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Flat Front Cozumel Shirt Pattern Hack
Hello all you One Thimble fans, I am super excited to be here today with you all. I’m Suzanne of Winter Wear Designs, and I’ve got a fun and easy hack for the Cozumel that will make it even more versatile in your kiddo’s wardrobes.
This wasn’t the hack that I originally thought I was going to write for you all today, but after a few comments from fellow seamstresses about sons who weren’t huge pintuck fans, or having fears of tackling pintucks, or having fabrics that got lost or distorted in the pintucks; I knew that this was the perfect first tutorial for the Cozumel. Today I am going to show you how to get rid of the pin ticks and make a flat front Cozumel. I’ll show you how to make two back options as well, one with a center pleat and one flat back. And the options just keep coming!!!!
All righty, here’s what you need for this hack:
- The Front Pattern Piece
- The Back Shirt Pattern Piece
- Marking Tool
- Ruler/Straight Edge
- Take your Front pattern piece and make a mark at the first pleat marking (closest to the neck opening).
- Measure from that point 1.5 inches across the shoulder and make another mark.
- Repeat at the bottom of the shirt.
- Connect the lines top and bottom.
- Fold the pattern together so that the lines meet up, pleating out the excess pattern.
- Use a piece of tape to hold the pattern together.( you can take the tape off later to cut a pintuck version).
- Take your back pattern piece, measure 1 inch in from center for the pleated back, or 2 inches in from center for the flat back option.
- Draw a line straight down and line the fold of your fabric up on that line to cut the back.
- Cut the remainder of your pieces and assemble according to the instructions skipping the pintuck section.
- *for the back pleat: fold wrong sides together and sew one inch in from the fold 1 inch down. Press the center of the fold toward the seam to make a box pleat and baste in place.
That’s it – now you’ve got a flat front Cozumel to mix in with your pintuck ones. What I love about this hack is that is allowed me to use this great print from Hawthorne Threads that would have gotten lost a bit in the pintucks – WOHOOO!
You can purchase the pattern for the Cozumel Shirt as a single PDF HERE or purchase Issue 12 that contains this pattern HERE.
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