Maternity Hooded Shirt

Name: Maternity Hooded Shirt
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5606
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5606

A hip-length women's maternity shirt with a three-piece drawstring hood, princess seams from the armhole on the front and back, and a six-button front. The hem is curved at the sides. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: shirting and dress fabrics made from natural fibres.

Tech. Description

Maternity Hooded Shirt

A hip-length women's maternity shirt with a three-piece drawstring hood, princess seams from the armhole on the front and back, and a six-button front. The hem is curved at the sides.

When To Wear

During pregnancy as an everyday shirt with leggings or maternity trousers.
In spring and summer as a light top layer, open over a T-shirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Shaped by princess seams, with room over the bust and belly; hip length.

Hood: Made of two side pieces and a centre panel, set into the neckline. The front edge is turned under and topstitched to form a channel; a cord runs through eyelets and is finished with cord ends.

Sleeves: Long one-piece set-in sleeves, eased at the cap, with a topstitched hem.

Front: Centre front and side front pieces joined by princess seams running from the armhole to the hem. Six buttons, buttonholes on the right front, edges finished with interfaced facings.

Back: Centre back and two side back pieces with princess seams from the armhole; neckline finished with an interfaced back neck facing.

Finishing: Seams serged; princess seams pressed towards the centre; hem rounded at the sides, folded and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, a three-piece hood set in together with facings, buttonholes and cord eyelets.

Fabric Recommendations

Shirting and dress fabrics made from natural fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neck facing)
6 buttons
Decorative cord
Cord ends

Cutting Plan

1. Center back piece – 1 piece
2. Side back piece – 2 pieces
3. Center front piece – 2 pieces
4. Side front piece – 2 pieces
5. Hood piece – 2 pieces
6. Center hood piece – 1 piece
7. Sleeve piece – 2 pieces
8. Front facing – 2 pieces
9. Back neck facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the front facings and back neck facing.
Stitch and serge the princess seams on the front. Press princess seams towards the center front. Stitch and serge the princess seams on the back. Press princess seams towards the center back.
Stitch and press open the shoulder seams of the back neck facing and front facings. Serge the inner edges of the back neck facing and front facings.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Serge the shoulder and side seams. Press shoulder and side seams towards the back.
Attach the side hood pieces to the center hood piece and serge the seams. Mark and overlock the eyelets on the hood. Fold the outer allowance of the hood to the wrong side, fold again and topstitch onto the hood.
Set in the hood to the neckline. Finish the neckline with the back neck facing and front facings. Finish the front edges with the front facings, trim excess fabric at the corners and turn the front facings right side out. Press the front edges. Secure the back neck facing and front facings with a tack stitch at the shoulder seam.
Stitch the sleeve seams. Serge and press towards the back of the sleeve. Set in the sleeves, easing at the cap. Serge the armhole seam.
Serge, fold, and topstitch the garment hem. Serge, fold, and topstitch the sleeve hem.
Mark the buttonhole positions. On the right front, make the buttonholes, and sew buttons onto the left front.
Thread the cord through the eyelets on the hood and attach cord ends.