70’s style Monty

This is the Style Arc Monty Shirt. It comes as a dress too.

It’s been saved on my Instagram for simply ages.

I made 2, one for work and one for a 70’s themed Fancy Dress party!

I love them both and I’ll get so much use from the black and white one this summer at work.

During my research I read that other sewers have been underwhelmed by the position of the fake pocket flaps on the bust, but I liked them.

I could not have sewn this shirt up using the Style Arc instructions alone. I think if you had made up a jacket or two using this type of collar construction, you would be fine but I have only done it once before so whilst the technique seemed familiar it was not intuitive.

TomKatStitchery to the rescue with her 6 part sew along! This, along with the instruction images, got me through the collar!

I knew the shirt came up cropped. I added 10cm to the length to the pattern pieces. I’ve turned up the bottom using a 3cm deep hem. I intend to wear this hanging over the top of my trousers for work as it gets warmer but you would need to lengthen it further for tucking in.

Size chosen in accordance with my bust measurement.

There’s more details and images on my blog here