Helsinki blouse

Borealis

PDF sewing pattern for a straight, loose blouse with long sleeves and buttoned cuffs. The front part is asymmetrically draped at the bottom. Its neckline forms a deep V-neck, framed by a thin collar, with triangular notches just above the bust line and at the center back. The back includes gathers under a shoulder yoke. The blouse falls to below the hip line.

Sewing skill :
Multi-size bilingual (FR and ENG) DIGITAL ONLY sewing pattern (one zip file containing several pdf files) , for French sizes 34 to 46, with detailed step-by-step instructions and guidelines to adapt to your own measurements.

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Borealis

Winter 2017

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Main measurements

Reference height: 168 cm/66”

French sizes 34 36 38 40 42 44 46
Bust  80cm
31.5”
84cm
33”
88cm
34.6”
92cm
36.2”
96cm
37.8”
100cm
39.4”
104cm
40.9”
Waist  62cm
24.4”
66cm
26”
70cm
27.6”
74cm
29.1”
78cm
30.7”
82cm
32.3”
86cm
33.9”
Upper hips 78cm
30.7”
82cm
32.3”
86cm
33.9”
90cm
35.4”
94cm
37”
98cm
38.6”
102cm
40.2”
Hip 86cm
33.9”
90cm
35.4”
94cm
37”
98cm
38.6”
102cm
40.2”
106cm
41.7”
110cm
43.3”

Suggested fabric

Choose a supple woven fabric, light to medium weight. As far as fibers are concerned, viscose, cotton, silk are appropriate. You can opt for crepe or poplin, as well as a flannel that is not too thick.
Avoid too fabrics that are too soft and weighty which could flatten the pleats instead of accentuating the design.

Supplies

  • Fabric: 140cm/55” wide x 260cm/ 102.4’’ / 2.8 yds (for size 46)
  • Fusible interfacing: 70cm/27.5’’ x 130cm/ 51’’/1.4 yd wide
  • Two 1cm/0.4’’ buttons
  • Matching thread
  • 1 little hook or snap fastener to fasten the front opening

Sewing pattern features

  • Digital pattern
  • Bilingual (French & English)
  • 3 paper sizes (A0 – A4 – US Letter) ready to print

All our patterns are digital only. You will receive a link to download a zip file, which contains several pdf files. For any questions about downloading, unziping and printing, see our illustrated user’s guide.

TUTORIAL – Helsinki – How to drape the front of the blouse

During our pattern testing phase, our testing team stressed the fact that it was not that easy to visualize the third step of the instructions leaflet, in which we create the pleats and twist on the front of the blouse. So we have made a short video tutorial to show you how we do it !
Please note that, although the voice is in French, we have added subtitles in English.