Pattern Making for Woman – Shirt Dresses

In this e-dossier you will find instruction on four pattern designs for four shirt dresses.

Please note that our e-dossiers are contents from our pattern making reference books or extracts from our professional magazine. The pattern drafts in this e-dossier are shown at a scale of 1:6.

Shirt Dress with Drawstring Casing

• grown-on button placket
• stand collar with buttons
• detachable shirt collar with rounded corners
• patch pocket with applied inner pocket
• two applied drawstring casings at the waist
• wide, flowing hemline
• asymmetric cuffs
• tower placket with button
• transparent panel in the back section
• half kimono in the back section
• length at c.b.: 90.0 cm

Shirt Dress with Tucks

• slight O-shape
• inserted front section with tucks
• belt positioned above the waist
• concealed button placket on the sleeve
• collar with pleat detail
• slightly rounded hemline
• slits in the side seams
• yoke in the back section
• concealed button placket in the back section
• length at c.b.: 89.5 cm

Shirt Dress with Drapery

• slightly flared and mid-calf length
• grown-on draped belt in the front section
• sewn-on button placket with opening for the drapery
• two-layer shirt collar with collar stand
• one-piece sleeve with two pleats
• buttoned tower placket with two buttons
• cuffs with folded corner
• yoke with cut-out and tab in the back section
• box pleat in the back section
• length at c.b.: 122.5 cm

Shirt Dress with Gathering

• asymmetric, flowing hemline
• patch pocket with side opening
• pleat at the top of the right front section
• grown-on button placket
• kimono sleeve with gusset (dragon gusset)
• cut-outs at the shoulders
• applied drawstring casing for asymmetric gathering
• open slit in the sleeve
• cuff with triangular fastening
• length at c.b.: 115.5 cm

Format: DIN A4
Length: 16 pages

You can also find this pattern sheet in our specialist magazine M. Müller & Sohn 03–04.2026.