Utility Denim Shirt

Name: Utility Denim Shirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2391
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2391

A women's hip-length denim shirt with a collar on a stand, a separate button placket, two chest patch pockets with a pleat and a folded top band, and long sleeves that roll up and button onto tabs. Back yoke with darts below it. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: denim made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Utility Denim Shirt

When To Wear

Buttoned, with jeans or chinos for everyday wear.
Open over a T-shirt or tank top in spring and summer, with the sleeves rolled up.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose fit.

Length: Hip length, with a slightly curved hem.

Collar: Shirt collar topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge, set into a two-piece collar stand; the drawing shows it worn open.

Sleeves: Long, set-in; a tab stitched to the wrong side of each sleeve holds it rolled up with a button.

Closure: Separate interfaced front plackets; buttonholes on the right front, buttons on the left.

Pockets: Two patch pockets on the chest, each with a pleat at the centre and a folded facing band at the top, topstitched.

Back: Back yoke; darts on the back pressed towards the centre.

Finishing: Shirt and sleeve hems turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Collar with stand, faced plackets, pleated patch pockets with bands and sleeve tabs with buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Denim made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (collar stand, plackets, collar)
8 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment and sleeve hem – 1.5 cm; other seams – 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Center Back – 1 piece
Front – 2 pieces
Back Yoke – 1 piece
Placket – 4 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Sleeve Decorative Tab – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces
Stand Collar – 2 pieces
Pocket – 2 pieces
Pocket Facing – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Stand Collar – 1 piece
Placket – 2 pieces
Collar – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to one Stand Collar, two Placket pieces and one Collar piece.
Stitch the darts on the Center Back, press them towards the center. Stitch the Back Yoke to the Center Back. Overlock the allowance and press it upwards.
Form an inverted pleat on each Pocket and secure it along the upper and lower edges. Fold the Pocket Facing in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and stitch it to the upper edge of the pocket. Overlock the allowances and press them upwards. Topstitch. Turn the side and lower allowances of the pocket to the inside and press. Topstitch the pocket onto the Front according to the markings.
Place the Placket pieces in pairs, right sides together, and stitch along the outer edge. Turn right side out and press. Stitch the outer placket to the Front, press the allowances towards the placket. Turn under the raw edge of the inner placket and stitch it in place through the attachment seam.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Place the two Collar pieces (upper collar and under collar) right sides together. Stitch the ends and the outer edge of the collar. Trim the seams. Turn the collar right side out, straighten and press. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the edge. Place the Stand Collar pieces right sides together, insert the finished collar between them, match the notches and stitch, stitching the ends of the stand at the same time. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked line of the stand attachment seam. Turn the stand right side out and press. Stitch the outer stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the inner stand and stitch it in place through the stand attachment seam.
Fold each Sleeve Decorative Tab in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the long edge and one short edge. Trim the allowances at the corners, turn right side out, straighten and press. Overlock the open short edge. Stitch the tabs to the wrong side of the sleeves according to the markings.
Stitch the Sleeve seams, press the allowances towards the back and overlock. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press the allowances and overlock.
Overlock the hem edges of the shirt and sleeves, turn them to the inside and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right front and sew the buttons on the left front. Make buttonholes on the sleeve tabs and sew the buttons on the sleeves.