Contrast Scoop-Neck 3/4 Sleeve Tee

A close-fitting knit tee with three-quarter sleeves and a scoop neck finished with two stacked bands, one in the main fabric and one in a contrast cut on the bias. Five pattern pieces, six pieces of fabric, and no notions.

Pattern specification

Size range

XS–XXL

Skill level

Intermediate

Recommended fabric

Main: a fine stretch jersey in modal, viscose or a cotton-elastane blend. Contrast: a silky print, a fine chiffon or a light jersey. The contrast can be lighter than the main fabric, since it is folded double.

Colours shown

Black with a leopard-print contrast band.

Yardage

Main: 1.2 m of 150 cm wide fabric for XS to M, 1.4 m for L to XXL. Contrast: a 60 cm square, which a remnant or a fat quarter will cover.

Notions required

None. No interfacing, no lining, no fastenings.

Stretch required

Yes, across the body, with recovery. The tee is cut close and both bands go on stretched to 92%.

Seam allowance

1 cm on the shoulders, sides, armholes and sleeve seams. 0.75 cm on the neckline band, 0.6 cm on the contrast band, hems 1.6 cm. The neckline itself carries no allowance.

Format

PDF — print at home or copy shop

Size chart

Finished garment lying flat and unstretched. Chest and hem are half the measurement all the way round. Length is shoulder to hem. Inches / centimetres.

Key details

• The neckline is cut at its finished edge. The scoop on the front and back is drawn on the finished line, because the bands cover it. Add nothing, trim nothing, cut exactly on the line. Get this wrong and the piece is gone.
• The cut scoop looks alarmingly low and wide on paper. The bands stand up from the seam rather than wrapping over the edge, so they close the neckline in by about 2.3 cm all the way round. Measure the finished garment, not the paper.
• Both bands are cut to exactly the same length and sewn to the scoop in one pass. The contrast is the taller of the two and sits behind, so once pressed up you see about 1 cm of main fabric with 3 cm of print standing above it. Main band cut 3.45 cm wide, contrast 7.6 cm.
• The contrast band is cut on the true bias, because a strip cut on the straight grain ripples on the outer edge of a curve that deep and strains on the inner one. Cut that strip first, before committing the rest of the contrast; it is the one piece that cannot be fudged.
• The contrast requirement is small. One bias strip 7.6 cm wide and up to 76 cm long is all it has to yield.
• The sleeve really is three-quarter. Underarm to cuff is 30 to 32 cm on every size, landing just below the elbow. For full length, add to the sleeve before cutting and keep the 1.6 cm hem.
• Sizing: pick the size whose chest is 6 to 10 cm under your own.
• This tee shares a body block with the Fitted V-Neck Cap-Sleeve Tee, so the chest grade is identical in both.

Pattern pieces

• Front (cut 1)
• Back (cut 1, on the fold)
• Sleeve (cut 2, on the fold)
• Neckline band (cut 1)
• Contrast band (cut 1, on the bias)

In the download

• A0 copy-shop file — 1p
• US Letter / A4 print file — 28p
• Construction workflow — 11p

This is a digital pattern. Nothing ships — your download link is emailed the moment you check out, and stays in your order confirmation.

Licensed for personal use only. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared or used for commercial production without written permission from Kissing Parasites.