Curated by ITF - Issue 26

Suggested Fabrics

The Marden shirt is compatible with light to mid-weight woven fabrics such as: linen, linen blends, cotton shirting, chambray, sateen and lightweight denim.

Keep in mind that the weight of the fabric will determine the amount of structure and drape in the finished garment. Due to the nature of the design, consider colour blocking or playing with stripe direction.

Fabric requirements and finished garment measurements can be found here.

Notions

• Coordinating thread

• 1m (1.1yd) lightweight fusible interfacing

• View A: 9 x ⅜in-½in(1cm - 1.2cm) wide flat buttons

• View B: 7 x ⅜in-½in(1cm - 1.2cm) wide flat buttons
  

Sizing

The pattern is available in both sizes A - J and sizes G - P. Our size charts can be found here.

The Marden shirt is available in two size ranges: sizes A - J and sizes G - P.
There is a 4 size overlap (G - J) so that you can grade between pattern sizes when required.

The size A - J pattern is drafted for a B cup bust (5cm / 2in difference between high bust and full bust measurements).

The size G - P pattern is drafted for a D cup bust (10cm / 4in difference between high bust and full bust measurements). The G - P pattern has a slightly closer fit than the A - J range and features a bust dart to ensure a good fit through the bust.

If your measurements are in the overlap section of our size charts (G - J), we suggest using the G-P range to achieve the best fit.

Fabric requirements and finished garment measurements can be found here.

Pattern includes seam allowances.

Difficulty

The pattern is placed at Level 3.5 on the In The Folds pattern skill scale, and has been designed for intermediate sewists and beyond as it incorporates techniques that require high levels of accuracy. Sewists who are not at this level, but are interested in learning the skills required to sew structured shirts are recommended to begin with the Sewing Shirts Skills Kit, which is available for purchase within our Curated by ITF subscription.

By working through this pattern, you will gain confidence in: Collars and stands; hidden button plackets, dropped shoulder sleeves; sleeve plackets with cuffs; sewing panel lines; hem facings; French seams and working with interfacing.

Digital product details

The pattern is suitable for printing on both A4 and US letter sized paper. A copy shop version is also included in the file (A0 or US 36" x 48").

SIZE A - J
Print at home pattern: 40 pages (a printing plan is included in the instructions so that you can choose to only print the pages you need for your size or preferred view).
Print shop version: 2 x A0 pages.

SIZE G - P
Print at home pattern: 44 pages (a printing plan is included in the instructions so that you can choose to only print the pages you need for your size or preferred view).
Print shop version: 3 x A0 pages.

The pattern includes embedded layers. This means that you can select only the size/s you would like to print.

If you have any questions please see our FAQ and Digital Product Policy.