Fashion Sewing 302A – Menswear Casual Shirt
Menswear: Mandarin stand-collar shirt with half-placket & short sleeves.
A season-less staple, this classic popover top is a laid-back favorite. Re-invented this style with a Mandarin band stand-collar; Equal parts smart and casual.
The shirt comes with half placket button detailing & short sleeves perfect for our tropical weather. Easy-to-wear and versatile, this shirt will face endless rotation in wardrobe.
Learn pattern-reading & cutting techniques + how to assemble & add finishing touches to this classic mens’ workday favourite.
In this 3 session workshop chock full of tricks-of-the-trade, students get to use a domestic serger to overlock edges, plus how to lay & cut patterns, prep + install a stand collar and sleeves, assemble a half-placket button front closure and hemming techniques.
Students Learn
- Using tools necessary for sewing.
- Basic understanding of reading patterns & applying their uses.
- Pattern laying & cutting.
- Handling & usage of domestic overlock and sewing machine.
- Clean-finishing fabric edges.
- Prep + assembly of stand collar
- Insert half-button placket shirt front.
- Prepping and attaching short sleeves.
- Buttonhole assembly via machine.
- Seaming & top-stitching & hemming techniques