CUTTER'S MUST
- From main fabric:
- BACK PANEL – 1 QTY
- FRONT PANEL – 2 QTY
- FLOUNCE - 2 QTY
- COLLAR - 2 QTY
- COLLAR STAND - 2 QTY
- SLEEVE – 2 QTY
- PLACKET – 2 QTY
- FROM FUSIBLE INTERFACING: placket, upper collar, collar stand.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the placket, upper collar, and collar stand with fusible interfacing.
- Mark and stitch the waist darts on the FRONT PANELS and BACK PANEL. Press the waist darts on the FRONT PANEL towards the center front, and the darts on the BACK PANEL towards the center back.
- Press the placket in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Press the outer edge of the placket by 0.7 cm, place the unpressed edge of the placket to the wrong side of the FRONT PANEL and stitch.
- Overlock the outer and short lower edge of the FLOUNCE with a rolled hem. Along the inner edge of the FLOUNCE, 0.5 cm from the edge, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches. Gather the edge of the piece to the desired length, distributing the gathers evenly along the entire length.
- Baste the FLOUNCE to the pressed edge of the placket, so that the short lower edge of the FLOUNCE is above the bottom hem. Topstitch the placket onto the blouse 0.2 cm from the pressed edge of the placket. Remove temporary stitching. Topstitch the short upper edge of the FLOUNCE to the neckline edge of the FRONT PANEL 0.5 cm from the edge.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the blouse. Overlock the side and shoulder seams of the blouse. Press the shoulder and side seams towards the BACK PANEL.
- Understitch the lower COLLAR with the upper COLLAR, turn the COLLAR right side out.
- Stitch the collar stands, inserting the COLLAR between them.
- Stitch the lower collar stand with the COLLAR into the neckline, catching the short upper edge of the FLOUNCE, turn under the open edge of the upper collar stand and topstitch into the seam of the lower collar stand. Topstitch along the COLLAR.
- Mark the line for topstitching the elastic cord on the SLEEVE. Topstitch the elastic cord with a zigzag stitch. Stitch the SLEEVE seams.
- Set in the SLEEVES, easing the cap.
- On the right FRONT PANEL, overlock the buttonholes, and on the left, sew on the buttons.
- Overlock, hem, and topstitch the bottom of the garment and SLEEVES.
