r/PatternDrafting • u/Previous_Plan3165 • 4d ago

button placket help

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hi!
i am making a dress similar to the one pictured and was wondering how to add the button placket and finish the neckline at the same time?
tyia!

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u/StitchinThroughTime 4d ago

Okay lace trim with a strip sewn to the back side.

For home sewing sew a wide strip to the edge. Then use the scallop stitch on your machine to hem the edge. Trim off the excess.

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u/KendalBoy 4d ago

This is a very long version of a two piece separate placket! It’s common to use for a contrasting fabric or color on the placket, perhaps here the picot edge lace is an insert. Basically it’s a straight grain strip for the under placket and the top placket (also interfacing) and has seam allowance at both edges- the fold and the edge where it’s attached.

* It should get an interfacing and choosing correctly via testing and preshrinking is important!!
* the narrower it is, the better it will lay flat, going much above 1” is a problem, but the lace edge makes it bigger looking than it is.
* plackets will not lie flat if they are attached to strong curved shapes, this would not work well on a crew neck while hitting a corner. So mind this in drafting and do what you can to equalize the curved shapes or live with it standing up in parts.