JID Girl Shirt Pattern

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This pattern was designed to make a loose-fitting shirt that will fit an Iplehouse JID girl with all the various bust sizes.
Their measurements are: height 43 cm, bust 19.5 cm to 22cm, waist 14.9 cm, hips 22.3 cm, shoulder width 9.3 cm

The pattern is basically the same as the JID Guy's Shirt Pattern, but modified to be a bit shorter in the arms and length,
and a touch narrower at the hips. The sleeves are also easier and without the bound placket opening at the cuffs

Benny

Isis

Leona

Benny has a Glamor bust and wears a shirt made with the Girl's pattern

Isis has a Large bust and wears a shirt made from the Guy's pattern, but shortened in the arms and length.

Leona has a Small bust and wears a shirt made with the Girl's pattern

*Please read through the entire tutorial to familiarize yourself with the instructions before starting to make a shirt of your own

Patterns

*Click on any of the pattern images below to download the pattern pdf

Materials

- shirt fabric - Fray Check
- sewing needles, pins, and matching thread - pen with disappearing ink
- sharp scissors - 12 small buttons
- small snap fasteners

Instructions

1. Download pattern and Print it out. Cut out the pieces. Please note that there are two kinds of 'patterns' pieces. Some are traditional pattern pieces and have the seam allowances already drawn on. However, most of the main pieces are actually TEMPLATES, which need to be traced onto the wrong side of the fabric, and cut out ADDING a seam allowance as you cut. I find that by using templates, the traced line becomes the sewing line, and it's so much easier to see where to sew.

2. From here, the instructions are exactly the same as for the JID Guy's Shirt - click on photo below.

3. The main difference between the Girls and Guy's shirts is the length of the sleeves, and length of the shirt itself, the Girl's shirt itself is a little smaller at the hips, and the sleeve opening at the cuff is done differently. The girl's shirt has been done the easy way. The pattern for the Girl's sleeves is wider to allow for a rolled hem on both sides of the sleeve. This is to give both sides a finished edge.

*Note - the sleeves in the photo below only have one rolled side seam, because I cut the sleeve on the finished edge of the fabric, and didn't include the extra seam allowance there, since it wasn't needed.

The sleeves can be gathered onto the cuffs and finished as shown, before sewing the sleeves into the armholes.

4. Later when sewing the underarm seam, you stop about an inch and a half from the cuff, leaving that end open.

The sleeve opening will be in the side seam, instead of made separately in the back of the sleeve, as with the Guy's shirts

However, if you really want to make a bound opening in the Girl's sleeve instead of with the easier split in the actual seam, just cut out the bound facing patterns from the Guy's pattern page, and follow the instructions there.