swim shirt | Sewhooked

My 14 year old heads off for a week of orchestra camp on Saturday. During the week, they get the chance of swimming in the river near the college where the camp takes place. My kiddo is pale and freckled, the worse kind of complexion to spend a day in the sun.

Well, what’s a Gen X mom to do? How about we rock this party 80s style?!

Enter the No Sew Swim Shirt.

This is the second version of this shirt I’ve made, the first having done it’s duty honorably for several summers now. The sides are nice and open so the water will flow through your shirt and not weigh you down. A must for any super-sun-sensitive human.

There really is no sewing and you only need a couple of supplies and you’ll have your own No Sew Swim Shirt in about 10 minutes!

You’ll need:

1 t-shirt, at least 2 sizes too big, in a light color to reflect the sun
a pair of scissors
a large ruler OR yardstick
cutting mat OR masking tape with 1″ intervals marked to about 20″

spread the t-shirt out, making sure the top and bottom are nicely aligned

cut off sleeve just inside the seam line, save for another project

repeat for second sleeve

slice up sides of t-shirt

remove bottom hem

smooth out the side of the t-shirt, using either the cutting mat and a ruler (shown) OR a yardstick and masking tape, measure 3″ from the cut edge along the shirt sides, cutting up those 3″ at 1″ interval