Olga blouse 1898 s1898_1.gif MATERIALS REQUIRED: 2 yards lisreine 50 inches wide, 4 1/2 yards silk for lining, 1/2 yard French canvas, and 1/4 yard of stiffer canvas for the collar. This becoming blouse is certain to be the most fashionable garment for outdoor wear all through the spring and early summer. The pattern we give is cut on the newest principle, that is with the basque separate from the bodice; the sleeves are small bishop shape with tight cuffs. In No.61 we give the most economical way of placing the pattern on lisreine 50 inches wide, so that all may be on the same way of the material; 2 yards will be required for this, but if mantle plush or velvet, which is 32 inches wide, be used, it will take 3 3/4 yards. After having cut out the different parts, tack the back and fronts together and fit them on; be particularly careful about the fit of the shoulders, and see that the two parts join together without rucking, and also see that they are not too long from the neck to top of arm, as too long a shoulder rather spoils the appearance of a bodice; stitch the shoulders and under arm seams together, and get someone to hold one end of the seams whilst you press them with a moderately hot iron on the wrong side. Gather the fulness at the waist to a petersham belt; the belt must hook in front, and be cut long enough to hook again over to the side where the uppper front fastens over. Now make up the basque, putting a crosswise strip of French canvas 1 1/2 inch wide between the turned-up edge of material and the lining; the edge of lining should be turned in and slip-stiched to the edge of material. Gather the top of basque and sew to the petersham band, covering the rough edge by a strip of silk or binding. Make up the lining of the blouse, turn the seams inside to face the seams of the material, and neatly hem it in. The collar must be cut out in the stiffest canvas, then the material should be made up and the seams pressed, and be placed over the canvas, turning the edges over and slip-stitching them to the canvas; face the inside with silk; sew the canvas and material to the neck of jacket, then turn the silk lining over the edge of the joining, and hem it down neatly. The sleeve and lining should be made up separately, then both should be sewn together into the cuff. the material at top of sleeve is pleated and sewn int the armhole, the lining pleated separately, and the edge hemmed over the joining; or both material and lining may be pleated and sewn in together, and the edges of seam bound with a piece of crosswise silk. The straps of embroidered silk are made up over double canvas, and the waistband also of embroidered silk on petersham, fastened by hook and eye; the front of the jacket also is fastened by invisible hooks and eyes from the shoulder down the side. ------ zur Verfügung gestellt von La Couturière Parisienne (webmistress @marquise.de) http://www.marquise.de von Valerie im Rahmen des Schnittaustauschs gespendet