Running into some bumps

[unsettledink]

I'm looking for help/suggestions with two issues I'm running into.

One - I have a couple large t-shirts that I'm planing on making more fitted. Yet I can't seem to find any tutorials or advice on how I can change the shoulder seam. The large ones are the kind where the body is just a rectangle and the sleeve is sewn onto that, whereas the one I'm

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[colleendetroit]

Part of the problem is cutting the high back neck - if I cut it as low as the front, I lose part of the design. Any suggestions for designs that work with the shirt backwards?

Have you thought of maybe attaching a yoke above the printed design (I think that's what you would call it). Like if you had a black shirt backside with a cool design, you'd add a panel of black fabric above it that will be the top of the shirt (neckline/shoulder). It just popped into my head, and it kinda hard to describe but this shirt below kinda shows how there's a panel at the top (instead of the shirt front being one solid piece). It shows the 2 separate pieces easier than I can describe. :)

[z0mbiecupcake]

A yoke^^ is a good idea, as well you could turn it into a shirt with a mock turtleneck or a mao collar so the neckline is still high. Other than that, youre really looking at losing part of the design, or making something else (pants, a bag, a skirt) with it.

[z0mbiecupcake]

Also, similar to a yoked top, I actually made a shirt that had a solid-coloured bust, then a strip of complementing ribbon, then the patterned bit on a flared bottom so it encompassed a lot of the design.