DURANGO TANK

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PATTERNS
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THE DURANGO TANK is a casual sleeveless shirt with a center back seam and
longer flared hem. The higher neckline and high-cut shoulders give it a vintage
summer concert tee vibe. The Durango is fitted at the shoulder and bust and
loose through the waist and hip for an easy fit. The cut of the shoulders is
perfect for showing off cute cami or bralette straps, or keep everything under
wraps with a racerback bra. Use it as a base for your favorite iron-on decal
or screen print, and pair it with a Sandbridge Skirt and flip flops for the perfect
summer outfit!

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS: Sizes 2 - 14: 1.25 yards of 55” or wider knit fabric. Sizes 16 -
22: 2 yards of 55” or wider knit fabric (above 60” wide will fit on 1.25 yards.) Requires
t-shirt knits such as triblend, cotton/poly, cotton jersey, rayon spandex, cotton
spandex, bamboo blends, and similar light to mid-weight knits.

SIZING: Pattern is drafted for a B sewing cup and has negative ease at the bust.
A FBA may be necessary for larger cup sizes.

body 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
high bust 32.5 33.5 34.5 35.5 36.5 37.5 38.5 40 41.5 43 44.5
hip 35 36.4 37.5 38.5 39.5 41 42.5 44.3 46 48 50

finished garment
full bust 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 43 45
hip 38.5 39.5 40.5 41.5 42.5 43.5 44.5 46.5 48.5 50.5 52.5

Back length is 27” (measured on a size 12)

TERMS OF USE: Purchase includes the right to sell garments made with this pattern. However, it is illegal to
copy, share, distribute, or resell the pattern, illustrations, or instructions. Please respect the copyright and direct
any requests to www.heyjunehandmade.com. Printers: Please allow your customer to have this pattern printed
on a large format printer in your store.
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TO PRINT: Open the pattern using Adobe Reader. (If you don’t have the program, you
can download it free from www.adobe.com/reader. A downloaded version of Adobe
Reader tends to help correct any printing issues that can occur with a Microsoft or
Mac pdf preview application.) On the left side of your pattern window, you’ll see a
menu. Choose the layers option, which looks like two or three overlapping diamond
shapes, and is usually the last symbol on the menu. Click on the pattern name. Now
you can click in the boxes next to each size to turn them on or off. Make sure the
eyeball symbol is visible next to your size, “labels”, and “cutting layouts”. You can turn
the other sizes off. Your printed pattern will now only include your size, making it much
easier to cut and saving ink. The picture below is an example of only printing size 10.

Before printing, be sure that your scaling is set to “no scaling” or “100%”. Print page
13 first and measure the test boxes to be sure you’re printing to scale. Even a 1/16”
discrepancy can throw your whole pattern off.

Print Guide:

All sizes: 13 - 27

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TAPING GUIDE: Use the following chart as a guide to tape the pattern together. The
small triangles will help you line up the pages, and they also indicate where pages will
be taped together. If no triangle is present, that side will not be taped. This is based
on the largest size, so you might find that certain edges on smaller sizes will not need
tape, even if they have a triangle.

TIP: The fastest way to trim a

PDF pattern is to stack multiple
pages and cut off the top and
left margins from each page.

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CUTTING LAYOUTS 5
1.25 yards 55” fabric
sizes 2 - 14

2 yards 55” fabric

sizes 16 - 22

Note: sizes 16 - 22 may

also fit on 1.25 yards of
fabric depending on
the fabric width. Before
cutting, lay out the
pattern pieces to see if
they will fit according to
the layout for sizes 2 - 14.

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CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS

- Cut one front (1) on fold

- Cut two backs (2) (mirrored pair)
- Cut one neckband (3)
- Cut two arm bindings (4) on fold

1 2 2

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Note: the center seam on the back piece is a

great place to add shaping to the pattern to
adjust for a swayback or just to make the tank
more fitted. Be sure to take out the most width
at the natural waist and ease gently back to the
center back seam above and below.

