With a loose, body skimming silhouette and a number of interchangeable design features, the Kalle Shirt & Shirtdress is the ultimate in chic, easy dressing. View A is a cropped top with a wide faced hem, View B is a tunic length top and View C is a shirtdress with a high-low hem. All versions have a back yoke, curved hems and sleeves that extend into bands. For this class, I’ll be making the full button placket version (choose your own length!) and demonstrating the hidden placket and popover placket. I’ll also talk about converting the hemline into a standard straight hem if the curves are not your style.

This class is a fast paced and packed with demos! Please have your fabric washed & pressed for the first class as we will be diving right in. Light to medium weight wovens are ideal, and as always I recommend a print with a clear right side / wrong side for your first Kalle.

Skills demonstrated: sizing, length adjustments, pinning & cutting, fusing interfacing, plackets, pleats, topstitch, understitch, staystitch, faced & bias hems, collars with stand, buttonholes and buttons.

- Three 3 hour live sessions, plus homework.

Equipment Needed: sewing machine with straight stitch and zig-zag options, iron, ironing board, pressing ham, press cloth. For lengthening/shortening pattern: extra paper and clear tape.

Supply List

Closet Core KALLE Shirt & Shirtdress paper pattern

Highlighter

Paper scissors

Woven fabric in the yardage for your size and view, laundered and pressed

1 - 1 1/2 yards woven fusible interfacing, depending on version

Matching thread, either cotton or polyester

80/12 machine needle

Washable chalk pencil or washable marking tool of your choice

5” sewing scissors (optional but helpful)

1/2” buttons: crop top = 5, tunic length = 8, shirtdress = 9

Basic Sewing Kit: sharp fabric shears, 2 x 18” clear ruler, tape measure, glass head pins, seam gauge, seam ripper.