The hannah blouse

PACK INCLUDES

■ Pattern sheet x 1

■ Instruction sheet

YOU WILL NEED

■ Sizes 6 to 16 2m x 115cm wide or 1.5m x 140cm wide

■ Sizes 18 to 24 2.35m x 115cm wide or 1.8m x 140cm wide

■ Matching thread

■ Basic sewing kit

FABRIC SUGGESTIONS

Choose a light to medium weight (80-140 gsm) fabric like viscose, cotton, Tencel, linen or double-gauze.

Sisters Eva and Petra design modern and accessible pieces for their pattern brand Atelier Jupe. Shop at atelierjupe.com

© Printed in the UK for Simply Sewing. Design by Eva and Petra Spruyt, Atelier Jupe.

Supplied by Our Media Ltd (an Immediate Group Company), Bristol BS1 4ST. For individual, private use only and not for commercial or manufacturing purposes. Not for resale.

THE HANNAH BLOUSE

STITCHING TERMS

RS/WS: Right side/wrong side of the fabric. The right side usually has the print, design or texture and the wrong side is usually plain or duller in appearance.

Machine tack: Use a long stitch length to hold a section in place. Don’t backstitch at the start and end.

Finish the seams: Finish the raw edges with a zigzag stitch or an overlocker.

Press: Pressing fabric is placing the iron down, holding it for a few seconds, lifting it and placing it down again. Ironing is sliding the iron back and forth.

Understitch: Stitch close to the seam line usually on the side that will be on the inside of the garment such as the facing. This will hold the seam allowance in place when the garment is worn.

Staystitch: Stitching in areas prone to stretching, such as necklines, to hold the fabric in shape while it is being worked on.

Stitch in the ditch: stitching down the channel of an existing seam (the "ditch") to secure pieces of a garment in place with the stitches being barely detectable from the outside.

Topstitch: Stitching usually from the right side of the garment to hold seam allowances in place or can be used for decorative purposes.

Toile: A test garment, often made from calico or muslin, to check the fit or test a pattern before the real fabric is used. Known as a muslin in the US.

STITCHING NOTES

■ Pin or tack the main pieces together first to check the fit. Mark any alterations needed before starting to sew. Stitch all seams with RS together.

■ All seam allowances are 1.5cm unless otherwise stated.

■ All hems are 3cm.

■ Before starting, mark the centre back on the upper and bottom back and on the back facing. Also mark the centre front on the bottom front.

CUTTING OUT

Step one From the main fabric cut: Bottom Front 1: one on fold Upper front