YOU NEED: linen/cotton with synthetic fiber; fusing; 8 buttons.
NB: take tinsel fabric to make pleats more effective.
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.
SEAM
ALLOWANCE: 1 cm for all seams, 2 cm for hem allowance.
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).
WHEN SEWING, BE
CAREFUL WITH NOTCHES – THEY MUST BE COINCIDING!
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Center front
part – 2 pieces
2. Center back
part – 1 piece
3. Side front part
– 2 pieces
4. Side back part
– 2 pieces
5. Sleeve – 2 pieces
6. Cuff – 4 pieces
7. Placket – 2 pieces
8. Collar – 2
pieces
Fusing: outer collar, placket, cuffs.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply the fusing
to wrong side of the placket, cuffs and outer collar.
2. Lay outer collar on the inner one right sides together
and overstitch. Turn the collar right side out slashing corners. Press
the collar.
3. Male loose
stitches along center/side front parts and gather them. Adjust the gathering
equally. Stitch front relieve with two stitches. Remove gathering threads.
Neaten front relieve seams.
4. Stitch back
relieves and neaten them. Press seams towards the center.
5. Stitch
side/shoulder edges. Neaten seams and press them backwards.
6. Press one of
placket’s edges into wrong side. Adjust placket edge go front part’s edge and
stitch them together. Overstitch placket’s upper corner up to the mark of
stitching. Slash the neckline, then fold it into wrong side and press. Fold
placket’s pressed edge under and topstitch along joining seam.
7. Stitch outer
collar into neckline. Fold inner collar’s edge under and topstitch along the
seam joining outer collar.
8. Neaten sleeve
seams. Make loose stitches along sleeve hems and gather sleeve hem according to
cuff lengths (see gathered sleeve’s length on the pattern). Make the gathering
equal along the thread.
9. Fold cuffs right
sides together and overstitch along three edges. Turn the cuff right side out
slashing corners.
10. Stitch sleeve
seam up to the slit mark. Press allowances apart. Topstitch slits at 01-0.2 cm
from edges. Stitch inner cuff to the sleeve. Fold free edge under and topstitch along
the seam joining inner collar. Stitch sleeves into armholes. Neaten joining seams.
11. Neaten blouse
hem. Fold the hem into wrong side and topstitch.
12. Make buttonholes
into right placket, sew buttons on the left one. Make buttonholes into cuffs,
sew buttons and fold cuffs upwards.