Long Sleeve Shirtdress with Pockets
Introducing a versatile long-sleeve shirtdress pattern featuring a classic pointed collar, a full-length button placket, and functional patch pockets with flaps on the front.
When To Wear
This shirtdress is designed for comfortable yet stylish wear, making it an ideal choice for:
- Casual Outings: Perfect for everyday activities, offering a relaxed yet put-together look.
- Transitional Seasons: An excellent layering piece or a standalone dress for changing weather.
- Weekend & Travel: Comfortable and chic for leisure, vacation, or relaxed weekend styling.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, straight-cut silhouette designed to fall around the mid-thigh or above-knee length.
Neckline / Collar: Features a classic pointed collar set on a stand, creating a neat neckline.
Closure: a full-length front opening secured with a button placket.
Sleeves: Long sleeves finished with buttoned cuffs, allowing for versatile styling.
Pockets: Two large, rectangular patch pockets are placed on the lower front, each topped with a pointed flap for added detail and security.
Back: Designed with a back yoke and a central box pleat beneath it, providing comfort and ease of movement.
Hem: Features a stylish curved shirt-tail hem, gracefully rising at the sides.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern requires skills in constructing a collar with a stand, setting buttoned cuffs, creating a button placket, and assembling flapped patch pockets.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose dense blouse fabrics that hold their shape and drape well:
- Dense blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers (e.g., cotton, linen, chambray, tencel)
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 10 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Hem allowance – 1.5 cm. Pocket top edge allowance – 2.0 cm. Other allowances – 1.0 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).
- From main fabric:
- Yoke - 1 piece
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Front - 2 pieces
- Placket - 2 pieces
- Pocket - 2 pieces
- Flap - 4 pieces
- Collar - 2 pieces
- Collar stand - 2 pieces
- Sleeve - 2 pieces
- Cuff - 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Placket - 2 pieces
- Collar - 1 piece
- Collar stand - 1 piece
- Flap - 2 pieces
- Cuff - 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Form and stitch the pleat on the back, folding the piece right side out. Press the pleat. Attach the yoke to the back, press allowances upwards, overlock, and topstitch 0.1 cm from the seam.
- Stitch the bust darts, press depths upwards.
- Overlock the top allowance of the pockets, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. Press the side and bottom allowances of the pockets to the wrong side. Place pockets on the front according to markings and topstitch.
- Place flap pieces right sides together and stitch around. Trim corner allowances of the flaps and turn right side out. Shape the seams and press. Topstitch 0.1 cm from the edge. Overlock the raw edge of the flaps. Attach flaps to the front above the pockets, turn down, and topstitch.
- Press the placket piece in half lengthwise, right side out. Attach the outer placket to the blouse, press allowances towards the placket. Fold the raw edge of the inner placket inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer placket.
- Stitch shoulder and side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Place the upper collar with the undercollar right sides together. Stitch the ends and outer edge of the collar. Trim seams. Turn the collar right side out, shape, and press. Place collar stand pieces right sides together, insert the prepared collar between them, align notches, and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the collar stand. Start and end stitching strictly at the marked line of the collar stand attachment seam. Turn the prepared collar stand right side out and press.
- Attach the outer collar stand with collar to the neckline, fold the raw edge of the inner collar stand inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam. Topstitch 0.1 cm along the collar and collar stand.
- Overlock sleeve edges. Stitch the sleeve seam from the mark upwards, press allowances open. Topstitch 0.2 cm from the fold along the crease. Set sleeves into armholes. Overlock allowances and press towards the sleeve.
- Fold the cuff in half lengthwise, right side in, and stitch the side seams. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer cuff.
- Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
- On the right front, overlock buttonholes, on the left front, sew on buttons. Overlock buttonholes and sew on buttons on the collar stand and cuffs.
