Blouse from chiffon with own hands - patterns

One of the most sought-after things of a woman's wardrobe is a blouse. It perfectly complements the romantic, business and even festive image. This thing is indispensable in the summer hot weather. Thanks to the different cuts, it allows to emphasize femininity, gives a feeling of freshness and lightness of the image. Proceeding from this, the presence of several blouses from chiffon in the closet will never be superfluous. If you have sewing skills, you can sew a chiffon blouse with your own hands, without patterning quickly and economically for the family budget. But before you start sewing, you need to understand what the material is, and also to know the specifics of working with it. So, a chiffon blouse with our own hands - patterns, instructions and useful tips on sewing, a selection of material and cut we will consider in this article.

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Features of chiffon

Having decided on such a brave step as sewing blouses from chiffon, you should carefully read all the subtleties of working with this material:

• Chiffon is considered to be one of the most delicate and delicate fabrics. When making clothes from it should be reserved for patience, and also to carry out the cutting of the fabric carefully and unhurriedly.
• There are two types of chiffon: natural and synthetic. No matter which type you use, making a chiffon blouse is not easy even for an experienced seamstress.
• The fabric is very slippery, so it is very carefully and slowly to process the slices. It does not hurt to practice several times on a separate flap of this matter.

In order to understand the complexity of the process, let's look at the basic rules for cutting and stitching the material. It's very difficult to work with chiffon, but for a purposeful and persistent person this work is quite possible.

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Blouse from chiffon with your own hands. Sequence of pattern

If you are a beginner sewing master, try to pick up a pattern of a blouse with a small number of finishing seams, a simple silhouette and preferably without sleeves. Later, having gained experience with this material, sewing a more complex model will not be difficult.

What is important to consider when designing a pattern:

• Cut the details of the blouse in one layer.

Important! It is not necessary to add a capricious matter in several layers, they will certainly slip or drag over.

• To fix the paper pattern on the fabric, use the load. At home, you can use a book or any other subject.

Important! Load the pattern onto the corners to tighten the fabric. Do not use pins and tailor needles on chiffon - they can leave puffs and marks.

• When making a pattern for a blouse, make it with the allowances on the seams. Having spread it as economically as possible on the material, it will be easier to cut it along the lines taking into account the stock on the seam.
• Circle the contours of pattern details with a pointed piece of soap or tailor's chalk.
• Cut the parts painted on the fabric with a special rigid backing and a sharp knife. Or spread out on the table and cut with scissors.

Important! When cutting the fabric, make sure that there is no distortion at the joint and bend of the material. Otherwise - the product will get deformed and look ugly on the figure.

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How to sew a chiffon blouse?

After you have purchased the desired fabric, prepared a pattern and laid out the material, you can begin to cut it and then sew it.

The processing of each part for the blouse and the sequence of the sewing of the product are carried out in the following order:

1. Draw a pattern on special paper or transfer it using tracing paper.

Important! Pay attention to the allowances for seams, while cutting it from the paper. The allowance for the seam should not be more than 1-1.5 cm.

1. Place the fabric on a flat, hard surface, lay it on top of the pattern and circle it with chalk or a slice of soap.
2. With sharp scissors, cut out all the details of the blouse, sweep the blouse in the following sequence:
   1. If the product has tucks, they must be swept first;
   2. Then sweep the side and shoulder seams;
   3. If your blouse has sleeves, sweep off sleeves and stitch them into the armhole of the product.

Important! You need to sweep the parts by 0.2-0.3 mm from the line along which the machine line will pass. This is the optimal distance for machining the cut-off and strip-off sections.

1. Next it is necessary to carry out the first fitting, to correct the product according to the figure. If necessary, increase or decrease tucks, adjust side seams.
2. Sweep the product over new lines and try again.
3. After the product is adjusted to fit the figure, you can start sewing a blouse on the sewing machine.

Important! Before sewing on the sewing machine, on a separate flap of similar material, check the length of the stitches. Make sure that the needle is sharp and that the thread has a suitable thickness.

