Make your own Tie Front Shirt – Free sewing pattern & tutorial

Make a shirt for girls which you can tie in the front; to be worn on its own or as an overshirt.

 

front tie shirt

Step 1. Pattern for the front tie shirt

Front bodice ( 2 pieces ) Make on folded fabric and cut along the center

fron tie shirt top for girls -pattern fot the front

A-O = 30″

A-B= 19″ (or waist length + 1″)
A-C = 5″

A-E = 3.5″
E-D = B-F=1″

J-P = 1/4 of bust round+ 2″ ( If you want a tighter fit reduce the extra by 1/2 inch )
F-I = 1/4 of waist + 2″

A-K = 1/2 of shoulder + 1″
M-L = 1″
M-N=1″
F-G = 4″
F-H= 11″

Back bodice. Mark on folded fabric. 

fron tie shirt pattern - back bodice

A-B= 19″ (or waist length + 1″)
A-C = 4″

A-E = 1″

J-P = 1/4 of bust round+ 1.5″
F-I = 1/4 of waist + 1.5″

A-K = 1/2 of shoulder 
For the shoulder slope mark down 1″ from the top edge. Mark a little to the inside from the shoulder line ( 1/2″) for the armline

Mark straight down from K to L on the bust line. Go diagonal and mark 1″ from L to M 

Step 2

Cut out the pattern pieces

Front pattern – 2 pieces

the front pattern of the front tie shirt sewing pattern cut out

Back piece

the back piece of the bodice cut out

Step 3 Embroidery

Did some small eyelet stitch ( star stitch)

embroidery worked on the front bodice

Step 4 Join the shoulders

Join front bodices to the back bodice by the shoulders.

join the shoulder seams of the shirt

Step 5

Make a facing pattern for the bottom edge from the same fabric .

make a facing for the lower part of the shirt

Keep the facing and the bottom edge right sides together and stitch along the edge. Turn it rightside out and top stitch along the edge. Use a hand sewing needle with matching thread to stitch the facing in place along the edge with really tiny whip stitches

facing is sewn to the baottom edge of the shirt

Step 6 Make stands for buttons and buttonholes

Cut a piece of interfacing ( thin) 3/4 inch strip the length equalling the center edge.

Keep this piece 1/4 inch from the center edge on the wrong side ( do this with both the left and right bodices). Press with a hot iron. Turn under the 1/4 inch edge towards the interfacing and press in place

keep interfacing on the front edge

Turn the interfacing to the back of the bodice. This is for the stand for button and buttonhole; For girls left side bodice is for buttonholes and right for buttons.

fold the edge to the inside.

Stitch in place

Sew the edges

the button stand for the front tie shirt

Step 7

Measure around the neckline( including the button and buttonhole stand)

measure the neckline.

Make a pattern for the collar as follows.

mark and cut the shirt collar pieces

Cut a piece of interfacing in this measure FOR THE COLLAR STAND AND THE COLLAR. Keep this interfacing cut in the shape of the collar and collar stand on top of the fabric ( two layers). Press a hot iron on top of the interfacing so that it adheres to the fabric. Measure 1/4 inches all around from the edge of the interfacing piece. Mark this ( the red line in the picture below). Cut out this. You will have two pieces of the collar and two pieces of the collar stand.

attach interfacing and cut around the pattern

Do the same with the bigger collar as well.

The collar part

You will get 2 pieces like this ; one with the interfacing attached and one without

the collar

Stitch around the collar like this ( red line is stitching line) all over the  top edge

Turn the collar rightside out. Use a sharp object to turn the points out.

turn the collars and push corners out

Top stitch the collar.

sew along the edges of the corner

Take the collar stand pieces. Keep them rightsides together. Sandwich the collar inside so that the cut edge is inside the collar stand pieces.

sew a collar stand

Stitch along the red line.

keep the collar sandwiched between the collar stand pieces
Keep the collar sandwiched between the collar stand pieces

Turn rightside out and you will have a collar like this here

Turn the collar rightside out

Keep this collar on the wrong side neckline edge.Open the collar and  Sew as the picture.

keep the collar along the neckline edge

Turn the collar to the rightside and sew the other edge ( you will have to topstitch after turning under the edge)

 

sew the collar to the neckline edge.

Step 8

Mark the buttonholes.  Buttonholes are made first before the buttons. 

buttonhole marks for the front of the tie front shirt

Make the buttonholes with the machine or by hand.On the collar stand the buttonhole is horizontal ( almost diagonal) and on the buttonhole stand they are vertical. 

how to sew a shirt

sew the buttonholes

Stitch the buttons in corresponding places on the other stand. 

sew the buttons

Use a button foot to sew the button on your shirt button stand.

use a button foot to sew the buttons on the shirt

make a tie front shirt free sewing pattern

Step 9

Bind the armhole lines with a long bias strip. Do the two armholes.Checkout the bias binding post for how to do this

fron tie shirt - free pattern

tie shirt sewing pattern

Step 10

Finish  the bottom edge of the back bodice with a fabric strip. Stitch in place. 

Stitch the side seams. 

how to sew a tie front shirt

Ref: Armhole depth

armhole depth chart

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