Comments for Palmer Pletsch Sewing Blog

Comment on TWO KNIT JACKETS by Joan

Joan — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:33:44 +0000

Hi Pati, Greetings from Iowa! I finally read your wonderful jacket blog. It is helpful demonstrating the two fabrics in one pattern. I love how this article makes me think, yet again, HOW MUCH you have contributed to fashion sewing with your fitting methods and excellent documentation of these methods! Thank you so much!

Comment on EASY & FUN SHIRT OR ARTIST’S SMOCK by Jen Stosser

Jen Stosser — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 04:36:53 +0000

I realise this is very late but I’m struggling with the instructions for the fly front on this pattern and woukd appreciate some assistance. I get very confused between the “right front band and fly facing” and the “right front band facing and fly” and have stitched, unpicked, re-marked, moved and restitched a #4 & a #5 piece and am not sure I’ve got it right yet! Can you please tell me for step 15 when I’m basting the front band to the fly are there 3 layers being basted together? (If not, I’ve got wrong somewhere!)

Comment on LEARN TO FIT PRINCESS BUST WITH PALMER/PLETSCH by Carol

Carol — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:31:02 +0000

I have a question about a princess seam for Butterick 7055. I made a broad back alteration and then I deepened the princess seam in the back to fit the front at the shoulder. Do I deepen it more on the back pattern piece at the top and leave the side back princess seam at 5/8″? If I don’t the front and back princess seams don’t match up.

Thanks.

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Pati

Pati — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:42:33 +0000

Thank you for letting us know. Appreciated! Pati Palmer

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Mrs W

Mrs W — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:37:18 +0000

My favourite quick shirt pattern – I’ve made dozens! Thank you from London, England

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Pati

Pati — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:19:30 +0000

Cathie,
I usually serge the edge of facings instead of clean finishing to they are flat.

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Cjhaab

Cjhaab — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:03:41 +0000

There doesn’t seem to be a step in the pattern direction to finish the edge of the front facing, either. I’ll wing it.

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Pati Palmer

Pati Palmer — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:18:08 +0000

I felt so bad when reading your post. During production evidently the dart was drawn to the apex and we always stop the dart point 1/2″ or more from the apex. We saw the mistake when I was sewing the shirt to write the blog. We maybe had a newbie working on the pattern who was confused because the alteration lines go to the apex. Since we teach to check the darts during fabric fitting we hoped one would see if the dart needed to be lowered or stopped shorter, but we could only hope. I am sorry. Can you take the stitching out from the point to about 1-2″ from the side seams and redraw from there to where the dart needs to stop on your body. The fuller busted you are the further the dart should stop from your apex. For example an A cup dart can go almost to the point where a DD dart might stop 1-1/2″ from the point. Always baste first to see if you like it. I hope this helps. I wonder if AI instead of humans created the pattern we’d never have mistakes. Actually humans usually do a good job, but with so many involved in one pattern the odds for a mistake are higher. Darn. I will say that in my 50 years designing patterns for Vogue, McCall’s and then Butterick, there was only one disaster where we pulled the pattern, made corrections and reprinted it. Generally I’ve been happy with the finished pattern. Sincerely,
Pati Palmer

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Cjhaab

Cjhaab — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:42:17 +0000

Yes, I didn’t read this blog before I cut and sewed this pattern, and then see the oops! You state the dart is too long on the pattern. Maybe I can do it over since i can take out the side seams, remark and then resew the darts.

Comment on THE PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE CAMP SHIRT BUTTERICK 6924 by Cjhaab

Cjhaab — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:33:50 +0000

I was attracted to the Butterick camp shirt pattern because I love the collar style and always like a casual cotton button shirt in warm weather. I cut and began sewing this shirt yesterday, including lowering the dart to accommodate my body shape. That was easy and I learned a technique, however the point of the dart comes all the way to the apex and is therefore not attractive. I had learned years ago that the dart should end below and outside the bust apex, not right on it. And assumed this pattern would reflect that. I’m curious as to why the dart is actually designed/drawn to end right at the apex. I realized this after sewing it. Of course I will have to now research how to change this feature and i don’t believe it’s described in the pattern instructions.