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! 

Aster-colette-sew-alongCollette Aster Sew Along | Sewalongs with Colette Patterns

Carly-in-stitches-granvilleGranville Shirt | Carly In Stitches
Lucky Lucille_mustang_shirt
Cotton & Steel Mustang Shirt | Lucky Lucille
Archer button-down Archer button-down shirt | Awfully Nice
Jakob-burda-styleJakob button-down shirt | Burda Style
We’d love to know, do you have a favorite button-down pattern or technique? Share it with us in the comments below!