The Balboa Shirt Gallery

Looking for inspiration for making your Balboa Shirt? Check out these photos for fabric, styling, and sewing ideas. 

The Balboa Shirt Pattern

The Balboa Shirt pattern is not currently available. 

The Balboa is a shirt or topper with a hidden placket button front, contour front and back panels, dropped shoulders with tab-scrunched elbow-length sleeves, and all-in-one stand and collar and a chest pocket. The Topper has deep lower pockets.

Recommended Fabrics:

Shirt: Shirtweight linen, cotton, rayon, silk, and wool

Topper: Medium-weight linen, cotton, rayon, silk, and wool. Optional: Cut side panel pattern pieces in knit. 

The Balboa Topper made in lightweight linen, worn with pink Hudson Pants. 

The Balboa Shirt sewn in a translucent white rayon worn over a white MixIt Tank and paired with blue linen Picasso Pants. 

The Balboa Shirt made in tan wide-wale corduroy.  

The Balboa Shirt in a striped shirting cotton work with the Hollywood Pants in linen.  

The Balboa Topper made in a patchwork of fabrics.  

The Balboa Topper - the green version on the right is a medium-weight linen.