Master sewing T-shirt V-neckline

T-shirt is one of the most popular choices for summer garment - it's comfortable to wear and easy to take care, does it get better than this? Yes, it does - you can easily make t-shirt yourself and create a perfectly fitting garment in any color or fabric that you want!

Making T-shirt is easy, expect for one part - the neckline. Well, that part can be tricky - but no worries, I'm here to help!

In this tutorial, I'll show how to sew beautiful V-neckline to T-shirt. And - as a bonus - I have included instructions for back neckline seam cover for extra professional results:

T-shirt V-neckline with back seam finish

This tutorial is created in partnership with needle industry experts - Organ Needles.

Organ Needles are one of the leading brands in needle industry, with over 100 years of expertise in needle making. Organ Needles have a wide range of products and you can find a right needle for any type of project that you have on hand - even for tricky materials like super stretch fabrics. I've been using Organ Needles for several years in all of my machines - industrial sewing machine, domestic sewing machine, embroidery machine and serger. It's easy to recommend them as I use them regularly and their needle quality speaks for itself!

V-neckline with back seam cover is explained in detail in this video and scroll down for a few important notes!

In this technique, we will be sewing T-shirt collar on both sewing machine and serger. When sewing knit fabrics on sewing machine, project success highly depends on using the right needle and you want to switch from Universal needle to special Jersey needle.

Organ Needles Jersey needle for sewing knits

Organ Needles Jersey needle has a rounded tip, which makes needle slip between fabric threads instead of cutting through them, and ensures good, durable seam results. Because of that, you want to always make sure to switch from Universal to Jersey needle when sewing knit fabrics!

Organ Needles Jersey needles - choose size depending on fabric weight

On my serger, I'm using Organ Needles ELx705CR needles. These serger needles are suitable for sewing knit fabrics, so you can sew T-shirt fabrics with confidence!

Organ Needles Jersey and ELx705CR needles were used to sew V-neckline

Additionally, these needles are Chromium finished for better performance and durability.

Organ Needles serger needles

If you would like to learn more about mastering sewing knit fabrics, I have a video that you might want to watch next:

Thank you for reading!

Wishing you wonderful week ahead,

Julie