As you gain excitement for sewing your own clothes (or clothes for others!), you’ll eventually want to make your first basic button-down shirt. Why? Because button-downs look good on everyone, and they’re great for days when you want to feel a touch more put together. After you find a design that gets you excited, it’s time to choose your fabric for the project! We recommend using our Cotton Lawn or Organic Cotton Sateen—they’re both soft next to the skin and lovely for shirting. The Cotton Lawn is the lighter-weight option of the two if you want to wear the button-down in warmer months. Finally, pick a pattern below that fits your style – we’ve selected some great patterns in this round up of basic button-downs!
Collette Aster Sew Along | Sewalongs with Colette Patterns
Granville Shirt | Carly In Stitches
Cotton & Steel Mustang Shirt | Lucky Lucille
Archer button-down shirt | Awfully Nice
We’d love to know, do you have a favorite button-down pattern or technique? Share it with us in the comments below!
I’m apologizing right now for being nit-picky, but “button-down” means a collar with buttons that secure it to the front panel of the shirt. Here, you’re talking about button FRONT shirts.
Now that I’ve gone all Hermione on this blog post, I shall retire to a quiet corner and shut the heck up.
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If you think that is bad (Liz N.) you should try googling blouse patterns. Every style of women\’s\’ top possible will be listed together. I always took blouse to mean women\’s top with button front, collar and sleeves.