Draft & Sew a Custom Fit Reversible Coat

Step 7 Drafting: Marking Button Placement

Using pattern pieces "collar" and "back" we will determine and mark button panel placement.

Centering the button panel is the quickest and easiest.  If making a high collar, as I am, you probably won't want a button against your nose or mouth, so my pieces will be set up for constructing with an asymmetrical button panel.

Vertically fold "collar" in half; mark top and bottom of this crease (center crease or button crease, if centering buttons); unfold.  If you are not centering your buttons, vertically fold pattern piece where you want your buttons to fall (button crease); mark top and bottom of this crease; unfold.

Repeat this step with "back", folding at center and if not centering buttons, where buttons will be.

Line up the [center crease] at the top of "back" with the [center crease] "collar", ensuring that the button crease on "collar" lines up with the button crease on "back".

To the left and right of the button crease on both pieces ("collar" and "back"), measure out 1-1/2" from crease at top and bottom; mark; connect these marks by drawing vertical lines.