Fitted Button-Up Shirt with Darts

Name: Fitted Button-Up Shirt with Darts
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5286
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5286

A hip-length women's shirt with a pointed collar on a separate stand, a cut-on button placket, long slanted darts on the fronts and long set-in sleeves with folded one-piece cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: cotton fabric with stretch.

Tech. Description

Women's Fitted Button-Up Shirt

A hip-length women's shirt with a pointed collar on a separate stand, a cut-on button placket, long slanted darts on the fronts and long set-in sleeves with folded one-piece cuffs.

When To Wear

For work with trousers, skirts and suits, alone or under a jacket.
All year round: on its own in warm weather, under knitwear in winter.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped with darts on the fronts and waist darts on the back.

Length: Hip length, straight hem turned up and topstitched.

Collar: Pointed shirt collar sewn between two stand pieces, topstitched along the edge.

Front: Full-length button closure on a placket cut in one with the front, interfaced; 7 buttons, buttonholes on the right front.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with eased caps. The sleeve seam and side seam are stitched in one, leaving a slit above the cuff. The cuff is cut in one piece and folded, topstitched along its sides and lower edge.

Back: One piece with two vertical waist darts, no centre back seam.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Collar on a stand, a cut-on placket with buttonholes, sleeve slits and folded cuffs, set-in sleeves with eased caps.

Fabric Recommendations

Cotton fabric with stretch.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front placket, upper collar, collar stand, cuffs)
7 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece
Collar – 2 pieces
Stand Collar – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: front placket area, upper Collar, Stand Collar, Cuff.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the front placket area, upper Collar, Stand Collar and Cuffs.
Stitch darts on the front, stitch waist darts on the back.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse.
Serge the sleeve seam edges separately up to the slit markings.
Set in the sleeves, easing the cap.
Stitch the sleeve seams and the side seams of the blouse in one continuous seam, leaving the slits open.
Serge the inner edge of each placket.
Stitch the under collar and upper Collar right sides together, turn the collar right side out.
Stitch the two Stand Collar pieces together with the collar sandwiched between them.
Stitch the inner Stand Collar with the collar to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the outer Stand Collar and topstitch it into the seam. Topstitch along the collar.
Fold each Cuff right sides together and stitch the short side edges, then turn it right side out.
Stitch the outer half of the folded Cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve, then topstitch the inner half in place.
Topstitch along the side and lower edges of the cuff.
Hem and topstitch the bottom of the garment.
On the right front, make buttonholes, and on the left front, sew on buttons.