Sewaholic’s Granville shirt has just been released to massive fan acclaim after months of teaser IG posts. And, true to Sewaholic’s form, it looks spectacular: princess seams in the back, darts in the front, tower plackets, a nice two-piece collar, and some beautifully-made-up pattern samples. (Hey, just because we like to snark doesn’t mean we can’t give compliments where they’re due.) It’s a lovely, fitted button-up shirt that would work in light woven fabrics.
Sewaholic Granville, $15.98 paper, $11.98 PDF
But Sewaholic’s target market is the pear-shaped woman. If you are busty of chest or slender of hip, the alterations required on the Sewaholic patterns might be off-putting; or, you may just want a similar pattern for a smaller price.
Well, you’re in luck! The Big 4 and Burda have been putting out button-up shirt patterns for decades, and there are plenty to choose from. Here’s a small selection:
- Vogue 8747
- Vogue 8689
- Vogue 9029
- McCall’s 6076
- Burda 09/2012 #111 / #112
$27.50 full price, online price $17.25, as low as $5.99 on sale, paper
Fitted (3-4″ of bust ease) shirt with princess seams on front and back, collar, sleeve length and cuff options, and front gathers, to be made out of light wovens. Built-in adjustments for cup sizes A-D (whoo, no FBA here!).
$25 full price, online price $15.05, as low as $5.99 on sale, paper
Easy-rated fitted shirt with princess seams and yokes front and back, collar, sleeve length and cuff options, to be made out of light wovens. Built-in adjustments for cup sizes A-D (ding dong, the FBA is gone!).
$25 full price, online price $15.05, as low as $5.99 on sale, paper
Easy-rated fitted shirt with princess seams front and back, and optional ruffles and bows on cuffs, collars and plackets. Princess seams = FBA friendly.
$18.95 full price, $11.95 online, as low as $3.99 on sale, paper
Shirt with front and back princess seams, dart variations, and optional sleeve lengths and cuffs.
Burda 09/2012 #111 Silk Blouse /#112 Printed Blouse
#111, $5.99, PDF
#112, $5.99, PDF
This fitted blouse has front and back yokes, front princess seams, back darts, a gathered front, and cuff and collar options (both #111 and #112 are the same PDF pattern, with each showing different views).
Sew Sorry, Sew Fat 
Thanks for this post. I’m quite new to sewing and discovering new blogs all the time, I’d love to sew myself a shirt but being a larger lady with a big bust, I covet all these indie patterns but the reality is they’d need so much adjusting and I’m not skilled enough to do that yet (plus I kind of don’t see the point buying a pattern that would never work for me), so I appreciate the info on the other patterns! 🙂
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You’re welcome! Hope you find something that works for you. 🙂
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Actually I think McCall’s 6438 is the closest to the Granville. It has a dart instead of princess lines. And it goes up to a DDD cup. Just made one in a D and liked it.
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Hi Justine, do you mean this McCall’s 6438? The current number is a skirt pattern.
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Typo and double post. Sorry. Yeah it’s McCall’s 6436.
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I’d recommend McCall’s 6438 if you are trying to get a similar look to the Granville. No princess lines and it goes up to a DDD cup.
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Some other options:
Simplicity 1538 (http://www.simplicity.com/p-9566-misses-button-front-shirt.aspx#t-2)
New Look 6266 (http://www.simplicity.com/p-11762-misses-button-front-shirts.aspx)
Burdastyle 6810 (http://www.simplicity.com/p-12213-burda-style-tops-shirts-blouses.aspx)
All three of these have bust darts like the Granville. They also have different sleeve lengths and the New Look and Burdastyle have sleeveless options too.
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Vogue 9029 View D has already been sampled for those looking for visual
you’re welcome
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Lekala 5505, with front & back yokes, collar stand, c/b seam & bust darts, or Lekala
5081, with back darts, bust darts & no collar stand would be very cheap options. Their free pattern, Lekala
5446, is also worth a look – back darts, bust darts and collar stand. I made it over a year ago and although it’s less fitted than it looks on Lekala’s site, it went together like a dream and the collar is one of the nicest I’ve ever made. Of course, you need to be happy to use a reference book when necessary for techniques, as their instructions cannot – to put it mildly – be described as comprehensive.
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I’ll throw in a vote for McCall’s 6035, which I’ve made 2x now — it has princess lines, which I find MUCH easier to fit than darts. Also, multiple cup size options, woo (A-D)! The collar is 2-piece and well-drafted too. The sleeve options are on the wacky side but I found a tutorial on how to draft both tower plackets and a cuff so I’m off to the races with my Granville dupe! 🙂
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