5154 BLOUSE WITH RAGLAN SLEEVE

 

YOU NEED: silk of 150 cm width; fusing; 3 buttons; elastic braid of 50 cm length.

 

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Middle front part – 2 pieces

2. Side front part – 2 pieces

3. Middle back part – 2 pieces

4. Side back part – 2 pieces

5. Front sleeve – 2 pieces

6. Back sleeve – 2 pieces

7. Front band – 2 pieces

8. Collar – 2 folded pieces

9. Coulisse – 1 piece

10. Sleeve coulisse – 2 pieces

11. Back neckline facing – 1 folded piece

 

Fusing: front band, outer collar, back neckline facing.

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

1. Cut elastic braid into 4 pieces: 2 pieces of 15 cm length for sides and 2 pieces of 10 cm length for sleeves.

 

2. Stitch middle back seam and back relieves.

 

3. Stitch front relieves.

 

4. Stitch front/back sleeves to front/back parts correspondingly (right sides together).

 

5. Lay front part on back part. Stitch the coulisse to wrong side. Stitch elastic braids, fix at one end. Pull another end till necessary length and fix, too.

 

6. Stitch sleeve lower edge and side edge with one seam.

 

7. Stitch the coulisse to wrong side of front/back side parts. Stitch the elastic braid in the same way as to sleeves.

 

8. Stitch and process the collar along outer contour and tack long open edges into neckline. Stitch back neckline facing to front bands. Lay front bands and facing on the garment right sides together and overstitch along edgings, lapels and neckline catching the collar.

 

9. Turn front bands and facing wrong side out, tack, press. Sew facing’s inner edges to seam allowances.

 

10. Neaten garment/sleeve hems, fold into wrong side, that sew by hand.

 

12. Make buttonholes into right front edgings, sew buttons on left one.