This alternative option to the traditional shirt has an elegant stand collar and three-quarter length sleeves.
THE BLOUSE SIZES 6-22
PACK INCLUDES
■ Pattern sheet x1 (tracing required)
■ Instruction sheet
YOU WILL NEED
Main fabric:
■ 2.2m of 112cm wide fabric or 2m of 145cm wide fabric
■ 1m x 5mm elastic
■ 8 x 9mm buttons
■ 0.5m x lightweight iron on interfacing
■ Matching thread
■ Basic sewing kit
NOTES
■ Seam allowances included in the pattern are 1cm unless otherwise stated.
RECOMMENDED FABRIC
■ Lightweight fabrics that have drape, such as cotton lawn or viscose.
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© Printed in the UK for Simply Sewing. Design by Lisa Falconer. Supplied by Our Media Ltd, Bristol BS1 4ST.
For individual, private use only and not for commercial or manufacturing purposes. Not for resale.
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.
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