Button Placket

How to Add a Button Placket to Your Garments

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/button-placket • Posted by Professor Pincushion

Want to add a button placket to your bodice or top? Learn how to create a simple pattern and then how to sew the placket for a professional look.

You will need

¼ yd cotton or knit Fabric ¼ yd fusible or non-fusible Interfacing 1 all-purpose Thread Buttons Iron Sewing Gauge Straight Pins Sewing Machine

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Description

Want to add a button placket to your bodice or top? Learn how to create a simple pattern and then how to sew the placket for a professional look.

Instructions

1. The button placket, also known as a partial placket, is a separate fabric attached to the center of your bodice or top. It looks similar to a button band but the length will only go down a short distance instead of the full length of the garment. This allows you to open up a fitted neckline that would otherwise be hard to put on or can simply be added as a design feature. It may seem complex to add a button placket to your garment but creating your own pattern is actually quite easy and it’s also simple to add to a bodice or top, even if the original pattern didn’t make allowances for it. There is definitely more than one way to add a button placket but I find this the easiest way to do it.