Short Sleeve Polo Shirt with Rib Collar and Cuffs
A men's hip-length polo shirt in knit fabric with a three-button placket, a folded collar, short sleeves with folded cuffs and a single-welt chest pocket. Collar and cuffs can be cut from rib knit.
When To Wear
- In summer, with chinos, jeans or shorts.
- For golf, tennis and other leisure, and for casual office days.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight, hip length.
Collar: Polo collar cut as one piece folded in half, set into the neckline between the placket ends; the attaching seam is topstitched with a stretch stitch.
Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves with topstitched armhole seams; folded cuffs stretched onto the sleeve, seam allowance topstitched onto the cuff.
Closure: Polo placket, 3 cm wide when finished, interfaced; three buttons, buttonholes on the left placket. The lower ends are stitched across at a right angle from the right side.
Pockets: Single-welt chest pocket with a pocket bag cut from the main fabric; the pocket area and the welt are interfaced.
Back: One piece.
Finishing: Seams sewn with a narrow zigzag or stretch stitch; hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched with a twin needle.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. A welt pocket and a polo placket worked on knit fabric, with interfacing to stop it stretching.
Fabric Recommendations
Knit fabric. Ready-made rib knit collar and cuff pieces can be used.
Additional Supplies
- 3 buttons
- Fusible interfacing (placket pieces, welt, pocket area on the front)
- Twin needle for the hem
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Front – 1 piece
- Back – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Off-Set Welt – 1 piece
- Collar – 1 piece
- Bigger Pocket Bag – 1 piece
- Smaller Pocket Bag – 1 piece
- Placket – 1 piece
- Lower Placket – 1 piece
- Fusible interfacing: Off-Set Welt, Placket, Lower Placket and the pocket placement area on the Front.
Sewing Instructions
Tip: To keep the fabric stretchy in the areas of finished seams, stitch the cut pieces with a narrow zigzag or a special stretch stitch. To keep the bottom edge stretchy, overlock the hem allowance, then stitch it down using a twin needle. The same applies to finishing other edges of the garment that should not lose elasticity. These recommendations do not apply to industrial production.
- Welt pocket. Fuse interfacing to the Off-Set Welt, fold it in half lengthwise and press. Fuse interfacing to the pocket placement area on the Front. Mark a line on the welt that defines its finished width. Stitch the Smaller Pocket Bag to the inner side of the welt. Place the welt with the pocket bag on the right side of the Front, aligning the pocket marking line with the line on the welt; the outer side of the welt should face the right side of the Front. Stitch the welt. Stitch the Bigger Pocket Bag along the upper pocket marking line. Cut the pocket opening in the middle between the marking lines, making diagonal cuts towards the corners of the marking. Turn the pocket pieces to the wrong side. Straighten and press the seam allowances. Stitch the pocket bag edges together, securing the pocket corners.
- Garment assembly. Stitch the shoulder seams. Set the Sleeves into the open armholes. Topstitch the armhole seams. Fold the Cuffs in half lengthwise and attach them to the Sleeves, stretching the cuff edge to the required length. Fold the Collar in half and stitch its ends (outer edges).
- Polo placket. The finished placket width is 3 cm. Fuse interfacing to the Placket and Lower Placket. Cut the Front along the placket marking. Face the left cut edge of the Front with the left placket, placing the pieces right sides together (3 mm seam). Straighten and press the seam. Stitch the outer side of the right placket to the right cut edge with a 3 mm seam. Set the Collar into the neckline. Fold the inner edge of the placket to the inside. Stitch the placket corners. Topstitch the right placket over its attachment seam. Lay the left placket over the right one, matching the center front lines, even out the closure edges, and secure the lower edges of all placket pieces with a line of machine stitching on the right side, at a right angle to the closure edge.
- Stitch the side seams and sleeve seams. Topstitch the cuff seam allowance onto the Cuff.
- Topstitch the collar attachment seam with a stretch stitch.
- Overlock and press up the hem allowance. Topstitch the hem.
- Press the finished polo.
- Make buttonholes on the left placket and sew the buttons onto the right placket.