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 DURANGO TANK SEWING INSTRUCTIONS 7

right wrong Seam allowances are 3/8” unless

side side otherwise stated.

1. Sew the two back pieces right sides

together along the center back. Press
seam allowances open or to one side if
serging.

2. Sew the front and back pieces right

sides together along the shoulder seams.
Press seam allowances open or to the
back if serging.

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3. Divide the neckline into 4 equal 8
quarters (easily done by folding the
pattern in half to find center front, and
then aligning center front and center
back to find the halfway mark between
the two.) The quarter marks on the
neckline will be about 1” down from the
shoulder seam on the front of the tank.
Mark the quarters with a pin or by clipping
a small notch.

4. Press the neckband wrong sides

together lengthwise.

5. Open up the neckband and sew

it right sides together along the short
ends, forming a loop. Press the seam
allowances open or to one side if serging.

Fold the neckband down on itself, in half,

wrong sides together. It should now be
half its original height with only right sides
of fabric showing on both sides.

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6. Find the quarters of the neckband in

the same way as the neckline and mark
them with a pin.

7. Align the quarter markings on the

neckband with those on the neckline and
pin them together at those 4 points. The
seam in the neckband will align with the
center back seam in the tank.

8. Serge the neckband to the shirt,

starting on the back of the shirt. Carefully
stretch the neckband to equal the length
of the neckline as you sew between pins.
When you reach a pin, stop, remove
the pin, and adjust the stretch of the
neckband so you can evenly sew to the
next pin. When you get back to the point
where you started, serge over the original
serging line and then serge off the edge
of the neckband.

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9. Flip the neckband up and press and
steam very well. The serging should be
pressed down toward the tank.

10. Serge one long edge of each arm

binding.

11. Pin the arm binding to the armscye

of the tank, right sides together, with the
non-serged edge of the binding aligning
with the armscye. Keep the arm binding
taut as you pin, just barely stretching it. Do
not stretch the tank. There will be a tail of
excess binding hanging free after pinning.

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12. Serge the arm binding to the armscye
without trimming any fabric off with the
serger knife. Make sure the binding
remains taut and slightly stretched. After
sewing, trim the excess length of the arm
binding that extends past the armscye.

13. Flip the tank over so the wrong side is

facing up. Bring the arm binding around
to the wrong side. It should be wrapped
around the serged stitches from step 12,
but not folding them down. The serged
edge from step 10 should cover the seam
from step 12. Press very well.

14. On the right side of the tank, pin the

binding so the raw edge on the inside
remains flat against the tank.

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15. Top stitch the binding to the tank using
a cover stitch machine, zig zag stitch,
double needle, or two rows of stitching
with lengthened stitches.

16. Sew the tank front and back right

sides together along the side seams. Press
the seam allowances toward the back. At
the underarm, leave a long serger thread
tail and use a wide-eyed needle to thread
the tail back through the serging down
the side seam. Alternately, use a sewing
machine to sew over the serging stitches
at the underarm for about 1/2” to lock
them in place and clip the excess serger
thread. If desired, top stitch down the side
seam on the back of the tank for an inch
or so below the underarm, catching the
seam allowances underneath.
Tip: Baste a couple inches of the side
seam together starting from the underarm
point to keep the binding aligned when
you sew.

17. Turn the hem up by 1/2 to the inside of

the tank and press well. Pin in place and
hem using a coverstitch machine, zig zag
stitch, twin needle, or two rows of stitching
with a longer stitch length.

Congrats, your Durango Tank is finished!

Don’t forget to share your project using
#DurangoTank and #HeyJune Patterns!

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4 cm

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DURANGO TANK cut 1

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DURANGO TANK

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DURANGO TANK BACK
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cut 1
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DURANGO TANK
4 ARM BINDING
cut 2 on fold
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cut here for
sizes 2- 14

cut here for

sizes 16 - 22
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