The Over Shirt is a classic worker wear jacket and an incredibly useful wardrobe layer. It features our favourite shirt making techniques and the possibilities for adding your own personal twist are endless (we've seen patchwork jackets, short sleeve hacks, long versions and many pocket variations). We think it's one of the most satisfying pieces to make in our range and you'll be using some really nice sewing techniques.
More info about this pattern, as well as a workshop, can be found in the modern sewing company website.
Language: English
Sizing: Sizes EU 34 - 56 (UK 6 - 28) (with PDF Layers)
Skill level: intermediate and ambitious beginners
Suitable fabrics: This piece works in a huge range of fabrics such as denims, twills, canvas, corduroy, needlecord, light woollen weave, flannel, brushed cotton and even lighter fabrics like cotton poplin/lawn, linen.
Fabric requirements: the lay-plans are done on a single layer of fabric to reduce wastage.
Self Fabric width 150cm | Sizes 34 - 40 = 140cm | Sizes 42 - 48 = 160cm | Sizes 46 - 56 = 170cm
Self Fabric width 110cm | Sizes 34 - 40 = 190cm | Sizes 42 - 48 = 240cm | Sizes 18 - 28 = 250cm
Materials list: Fabric, 8 x medium buttons (around 1.5cm), 2 x smaller buttons (for the plackets), thread, about 40cm of good quality fusing
Pages to print: Instructions - 17, A4/US Letter - 37, A0 - 2
Using PDF layers:
All of our patterns come with PDF layers so you can select the sizes you want to view and print. To do this you’ll need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader (this is free to download).
