Sure Fit Designs
Shirt Kit Resources
Everything you need to measure, draft, fit, and design a shirt that's made for your body — one video at a time.
A thoughtfully curated library of Shirt Kit & Fitting Resources covering every stage of your pattern fitting journey. Click any title to watch on YouTube.
General Information
Getting Started
Introduction: Shirt Pattern Making What I Didn't Know…But Wish I Had! Videos Differences between the Shirt Kit and the Dress Kit Dress Bodice & Shirt Pattern Comparison & Shirt Sew Along SeriesUnderstanding Ease
Wearing Ease in the Shirt Kit PatternMeasurements
Shirt Pattern Measuring with Sure Fit Designs How to Identify & Measure your Shoulder Length Personalizing your Neck Measurement Personalizing Neck & Sleeve when you have a small neck and shorter shoulder in relation to your Bust CircumferencePattern Finishing
How to Draw the Matching NotchesDrawing the Shirt
Back Pattern
Pt. 1 Drawing the Shirt — CB, Neck Curve, Shoulder Length & Armscye Pt. 2 Drawing the Shirt — Side Seam, Waist Level & HemFit Adjustments While Drawing
How to Add a Bust DartFinishing the Pattern
How to True a Sewing PatternCollars
Clever Collars Forever! Master Pattern Collar Collection—Drawing Your Personalized Collar with Sure-Fit Designs Tutorial: How to Draw & Design CollarsFitting Refinements & Minor Tune-Ups
General Fit Troubleshooting
Shirt Fitting Course — Overview & Contents My Pattern Doesn't Fit—6 Steps to Assure Pattern AccuracyArmscye & Armhole
How to Raise the Shirt Kit Armscye Depth — Shortening the Armscye Refining the Fit: Dress/Shirt Armscye — Modifying/Scooping the Armscye Curve Tutorial: How to Lower a Bodice ArmholeNeck & Bust
How To Adjust a Tight Bodice Neck by Sure-Fit Designs™ Shirt Pattern Ease for Larger Front than Back — Achieve a Better Fit Adding a Bust Dart to Shirt Patterns Reading the Wrinkles—Do You Need a Bigger Bust Dart? How to Prevent a Pointy Bust Dart—Calling All My D Plus Cup Ladies!Shoulder Adjustments
Asymmetrical Bodies: Pattern Refinements How to Adjust for an Asymmetrical Shoulder Alteration with Sure-Fit Designs™ Rounded Back Pattern Tune-Up How to Adjust for a Rounded Back–Protruding Shoulder Blade Splitting the Bodice Back—Rounded Back Tune Up Forward-Thrusted Shoulder: Identification & Tune-Up How to Adjust for a Forward Thrusting Shoulder Line and Shoulder Bone Pattern Alteration Forward Shoulder Sleeve Cap Refinement Adding a Shoulder Dart: Method 1 Adding a Shoulder Dart: Method 2Back Length
How to Shorten Center Back Bodice Length and Sway Back Alteration by Sure-Fit Designs™Sleeves & Arms
Very Large Upper Arm Tune Up Sleeves and All Their QuirkinessDesigning & Inspiration
Pattern Details & Techniques
How to Add a Button Extension to Your Sewing Pattern How to Add a Facing to a Sewing Pattern Awesome CUFFS: Lengthen Your Sleeve or Fold Them Up How to Transfer a Back Shoulder Dart to a Back YokeShirt Styles & Design Overview
Designing with the Shirt Kit for Women and Men Recognizing Shirt Design Details — Pt. 1 Recognizing Shirt Design Details — Pt. 2 Shirt Styles for Women and Men Sew Sensational Shirts — Shirt Styles Designing Book Shirt Designing — the Go-Everywhere ShirtCourses & Sew Alongs
Course Preview—Riviera Shirt Design and Sew AlongT-Shirt Designing
T-Shirt Fit — Do I Use the Sure Fit Designs Dress Kit or Shirt Kit? T-Shirt Tactics — How to Remove the Bust Dart from the Bodice Front PatternReady to get started? Discover the full Sure Fit Designs collection.
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