Slow Shirt Pattern

$16.95

As makers we love to say, good things take time. The Slow Shirt puts this into practice, with an option to hand sew all of part of the garment.

And whether you sew your shirt by hand or machine the steps can be easily divided up into manageable pieces, and after a few evenings you will have a fully-finished, beautiful shirt, the memories of making it stitched into each seam.

This is a PDF sewing pattern, available to download immediately after purchase.

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The Slow Shirt has a collar with a stand, and a button front with grown-on plackets. The fit is exaggerated and lusciously oversized, with dropped shoulders, back pleats, and a yoke. The mid-thigh length hem is split at the side seam and cleanly finished with the side seams. 

 
Slow Shirt line drawing - front
Slow Shirt line drawing - back

 

The two-piece cuffed sleeves have an extremely easy fit that allow for comfortable movement and versatile styling. The sleeve placket is incorporated into the seam. The sleeves have enough length to allow for pooling of the sleeve length above the cuff. The cuffs have curved corners echoing the shape of the pocket edges and collar stand.

Front pockets at the sides and left chest are edgestitched to the front.

The Slow Shirt sewing pattern includes machine sewing and hand sewing instructions. 

The Slow Shirt sewing pattern includes pattern piece PDFs for printing at home or a print shop, in sizes 0-34. The print-at-home files can be printed on letter- or A4-size paper. The print-shop files can be printed on A0-size paper, easily available at most print shops.

The Slow Shirt pattern also includes projector files for those who have a sewing projector setup.

 
Slow Shirt croquis

 

This is a PDF sewing pattern, available to download immediately after purchase. (What is a PDF pattern?)

Your Measurements

Standard height of 5’5” (165 cm), dressmaker’s cup size C

 

Fabric

Shirting – or other light- to mid-weight woven fabric – with no stretch, like poplin, plain weave cotton or linen or Tencel, flannel, chambray, light twill, or yarn dyed or sandwashed wovens. 

The drape or hand of the fabric will impact the look of the final garment – softer fabrics will fall more gently, and more stable fabrics will emphasize the dramatic ease and collar shaping. 

Suggested weight range: 2.5 oz to 6 oz (90 to 204 GSM).

Notions

  • 1 yd (1 m) lightweight fusible interfacing 
  • Twelve to fourteen 1/2” (1.3 cm) or 3/4” (1.9 cm) buttons 
  • Optional: Fray Check
 

Finished Measurements for the Slow Shirt

The pattern is drafted for a height of 5’5″ (165 cm). Find a guide to choosing the right size and fitting your Slow Shirt on the Sew Liberated blog. 

We have some great tutorials to help you make the Slow Shirt of your dreams!

Our friends at EWE Fine Fibers have put together a curated collections of fabrics for the Slow Shirt

 
Fabric Type

Woven

Format

PDF

Size Range

0-24, 26-34, 0-30, 0-20

Skill Level

Intermediate

Garment Type

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