Tallinn women's blouse - sewing tutorial

FABRIC RECOMMENDATIONS

For sewing this blouse we recommend to use a shirt fabrics such as: cotton, linen, muslin, crepe fabrics, crash fabrics, various blended thin fabrics.

SUPPLIES

Main fabric;
Interfaicing;
Buttons for cuffs – 4 pcs.;
Threads.

FABRIC REQUIREMENT (M/IN)

Fabric consumption is indicated in meters, for a height of 176 cm (69,29 in).

When buying fabric, keep in mind that the material can shrink, so take with a margin of 5-10%.

International Size \ European size	XS / 36	S / 38	M / 40	L / 42	XL / 44
Main fabric, m/in	1,30 51,18"	1,35 53,15"	1,40 55,12"	1,45 57,09"	1,50 59,06"
Interfacing, m/in	0,2 7,87"	0,2 7,87"	0,2 7,87"	0,2 7,87"	0,2 7,87"

SPECIFICATIONS

(№ – Name – Pieces’ quantity)

Main fabric:
1 – Back – 1
2 – Right front – 1
3 – Left front – 1
4 – Upper collar – 1
5 – Bottom collar – 1
6 – Collar stand- 2
7 – Sleeve – 2
8 – Cuff – 2
9 – Edging – 2
10 – Side gusset – 2

SEWING INSTRUCTIONS

Iron the interfacing to the wrong side of the neckline placket, cuffs, collar and collar stand. We recommend to iron the interfacing to the wrong side of piece of fabric and then cut out small details like collar and collar stand, cuffs.

Pin the darts right sides together. Stitch it. Press the darts up.

Serge open raw edge of the neckline placket and press the serged line inward. Top stitch the pressed line to fix it.

Fold and press the neckline placket.

Pin bottom raw edges of the plackets together. Pin the front bodice together with the right side along the center seam. Stitch plackets and front bodice with 1 stitch. Clip corner. Serge the edge. Press it.

Sew the bar tack on the front of the neckline so the placket will not turn on the front.

Pin the front and back together with the right sides along the shoulder edges. Stitch it and serge it. Press seam allowances to the back.

Pin the side edges of the Front and Back right sides together and stitch at 0.5 cm from the edge. Press it.

Trim seam allowances to 0.3 cm.

Pin the front and back together, but now with the WRONG sides and stitch at 0.5 cm from the edge.

Press seam allowances to the back.

Clip the bottom hem at the side seams to 0.5 cm. Fold twice along the hem. Stitch it.

Fold the side gusset wrong side together and press it. Serge the side edges. Press it.

Pin the gusset to the side slit. Sew in place.

SLEEVE. Cut the bottom of the sleeve along the marked line.

Pin the edging right side to the right side the way when at the beginning the edges are together, but at the center the edging is about 0.3 cm up. While stitching you take about 0.2 cm of the edging to reduce bulk. Sew in place.

Press seam allowances to the edging.

Fold the open raw of the edging to 0.5 cm and fold one more time. Pin and baste it. Sew in place at 0.1 cm from the edge. Press it.

Pin the edging and stitch the corner.

Fold the sleeve in half right side and pin its side edges. Stitch it and serge the raw edges. Press seam allowances to the back.

Pin the pleat on the sleeve close to slit. Pin the cuff right side to the right side of the sleeve along the bottom hem. Fold the edging as it shown. Leave seam allowances along the sides. Sew in place. Press seam allowances to cuff.