Sure Fit Designs

Shirt Kit Resources

Everything you need to measure, draft, fit, and design a shirt that's made for your body — one video at a time.

A thoughtfully curated library of Shirt Kit & Fitting Resources covering every stage of your pattern fitting journey. Click any title to watch on YouTube.

General Information

Getting Started

Introduction: Shirt Pattern Making What I Didn't Know…But Wish I Had! Videos Differences between the Shirt Kit and the Dress Kit Dress Bodice & Shirt Pattern Comparison & Shirt Sew Along Series

Understanding Ease

Wearing Ease in the Shirt Kit Pattern

Measurements

Shirt Pattern Measuring with Sure Fit Designs How to Identify & Measure your Shoulder Length Personalizing your Neck Measurement Personalizing Neck & Sleeve when you have a small neck and shorter shoulder in relation to your Bust Circumference

Pattern Finishing

How to Draw the Matching Notches

Drawing the Shirt

Back Pattern

Pt. 1 Drawing the Shirt — CB, Neck Curve, Shoulder Length & Armscye Pt. 2 Drawing the Shirt — Side Seam, Waist Level & Hem

Fit Adjustments While Drawing

How to Add a Bust Dart

Finishing the Pattern

How to True a Sewing Pattern

Collars

Clever Collars Forever! Master Pattern Collar Collection—Drawing Your Personalized Collar with Sure-Fit Designs Tutorial: How to Draw & Design Collars

Fitting Refinements & Minor Tune-Ups

General Fit Troubleshooting

Shirt Fitting Course — Overview & Contents My Pattern Doesn't Fit—6 Steps to Assure Pattern Accuracy

Armscye & Armhole

How to Raise the Shirt Kit Armscye Depth — Shortening the Armscye Refining the Fit: Dress/Shirt Armscye — Modifying/Scooping the Armscye Curve Tutorial: How to Lower a Bodice Armhole

Neck & Bust

How To Adjust a Tight Bodice Neck by Sure-Fit Designs™ Shirt Pattern Ease for Larger Front than Back — Achieve a Better Fit Adding a Bust Dart to Shirt Patterns Reading the Wrinkles—Do You Need a Bigger Bust Dart? How to Prevent a Pointy Bust Dart—Calling All My D Plus Cup Ladies!

Shoulder Adjustments

Asymmetrical Bodies: Pattern Refinements How to Adjust for an Asymmetrical Shoulder Alteration with Sure-Fit Designs™ Rounded Back Pattern Tune-Up How to Adjust for a Rounded Back–Protruding Shoulder Blade Splitting the Bodice Back—Rounded Back Tune Up Forward-Thrusted Shoulder: Identification & Tune-Up How to Adjust for a Forward Thrusting Shoulder Line and Shoulder Bone Pattern Alteration Forward Shoulder Sleeve Cap Refinement Adding a Shoulder Dart: Method 1 Adding a Shoulder Dart: Method 2

Back Length

How to Shorten Center Back Bodice Length and Sway Back Alteration by Sure-Fit Designs™

Sleeves & Arms

Very Large Upper Arm Tune Up Sleeves and All Their Quirkiness

Designing & Inspiration

Pattern Details & Techniques

How to Add a Button Extension to Your Sewing Pattern How to Add a Facing to a Sewing Pattern Awesome CUFFS: Lengthen Your Sleeve or Fold Them Up How to Transfer a Back Shoulder Dart to a Back Yoke

Shirt Styles & Design Overview

Designing with the Shirt Kit for Women and Men Recognizing Shirt Design Details — Pt. 1 Recognizing Shirt Design Details — Pt. 2 Shirt Styles for Women and Men Sew Sensational Shirts — Shirt Styles Designing Book Shirt Designing — the Go-Everywhere Shirt

Courses & Sew Alongs

Course Preview—Riviera Shirt Design and Sew Along

T-Shirt Designing

T-Shirt Fit — Do I Use the Sure Fit Designs Dress Kit or Shirt Kit? T-Shirt Tactics — How to Remove the Bust Dart from the Bodice Front Pattern

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