You need:
crepe-satin for outer mantle, chiffon for inner one; fusing, 2 studs.
IF THE PATTERNS HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM
ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,
IF THE PATTERNS HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM
ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.
Seam allowances: 1 cm
for all seams. 2 cm for back/front hems as well as for sleeve hems.
ATTENTION! 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. Back part – 1
piece
2. Front part – 1
piece
3. Sleeve – 2 pieces
4. Placket – 2 pieces
Chiffon:
1. Back part – 1
piece
2. Front part – 1
piece
3. Sleeve – 2 pieces
Fusing:
1. Placket – 2 pieces
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply the fusing
to plackets.
2. Mark placket lines
on outer front part. Press plackets along the center right side out. Lay
plackets on outer front part right sides together, with their edges to front
middle. Stitch them, finish stitching at limiting line. Cut fastening as a slit
pocket. Fold seams joining plackets into wrong side, press, then neaten.
3. Mark placket lines
on inner front part. Lay plackets’ inner side on inner front part’s wrong side,
with their edges to front middle. Stitch them, finish stitching at limiting
line. Cut fastening as a slit pocket. Fold seams joining plackets into front
part’s right side, press, then neaten.
4. Lay inner/outer
front parts right sides together, fold plackets along the center; overstitch
front part’s upper corners and front neckline stopping at 3 cm before shoulder
edge. Cut allowances in corners, slash roundings. Turn plackets into right
side, straighten the fastening. Fix corners at fastening’s end along base with
double stitching, then neaten. Press ready fastening. Topstitch plackets along
joining seam fixing in this way outer side to inner side.
5. Stitch shoulder
edge in outer mantle. Press seam allowances apart and neaten them.
6. Stitch sleeves to
the garment. Press seams toward sleeves and neaten them.
7. Press the hem into
wrong side, fold t under and topstitch.
8. Lay chiffon
front/back parts right sides out and stitch shoulder edges. Pres seam
allowances and neaten them. Stitch sleeves to the garment, laying then right
sides out. Press the seam toward the sleeve and neaten it. Lay chiffon mantle’s
wrong side on outer mantle’s right side and overstitch along neckline. Slash
rounded allowances, then the garment right side out and press it. Make
decorative stitching along the neckline.
9. Sew studs to the
fastening.
Our advice: you can
take also Velcro for fastening.