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Belted Blouse
Belted Blouse
Belted Blouse
Belted Blouse
Belted Blouse
Belted Blouse

Belted Blouse

Beginner
Difficulty

Intermediate

Designer
Designer
Amanda Walker
Pattern Guide
Pattern Guide
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Beginner
Difficulty

Intermediate

Designer
Designer
Amanda Walker
Pattern Guide
Pattern Guide
Download

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About this pattern

Worn loose or fitted, this project by Amanda Walker gives you the perfect chance to practise belt-making skills, giving a flattering cinch that will accentuate the waistline and elongate your frame. The Jamie Blouse is the best way to achieve a dreamy silhouette for spring strolls and beyond!

Essentials

  • Cotton print fabric, 2.4m (114cm)
  • Fusible interlining: lightweight, 50cm x 1m; heavyweight, 1m square
  • Metal buckle
  • Buttons, 2cm, four
  • Metal eyelets, four

Essentials

  • 1.5cm seam allowance used throughout, unless otherwise stated.

Sizes

  • 8-16

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    1

    Download the pattern, then print and follow the cutting guide. Press the fusible interlining collar to a fabric collar piece. With right sides facing, align the collar pieces, interlining outermost, and pin. Sew around the outer edge with a 1.5cm seam allowance, leaving the lower edge open. Trim the bulk, turn to the right side, press and topstitch. Repeat 1cm in.

    2

    With right sides facing, align the front pieces with a yoke and pin. Sew the front pieces to each side of the yoke ones. Press the seam allowances into the yoke. On the right side, topstitch across the join. Sew a second line 1cm in.

    3

    Find the centre back neck of the yoke, with the shirt fronts attached, and the centre of the collar. With right sides facing, pin the centre points. Clip around the curve of the neck and pin the collar around it, positioning the front edges 2cm in from the fold line of the front facing. Sew the collar to the neck.

    4

    Affix the interlining to the front facing. Align the tops of the facings to the neck edge of the remaining yoke piece, then pin and sew. Neaten with an overlocking or zig zag stitch. Fold and press the facing along the edge of the interlining. Tuck the facing back. With right sides together, sew the first yoke to the facing top. Press the seam allowance.

    5

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