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Sewing Instructions

The PDF instructions will be your main guide as you work through this pattern, but we’ve created this video to walk you through the trickiest steps in detail. If you need help on a step not shown in this video, check out the Community Group Sew, where other Seamworkers and staff are ready to help out!

The trickiest steps for this pattern are:


Additional Resources for Indigo

Here’s a video tutorial for sewing the shoulder seams using the burrito method.

This video tutorial will help you attach the sleeves.

Here’s an article about how to make perfect points on your collar.

Take your unlined Indigo to the next level with this technique.


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Here’s what you’ll need for this project:


  • Indigo pattern

  • Your basic sewing toolkit

  • All-purpose polyester sewing thread

  • Sewing machine needle

  • Hand-sewing needle

  • Point turner

  • five 1” (25 mm) buttons

  • 1 3/8 yards (1.3 meters) of woven fusible interfacing

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