Professional made-to-measure digital sewing patterns — PDF · PLT · DXF AAMA
An oversized women's shirt with dropped shoulders, a collar on a stand, a back yoke, a patch pocket on the left chest and pockets in the side seams. Long sleeves with a bound slit, a pleat and buttoned cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: shirting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.
An oversized unisex shirt with dropped shoulders, a collar on a stand, a back yoke, a patch pocket on the left chest and pockets in the side seams. Long sleeves with a bound slit, a pleat and buttoned cuffs.
Silhouette: Loose and straight, with the shoulder line dropped onto the upper arm.
Length: Below the hips, with a curved hem that is lower at the centre front and centre back.
Collar: Shirt collar on a separate stand, both interfaced; one button on the stand.
Front: Button front with a placket cut in one with the front and interfaced; buttonholes on the right front.
Sleeves: Set into the dropped armhole; the slit is bound with a 4 cm bias strip, and a pleat at the cuff is turned away from the opening. Interfaced cuffs with one button each.
Pockets: A patch pocket on the left front, upper edge turned and topstitched; in-seam pockets in the side seams, each made of two pocket bag pieces.
Back: One piece cut on the fold, joined to a back yoke.
Finishing: Hem turned 1 cm and 1 cm again and topstitched.
Intermediate. A collar on a stand, bias-bound sleeve slits, cuffs, in-seam pockets sewn together with the side seam.
Shirting fabrics of natural or blended fibres.
From Main Fabric:
From Fusible Interfacing:
Before cutting your fabric, print and lay out the paper patterns according to your fabric width (90–150 cm) to determine required yardage.
Remember to account for paired and symmetrical pieces.
When sewing, pay close attention to all notches — they must match precisely to ensure correct construction and fit.
Apply fusible interfacing to the pieces.
Apply fusible interfacing to the integral placket of the Front.
Attach the Back Yoke to the Back.
Overlock the seam allowances and press upward.
Overlock the upper edge of the Patch Pocket, turn the allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.
Turn the side and lower allowances of the pocket to the wrong side and press.
Place the Patch Pocket onto the Left Front and topstitch according to the markings.
Stitch the shoulder seams, press the seam allowances toward the Back and overlock.
Place the upper and lower Collar pieces right sides together, stitch the ends and outer edge.
Trim seam allowances, turn the collar right side out, shape and press.
Place the Collar Stand pieces right sides together, insert the prepared Collar between them, match notches and stitch, simultaneously finishing the ends of the stand.
Start and finish stitching exactly at the marked collar stand attachment line.
Turn the collar assembly right side out and press.
Attach the upper Collar Stand with collar to the neckline.
Turn the open edge of the lower stand to the inside and topstitch in the seam of attachment.
Make the slit on the Sleeve along the marked line.
Cut a bias strip from the main fabric 4 cm wide and with a length equal to double the slit length plus 4 cm.
Fold the strip lengthwise and press.
Fold the outer edges toward the center and press.
Finish the sleeve slit with the bias strip.
Form and secure the pleat on the sleeve.
The pleat is directed away from the closure.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, press the seam allowances and overlock.
Attach the Pocket Bag pieces to the Front and Back, overlock seam allowances.
Stitch the sleeve seam together with the side seam and the pocket bag edges.
Press seam allowances toward the Back and overlock.
Fold the Cuff pieces lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the side edges.
Start and finish stitching exactly at the marked cuff attachment line.
Turn the cuff right side out and press.
Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve.
Turn the inner edge of the cuff to the inside and topstitch in the seam of attachment.
Turn the lower edge of the garment to the inside by 1 cm, then again by 1 cm and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the Right Front, sew buttons on the Left Front.
Make buttonholes and sew buttons on the cuffs and the Collar Stand.
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