of the Top

Repeat the same steps done to the sleeve.

For the tunnel for the elastic band, Fold 1/4 " on raw edge of the sleeve all the way around.

Fold the second time around 1" inch all the way around then pin close to the edge.

Leave 1" inch pinned horizontally for the entrance for the elastic band to go through.

Start sewing from the first horizontal pin and backstitch. Edgestitch around the pinned hem with about 1/8" from the seamline and stop when at the 2nd horizontal pin is reached then backstitch again.

Again, attach the safety pin to the end of the elastic band and insert the elastic band through the 1" inch opening.

Use the safety pin as a guide to pull the elastic band through the tunnel while scrunching the fabric back.

When the safety pin reaches the opening, pin both ends then cut the extra leftover.

Cut off the leftover elastic and get ready to sew along the pin.

Sew the elastic ends together then close the 1" inch entrance by edge stitching along the seams.

Attach the left sleeve to the top

Aline the side seam of the sleeve to the left side of the top.

Flip the shirt inside out and pin horizontally from the bottom of the elastic to the top.

Stitch horizontally on the top and the bottom to attach the sleeve to the top & you're done!