5757 BLOUSE WITH LACE FRONT

YOU NEED: natural/mixed fabric; fusing; 6 buttons; 12 eyelets.

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 garment hem, 2 cm for pocket upper edges.

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. Collar – 2 pieces

5. Stand-up collar – 2 pieces

6. Placket – 2 pieces

7. Inset – 1 piece

8. Upper flap – 4 pieces

9. Upper pocket – 2 pieces

10. Lower flap – 4 pieces

11. Lower pocket – 2 pieces

12. Cuff – 2 pieces

Fusing: plackets, outer collar, outer stand-up collar, upper/lower flaps, cuffs.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of plackets, outer collar, outer stand-up collar, cuffs and 2 details of upper/lower flaps.

2. Stitch back/front darts. Press back darts toward the center, press front darts upward.

3. Make inverted pleats into pockets. Press pocket’s upper edges into wrong side, fold them under, then topstitch. Press pocket side/lower allowances into wrong side. Stitch pockets on front part as marked.

4. Lay flaps right sides together and overstitch them. Cut flap corner’s allowances and turn them into right side. Press seams. Neaten flaps’ free edges, make buttonholes. Stitch flaps to front part, fold them downward and topstitch. Sew buttons to pockets according to buttonholes.

5. Lay plackets right sides together and stitch a short segment between down the mark. Press seam allowances apart. Neaten placket’s outer edges. Lay the placket on front part right sides together and overstitch front neckline. Cut allowances, turn the placket into right side, then press. Tack placket’s outer edges to front part. Set eyelets.

6. Press the inset in twice wrong side out and neaten allowances. Topstitch the placket on front part as marked inserting the inset to wrong side. Remove tacking.

7. Lay collars right sides together and overstitch them along ends and collar falls. Slash corner allowances and turn corners right side out. Stitch stand-ups together inserting the copper; begin and finish stitching at stand-up collar joining line. Turn ready collar right side out and press it.

8. Stitch shoulder/side edges. Press seams backward and neaten them.

9. Stitch inner stand-up with collar into the neckline; fold outer stand-up’s open edge under and topstitch along the seam joining inner stand-up collar. Make decorative stitch along the collar.

10. Fold cuffs wrong side out and overstitch side edges, cut corner allowances and turn them tight side out. Press the cuffs.

11. Neaten sleeve edges. Stitch sleeve seams excluding a segment between the mark and the hem.

12. Stitch cuff’s outer side to sleeve hem. Fold inner cuff’s allowances under and topstitch it along joining seam.

13. Stitch sleeves easing them along sleeve caps. Neaten seams.

14. Press garment’s hem into wrong side, fold it under and topstitch.

15. Set the cord into eyelets. Make buttonholes into the cuffs and sew buttons.

Our advice: you can use cord of garment fabric as well as ready one.