Sew Liberated Slow Shirt

Buy the Slow Shirt sewing pattern from Sew Liberated. As makers we love to say good things take time. The Slow Shirt puts this into practice, with an option to hand sew all or part of the garment. And whether you sew your shirt by hand or machine, the steps can be easily divided up into manageable pieces, so after a few evenings you will have a beautiful shirt, the memories of making it stitched into each seam.

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 seams. The two-piece cuffed sleeves have an extremely easy fit, and the cuffs have curved corners echoing the shape of the pocket edges and collar stand. Pockets at the sides and left chest are edgestitched to the front.

Sewing level: Intermediate

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Note if purchasing copy shop printing for sizes 22-34: The copy shop pattern for sizes 22-34 does not include the button template. If you wish to use the button template, a 4-page print-at-home file is included in the download.

Suggested fabrics: Shirting or other light to mid weight woven fabric with no stretch, such as 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 emphasise the dramatic ease. Suggested weight: 2.5-6 oz (90-204 gsm).

Fabric requirements: 

45" (114 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 0-22, 3.9 yd (3.5 m) // Sizes 24-34, 4.8 yd (4.4 m) (with back on crosswise grain).

54" (137 cm) wide fabric: Sizes 0-22, 3 yd (2.7 m) // Sizes 24-34, 4 yd (3.7 m).

Sizing: US 0 – 34 (approx. UK 6/8 – 32/34, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer's size chart and finished garment measurements.

The pattern is drafted for a height of 5'5" (165 cm) and a dressmaker's cup size C.

Notions: 1 yd (1 m) of lightweight fusible interfacing; twelve to fourteen 1/2" (1.3 cm) or 3/4" (1.9 cm) buttons // Optional: fray check.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; US letter/A4 print-at-home pattern (43 pages for sizes 0-24, 51 pages for sizes 22-34, 4 pages for button template); A0 copy shop pattern (2 sheets for sizes 0-24, 2 sheets for sizes 22-34) // Layers: Yes // Projector file: Yes.

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