5060  SILK BLOUSE

 

YOU NEED: silk/cotton/viscose; fusing; 12 small buttons.

 

NB! Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out according to the linen width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material you need (do not forget about double and symmetric details).

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Front part – 2 pieces

2. Back part – 1 folded piece

3. Collar – 2 folded pieces

4. Sleeve – 2 pieces

5. Cuff – 2 pieces

 

Additionally: 2 piping for sleeve slits (16 cm length and 2.5 cm width including allowances).

 

Fusing:

1. Collar – 1 folded piece

2. Front band – 2 pieces

3. Cuff – 2 pieces

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Stitch darts, stitch side/shoulder seams.

 

2. Turn in hem allowances and topstitch.

 

3. Topstitch the collar along outer contour, tack open edges together and tack the collar into neckline. Fold one-piece front bands into right side and stitch to neckline edge catching the collar; stitch the collar into back neckline with the same stitch. Make several slashes into front seam allowances’ rounding. Fold front bands into wrong side. Cut collar/back neckline joining seam allowances close to the stitch, neaten them together and press downward. Sew front bands to blouse lower edge and to shoulder seam allowances. Topstitch the blouse along front edgings and along front upper edges up to the seam joining the collar.

 

4. Make slits into sleeves and lay slits as straight lines. Lay the piping on the sleeve right sides together and stitch one of piping’s long edges close to slit edge, especially at seam center point (slit top). Press the piping toward the slit above joining seam, fold it to 0.7 cm width and sew above joining seam. Stitch edging’s both parts diagonally at wrong side near slit top. Fold slit front edge’s edging into wrong side and tack it to sleeve hem. Stitch sleeve seam.

 

5. Tack pleats into sleeve hems. Stitch outer cuff to sleeve hem, fold inner cuff upward. Fold inner cuff under and sew it above cuff joining seam. Topstitch the cuff.

 

6. Stitch sleeves in easing them along sleeve caps.

 

7. Make buttonholes into front right edging, make buttonholes into cuffs. Sew buttons.