Cuff Placket for Men's Or Boys' Shirt

OTTOBRE design® CUFF PLACKET FOR MEN’S OR BOYS’ SHIRT

RS (right side) WS (wrong side) interfacing cuff placket overlap placket opening on sleeve

RS RS WS cuff placket underlap 2 2

10 mm

1 1 3 3

RS RS WS WS

20 mm

WS RS RS 4 5 RS 6 7 RS

WS WS

The illustrations are for the cuff placket on the right sleeve. Construct turned-under edge to placket opening close to edge. the placket on the left sleeve as a mirror image. 5. Fold sleeve in half crosswise wrong sides together at top end 1. Cut cuff placket overlap and underlap from fabric (patterns of placket opening. Pin overlap and underlap in position at top include 10 mm seam allowances). Fuse interfacing to overlap and end of placket opening. Pin triangle, formed at top end of placket underlap observing pattern markings. opening when slashing it, to overlap and underlap and stitch it in Fold overlap and underlap in half wrong sides together as marked place from right side of placket. on pattern and press creases along folds. 6. Fold placket overlap to right side of sleeve. Turn and pin seam 2. Copy pattern marking for placket opening on sleeve. Draw allowances at top end and open long edge of overlap under. 10 mm seam allowances around marked opening with tailor’s 7. Stitch top end and turned-under edge of overlap to placket chalk. opening. Flip placket underlap out of the way as you stitch. Slash placket opening and clip diagonally through seam allowance 8. Stitch buttonhole on cuff placket overlap and sew button on to corners at top end of slashed opening to form a triangle. cuff placket underlap as marked on pattern. 3. Pin and stitch overlap and underlap to placket opening, with their right sides against wrong side of sleeve. Make sure that stitching lines on both sides of placket opening are of equal length and end exactly at slashed top corners of opening. 4. Fold sleeve right sides together along placket opening. Turn seam allowance at edge of placket underlap under and stitch