YOU NEED: soft wool jersey; 3
small buttons.
NB!
Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out according to the linen
width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material you need (do not forget
about double and symmetric details).
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Front part – 1 folded piece
2. Back part – 1 folded piece
3. Front neckline facing – 2 pieces
4. Back neckline facing – 1 piece
5. Sleeve – 2 pieces
6. Cuff – 2 pieces
7. Inner collar – 1 piece
8. Outer collar – 1 piece
Fusing:
1. Back neckline facing – 1 piece
2. Inner collar – 1 piece
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Stitch front darts, press them upward.
2. Apply the fusing to wrong side of front closure-placket.
Press one-piece closure plackets into wrong side. Lat facings on front part
right sides together, topstitch facings along long edges. Cut placket allowance, slash as a corner at the end. Fold plackets into
wrong side, adjust them and topstitch placket’s end.
3. Stitch shoulder/side seams. Do not catch closure
facings!
4. Overstitch inner collar with outer one, turn right
side out and adjust.
Stitch shoulder seams of closure facings and back
neckline.
Stitch inner collar
into neckline. Stitch outer collar into facing neckline. Press seam allowances
apart. Sew pressed apart inner collar joining seam/back neckline joining seam
allowances together from inside.
5. Stitch sleeve seams. Stitch cuffs in rings, press
along bendings. Stitch cuffs to sleeves. Stitch
sleeves into armholes easing them along sleeve caps.
6. Turn in the hem.
7. Make buttonholes
into right placket, sew buttons to left one.