1. Sew a blouse in the same order in which the parts were shuffled.
2. After machining the seams on the sewing machine, iron the stitched parts. Gouge out the taps in the direction to the side seams, the side seams to the back, the sleeves to the inside of the sleeve.

Important! In the model of sleeveless blouses, the armhole is treated with a cake or leave allowance for the turn of the fabric 1-1.5 cm.

1. Cut the slices on the overlock or small zigzag, the collar is treated with an oblique tack made of the same material. If provided by the model of a turndown collar or a collar-stand, sew it to the main product.
2. The bottom of the product should be tucked in 2 times so that the cut is inside, and stitched with a finishing stitch.
3. Remove the tag lines and iron the finished blouse.

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Blouse from chiffon with your own hands without a pattern

If you do not want to spend a lot of time taking a lot of measurements for drawing a pattern, and then transfer it to fabric, there is a great way how to sew a chiffon blouse with your own handswithout a pattern. To do this, you need to remove only a few measurements:

1. Measure the length of the product. From the extreme shoulder point down to the waist, measure the desired length of the blouse.
2. Straighten your arms to the sides and measure the length between the brushes of both hands. To the measurement, add 2-3 cm to the seam allowance.
3. Measure shoulder width. Merka is removed from the extreme shoulder point of one shoulder from the side of the back to the extreme point of the other shoulder.

Tailoring sequence:

1. Fold the fabric purchased for the blouse and fold it in half on a flat surface.
2. Using a centimeter tape, place a rectangle or square on the fabric.

Important! The length of the sides of the figure must correspond to the measures of the length of the product and the length between the hands, taking into account the allowances for the seams.

1. The length of the folded fabric is equal to the length between the hands. This bend will be placed on the shoulders.
2. Next, fold the fabric in half again, in the end should get a flap of four layers of matter.
3. From the angle of the fabric fold, we set aside a measurement that is half the length of the width of the shoulders, add 3 cm to the allowance. Then turn the fabric over to the other side, mark with a vertical dash the same yardstick. We unfold the fabric - these marks indicate the location of the neck.
4. From the bottom of the blouse, not reaching the throat 20-23 cm, along the straight lines of the neck cut it is necessary to stitch two seams( these will be the side seams of the product).
5. On the bend of our fabric we cut the neckline, its length should be less by 6 cm from the width of the shoulders.
6. We process cuts of fabric on an overlock, braid or a bake make the edge on the neck.
7. Then smooth out the blouse with the iron.

Important! As a decorative element on the side seams, you can sew the loops for the belt. Thus, the waistline is further emphasized, the silhouette acquires a more feminine and gentle image.

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How to sew a chiffon blouse with your own hands? Sewing recommendations:

• The process of sewing a blouse is in principle not complicated, but it's worth being prepared for the fact that some elements may not work out the first time and they will have to be altered. Therefore, be patient, work slowly and carefully.
• As we said, if you are new to sewing, do not tackle very complicated models - first try to make simpler clothes. Having understood all the intricacies of working with this material, sewing a blouse from chiffon with your own hands will get better.
• Pattern for future clothing, select the tested or the one on which sewing has already been carried out. Otherwise, nothing can come of it.
• Measure the pattern correctly, do not rush, re-measure several times. Do not over tighten the tape - it should be free to lie on the body.

Important! If the tape is squeezed, the product can turn out to be a small size, which is more difficult to enlarge later on.

• Cut out the details of the pattern, leave a stock on the seam more than 1 cm. In case of incorrect processing, you will have the opportunity to fix it.
• Even if you have a sewing experience or sew an easy model, do not be lazy, baste the product and try on. Only then start to machine processing. Since the fabric is very slippery, you can sew parts together incorrectly during the sewing process.
• For a sewing beginner, it is better to choose the tailoring option with a minimum number of seams.
• Sections of all seams must be processed on the overlock or braid, otherwise - the seams will eventually spread.
• After the machine stitch, you need to smooth the seams immediately. So they better go to bed.

A stitched chiffon blouse with your own hands on patterns made individually for your figure, will create an unsurpassed image, thanks to which it is possible to emphasize the features of your figure. Adhering to the simple tips described in our article, the sewing process does not take much time, and the work done will have the best result.