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What is a popover shirt?
Presto Popover Top Pattern
A popover shirt is a woven garment made with 100% Egyptian cotton that has 3 or 4 buttons at the top of the shirt. The 1 quarter placket stops at the center of the chest. Since the popover does not have a full placket with buttons going down the front, it must be “popped over” your head and shoulders to be worn. Due to the lack of stretch in a woven garment (as opposed to a knit garment), the body is cut a little looser to make it easier to put on and take off. This looser fit gives the popover a more casual, relaxed look. The best way to describe the popover is a polo shirt made with dress shirt fabric.
Like a polo shirt, popover shirts can come with long or short sleeves. Like their Indian “Kurta” top brethren, popovers can be found without a collar or a banded collar.
Dress Barn Popover Tops
Hugh & Crye makes the following types of popovers: 1) The short-sleeved, banded collar popover, 2) the short-sleeved collarless popover, and 3) the long sleeve button-down collar popover
What occasion do you wear a popover shirt? What do you wear with a popover shirt?
Popovers are made with thinner fabric and thus make for a great summer shirt that dries quickly when wet -- a great option for the beach or in humid environments. This thinner fabric combined with the looser, more casual look makes the popover a great option for beach vacations.
The popover can be dressed up slightly with an unbuttoned denim or dress shirt. This allows the popover to be worn in a more chic setting. When worn with a casual blazer or with a sweater, the popover looks more like a dress shirt and can be worn to more formal settings. The thinner fabric makes popovers a great option for layering.
I made 3 Presto Popover tops a couple of years ago and wear them regularly. I decided to whip up a couple more to start off the new sewing year. I like to start the New Year with a sewing project that I know will yield good results. I feel it sets the tone for the year and encourages me to keep sewing. The Presto! Popover top is a wonderful wardrobe staple and I feel that you can’t have too many of them. I would tell Marie Kondo that they bring me joy 🙂
The pattern is designed with ITY or similar knits in mind. I purchased this brown ITY knit last summer with the intention of making this top.
Petite Popover Tops
For the black version I used a fairly sheer lightweight knit leftover from this project. I chose the Presto Popover pattern because the front has a double layer of fabric. This was perfect for my sheer knit. I wanted to add some interest to the sleeves for this version so I added a flounce using McCall’s 7681. I bought the pattern after seeing my sewing neighbor’s version of the dress. How lucky am I to have a great neighbor who is also a talented sewist?!!!
Popover Top Pattern
These two tops officially launch my sewing adventures for 2019. Here’s hoping there are many more pictures of me smiling wearing my me-mades.