What are plackets sewing?

The shirt placket refers to the part of your shirt where the buttonholes are placed. Located at the centre front, plackets are almost always made with more than one layer of fabric. In the past, plackets were entirely separate pieces of cloth that were sewn to the front; today, the edges are simply folded.

Why are plackets used in a garment?

A placket (also spelled placquet) is an opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts, or at the neck or sleeve of a garment. Plackets are almost always used to allow clothing to be put on or removed easily but are sometimes used purely as a design element.

What are the different types of plackets found in garments?

Types of Plackets in garment making

  • Factors that matter while making plackets.
  • One piece placket or continuous bound placket.
  • Zipper placket.
  • Miter placket.
  • Faced placket open.
  • Two-piece placket on a seam or bound and faced placket.

How do you sew a seam on a placket?

Press the seam edges towards the placket strip and fold the free edge of the strip under to neaten. Press then fold this edge over the seam edge of the placket strip. Press again and hemstitch this to the machine stitching of the placket.

How do you finish a placket?

Cut two binding strips twice the placket width plus seam allowances, longer than the slash by the amount you need for the placket-end finish. Fold and press seam allowances to the wrong side, then fold and press each strip in half, right sides out.

How is a placket done?

Zipper Placket: Tape & Stitch its raw edge. Attach this to the end of the placket opening with the hemming. Over this, place the Zipper & stitch through the edges holding the fabric edge. Then take another square piece of Tape and stitch its edge and place it covering zipper edge & finish it with hemming.