5 Free Patterns: Expert Guide to Sewing Men’s Clothes
In this post you will learn how to sew men’s clothes with better fit, structure, and professional results.
Sewing clothes for men is often treated like a side category in the sewing world. Fewer patterns, fewer tutorials, fewer conversations. And when advice does exist, it’s usually vague: “keep it simple,” “stick to basics,” or “men don’t need much detail.”
That couldn’t be further from the…
Easy Free Men’s Shorts Sewing Pattern for Men to Sew
In this post, you’ll learn how to sew mens shorts with a free pattern.
Sewing mens shorts might look like a big project, but trust me — once you get into the rhythm of it, it’s honestly kind of fun. This tutorial was born in the Sparrow Refashion studio after I kept getting messages from men saying, “Hey… do you ever sew stuff for us?” So here we are — mens shorts, simple, comfy, and…
I loathe this decade so I won't bother sharing each individual pattern, was just an interesting find on its own. Here's the link. Includes patterns for ladies, gentlement, boys, and girls, inlcuding undergarments, full costumes, riding habits, aprons, suits, wrappers, mourning attire, night wear, and I think a bit more. Under the cut isn't every pattern because that's what the book is for, rather it's simply a list of what patterns can be found in the book and how many of each.
Includes, from what I can see:
* Ladies' Costume (x9)
* Boys' Blouse Waist
* Ladies' Bicycle Costume
* Ladies' Street Costume (x13)
* Morning Wrapper
* Boys' Suit (x4)
* Child's Costume (x2)
* Boys' Sailor Suit
* Child's Street Costume (x3)
* Ladies' Drawers
* Boy's Sack Shirt
* Ladies' Seamless Costume
* Stout Ladies' Costume (x2)
* Ladies' House Dress (x2)
* Ladies' House Gown
* Misses' Street Costume (x2)
* Misses' Costume (x3)
* Child's Apron
* Boys' Street Costume
* Ladies' Night Gown
* Ladies' Yoke
* Infants' Mother Hubbard Dress
* Ladies' Princess Gown (x2)
* Child's Drawers
* Misses' Evening Gown
* Ladies' Long Wrap
* Misses' Princess Dress
* Child's Wrap
* Misses' Wrapper
* Boys' Sack Coat
* Boys' Pleated Waist and Kilt Skirt
* Ladies' Capes
* Boys' Costume (x2)
* Gentlemen's Suit
* Gentlemen's Double Breasted Sack Coat
* Stout Ladies' Princess Dress
* Ladies' Riding Habit (Maybe a good find for me after all!!)
* Young Misses' Dress
* Ladies' Kitchen Apron
* Ladies' Mourning Costume
* Gentlemen's Dressing Gown
* Child's Combination Undergarment
* Gentlemen's Night Shirt
* Ladies' Combination Undergarment
* Men's Overalls with Apron
* Boys' Overcoat
* Gentlemen's Overalls
* Gentlemen's Overcoat
* Boys' Shirt Waist and Knee Pants
Think I got all the repeats. You can't imagine my euphoria if this was even 1870s. Oh well. Hope it makes someone happy.