Grainline Archer Button Up Shirt

The Archer Button Up is a loosely fitted button up shirt with slightly dropped shoulders and long sleeves. View A has a traditional box pleat at the back yoke and angled cuffs while View B has a gathered lower back detail and straight cuffs.

Techniques involved include sewing a straight seam, setting sleeves, creating continuous button plackets, adding a shirt collar and inserting buttons & buttonholes.

 
Difficulty: Intermediate

Suggested Fabrics: Light to medium weight woven fabrics ranging from silk charmeuse, crepe de chine, cotton shirting, poplin, chambray, sateen, lightweight to midweight denim, linen, linen blends, and flannel. Extra fabric may be needed to match plaids, stripes, or one-way design prints.

 Notions: Thread, fusible interfacing, (1) - ⅜” button, (8) - ½” buttons