{"id":60047,"date":"2017-03-13T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=60047"},"modified":"2017-03-13T09:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:47:27","slug":"side-vent-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/03\/side-vent-tutorial.html","title":{"rendered":"side vent tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quick and easy tutorial you can use to add a simple vent to any seam. I like it on a side seam for T-shirts and sweatshirts, but you could also use it on cropped trousers to give them a little interest at the hem. A side vent like this adds some room for movement and just looks nice.<\/p>\n

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How to Draft the Vent<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Start with your traced pattern piece. I like to draw in the seamlines so I know exactly what I’m working with. On this Bento Tee I’m using to make a sweatshirt, the seam allowances are 1\/4″.<\/p>\n

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2. Decide where you want the opening of the vent to begin, and add a dot to the seamline at the same location on both the front and back shirt pieces.<\/p>\n

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3. Add an extra seam allowance to the vent portion of the pattern, starting just above the dot and continuing to the bottom edge of the hem. The extra seam allowance should be the same as the original seam allowances or wider, so on this example I extended the side seam by 1\/4″, starting 1\/4″ above the dot. Note: Now is also a great opportunity to make the back seam longer, if you want to do so. I think lots of us like to have a little extra length in the back, and it’s easy to do: simply extend the hem to be as long as you want. I usually add about 1″ to lengthen it for movement and a little extra butt coverage.<\/p>\n

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And that’s it! Be sure to transfer the dot to your fabric when you cut out the pattern.<\/p>\n

How to Sew the Vent<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. When you’re ready to sew the side seam, set your machine to a basting stitch and baste from the bottom edge of the shirt\u2019s hem to the dot, lockstitching or backstitching at the dot. (This will temporarily close the vents at the bottom of the shirt.) Then set your machine back to a regular stitch and continue sewing all the way up the side seam to the edge of the sleeve with your normal seam allowance, which for this pattern is 1\/4″. If you’re using a serger to stitch or to finish the seam allowances together, start serging about 1″ above to dot so the seam allowances near the dot can still be pressed open. Repeat to stitch the other side.<\/p>\n

2. Press the vents open along the basting stitches.<\/p>\n

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3. Working on one side at a time, fold under each vent seam allowance to meet the basting stitches and press it in place. Once you’ve pressed the vent edges you can remove the basting stitches so it’s easier to work with each side of the vent individually. Fold the vent along the first fold and finish the hem edge of the shirt with the vent pressed along the fold.<\/p>\n

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fig 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Press the hem into place and stitch finish it, still with the vent folded only once. By stitching the hem and vent in this order, you’ll get a nice finish to both of edges.<\/p>\n

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fig 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Once the hem is stitched, fold the vent along the second crease (on the original basting stitch line) and pin it into place.<\/p>\n

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fig 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. Repeat Steps 3-5 with the other side of the vent. Then topstitch the vent by starting at one hem edge and edgestitching the innermost fold of one side of the vent, pivoting at the level of the dot to stitch across at the dot, and then pivot again to edgestitch the opposite side.<\/p>\n

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fig 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That’s it! Easy, right? The vent is already included in our Maritime Tee, but if you want to add it to the Bento Tee, any of our T-shirt patterns, or almost any of your other sewing projects it’s easy to do and adds a nice little detail, just for fun.<\/p>\n

Soon I’ll show you a couple of other things you can do with this vent. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quick and easy tutorial that will show you how to add a side vent to any t-shirt pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[202,208,20666,158,157,140],"class_list":["post-60047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-bento-tee","tag-lunch-box","tag-maritime","tag-metro-t-shirt","tag-school-bus-t-shirt","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/side-vent-banner.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-fCv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66071,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/06\/extra-sharp-pencil-skirt-sew-along.html","url_meta":{"origin":60047,"position":0},"title":"extra-sharp pencil skirt sew-along","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"June 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re delighted that Emily is joining us to lead you through the process of sewing a Liesl + Co. 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