Disclaimer: This article is all about drafting patterns and choosing the right fabric but not about sewing the piece. If relevant, I’ll attach video instructions on how to do so at the end.
These are the sewing pattern instructions for the peasant blouse. This design is a gathered flowy blouse with a gathered boat neckline. It has raglan sleeves that are gathered as part of a continuous neckline with a flared or poet look at cuff level.
DIFFICULTY
These are the main characteristics of this pattern:
This pattern should take you around 1h to draft and 1h to sew (both times assuming you are a beginner)
This pattern uses one type of fabric and it works best with natural fibers that are light weight and flowy.
| # | Name | Fabric Cut |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Front | Cut 1 main, on fold |
| 2 | Back | Cut 1 main, on fold |
| 3 | Sleeve | Cut 2 main |
This pattern shows a round boat neckline. In my example the shoulder is 5cm long and both front and back necklines are lowered by 7.5cm.
This is the best neckline for this design because of the gathers, but feel free to experiment with a deeper/narrower neckline if you want. If you change the measurements, remember that the shoulders should be the same length.
The next step is modifying the sleeves to be raglan, but before doing that, draft a low cap height long sleeve.
The raglan sleeve is patterned this way because we want added flare at the cuff. In this example I show a short sleeve because it is easier to handle when drafting, I would advise you to do the same and extend it at the end.
In this step we add gathers through the slash and spread method. Here I show you how much ease I added but feel free to add more or less if you want to.
If you want to add flare to the bottom of the piece, you can follow the instructions in this article here.
The last step is to add the notches, pattern information and seam allowances.
I hope you enjoyed these Sewing Pattern Instructions for a Peasant Blouse and good luck sewing the piece!
