The Archer Button Up is a loosely fitted button up shirt with slightly dropped shoulders and long sleeves. View A has a traditional box pleat at the back yoke and angled cuffs, while View B has a gathered lower back detail and straight cuffs.
Techniques involved include sewing a straight seam, sewing darts, setting sleeves, creating continuous button plackets, adding a shirt collar, and inserting buttons & buttonholes.
Difficulty Intermediate
Suggested Fabrics
Main Fabric Light to medium weight woven fabrics ranging from silk charmeuse, crepe de chine, cotton shirting, poplin, chambray, sateen, lightweight to mid-weight denim, linen, linen blends, and flannel. Extra fabric may be needed to match plaids, stripes, and one-way print designs.
Interfacing Light to medium weight woven fusible interfacing.
Notions
Thread
(1) - ⅜” button
(8) - ½” buttons
The Archer Button Up is a loosely fitted button up shirt with slightly dropped shoulders and long sleeves. View A has a traditional box pleat at the back yoke and angled cuffs, while View B has a gathered lower back detail and straight cuffs.
Techniques involved include sewing a straight seam, sewing darts, setting sleeves, creating continuous button plackets, adding a shirt collar, and inserting buttons & buttonholes.
Difficulty Intermediate
Suggested Fabrics
Main Fabric Light to medium weight woven fabrics ranging from silk charmeuse, crepe de chine, cotton shirting, poplin, chambray, sateen, lightweight to mid-weight denim, linen, linen blends, and flannel. Extra fabric may be needed to match plaids, stripes, and one-way print designs.
Interfacing Light to medium weight woven fusible interfacing.
Notions
Thread
(1) - ⅜” button
(8) - ½” buttons
