Description
About Your Drop Sleeve Shirt Pattern
The Drop Sleeve Shirt was popular during the height of the Fur Trade era, approximately 1800 to 1850, when the trend was towards more fitted clothing, and features shoulders with a fitted yoke instead of the earlier, more square-cut garments.
Worn as a work shirt by fur trappers, traders, settlers, and explorers, this European styled shirt was common to both rich and poor. The Blousy fit and large sleeves allow complete freedom for frontier life. If made from a fine white linen, it would be considered a dress shirt and worn on special occarions.
Notions & Tools
5 buttons for pullover style or 10 buttons for button-front style, thread, pins, scissors, sewing machine, tracing paper or marking pen.
Material Requirements
General Size Info
SMALL: Women’s 6-8, Men’s Small
MEDIUM: Women’s 10-12, Men’s Medium
LARGE: Women’s 6-8, Men’s Large
EXTRA-LARGE: Women’s 6-8, Men’s Extra-Large
Suggested Materials
During the early 19th Century, this shirt was commonly fashioned from a number of different materials. For use as a work shirt, it was commonly made from coarse homespun, light to medium weight cotton flannel, cotton calico, or sometimes stripes and checks. Plain cloth was often used and dyed a solid color. For a dressier shirt, fine white linen was usually used.
