DIY peasant blouse

Along with extraordinary, bright and literally flashy images, young ladies are increasingly looking for those clothing options that would more emphasize the tenderness and femininity of girlish nature. As practice shows, it is these outfits that make it possible to attract more male attention and curious looks of girls to their person. Recently, dresses and blouses under the name “Young Lady Peasant” began to gain popularity. This style has remained relevant for several hundred years. It is not surprising, because such a piece of clothing emphasizes all the advantages of a girl’s figure, making her silhouette very slim. Every year, designers improve it more and more, making the garment more attractive, more refined. In this article we will tell you how to sew a dress yourself, what a peasant blouse with your own hands might look like, and give some tips on how to wear it.

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History of creation

For the first time in history, such a dress appeared in the 18th century. Remember the paintings of that time: most of the young ladies are depicted in long and magnificent dresses. Imagine how original a girl in a modest and simple dress looked on their background.

The dress style that was just invented at that time turned out to be the most comfortable than dresses with corsets and lush hem; as a result, soon gained a large number of fans, among whom were notable ladies. As soon as such attire became fashionable, women began to sew peasant dresses from thin cotton fabric themselves. They put on several layers of underwear under their clothes.

The first styles had the following qualities:

• The item of clothing focused on the waist of the girl.
• The shoulders of women were always open.
• The sleeves were quite lush.
• The skirt was wide. Due to this factor, the waist stood out even brighter.

Important! Noblewomen, accustomed to luxury, decorated their dresses with expensive materials: stones, embroideries and expensive threads to once again emphasize their status.

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Product Benefits Nowadays

At present, a self-sewn peasant blouse or dress is a great addition to a summer look:

• This type of clothing will never constrain natural movements.
• Also, it will not be too hot in the stuffy summer weekdays.
• In addition to comfort, such images always add femininity and charm to a girl, posture will become much more graceful, and her gait will be smoother. The owner of the outfit can be compared with a swan.
• Modern designers offer us to play with a blouse or top of the dress, offering many options for sleeves. They also distinguish three types of hem length: mini, midi and maxi.

As for how to sew a peasant blouse with your own hands, the product of this style is simple, when compared with other types of similar clothes. In addition, the manufacture of such a garment will help beginners to fill their hand.

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Blouse pattern

Before you cut our future product, you must take the following measurements:

• Shoulder width.
• Chest circumference.
• The length of the manufactured product. It usually needs to be measured from the armpit.
• Waist circumference. This measure is necessary for the manufacture of any belt part.
• Girth of the wrist.
• Width and length of the future sleeve.

To make a pattern, according to which in the future we will make a peasant blouse with our own hands, you will need to follow this algorithm:

1. Draw a line ¾ wide from the circumference of the chest line.
2. On two sides of the segment, draw up two perpendicular lines - the length of the product with the addition of 15-20 cm.
3. From the upper ends of the just drawn segments, measure inwards 11 cm. You need to draw such a segment at an angle of 45 degrees, the approximate length will be 15 cm.
4. From the drawn ends, go up 10 cm and close the drawing with a horizontal line.

The result is a pattern of the back.

After that, you will need to draw a sleeve pattern. To do this, also follow the suggested procedure:

1. To calculate the upper part of the sleeve, you should take the measure “width between shoulders” and add ¼ of this number to it. From the sum that turned out, subtract the sum of the front width and the width of the back. Divide the resulting number by 2. The resulting number is the top of the sleeve. Draw this line on paper.
2. Draw a perpendicular from the end of the line 10 cm.
3. Further, as in the first case, you need to step back 11 cm and draw a 15-centimeter segment at an angle of 45 degrees.
4. From the received points measure the desired length of the sleeve.

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We pass to tailoring of a blouse

Below are two ways to sew a peasant blouse with your own hands in different styles. Both options are very simple - to make such a product is not difficult for any beginning seamstress.

Easiest option

This style is sewn very simply. It is enough for a girl to just be neat and master the basic technique of using a sewing machine.

Important! The finished product will look very expensive, but at the same time, gently and feminine.

So, here is the course of action that you have to follow:

1. Draw two rectangular figures 110 by 80 cm on the material, then cut them out.
2. Sew along the edges and process the flaps with an overlock.
3. On both sides, on the lower edge of the rectangles, lay 25 cm and mark these points. Next, draw perpendicular lines up, their length is 45 cm. Cut the material along the lines. The result should be the basis of the future blouse.
4. Flash and overlock the resulting seams of the sleeve and side.
5. For further tailoring of a peasant blouse with your own hands, you need to process the neck. To do this, turn the edge 10 cm, then flash it in such a way that in the future two wings are formed for future gum.
6. If you wish, sew a tape around the edge of the neck and insert the elastic bands.
7. Turn the bottom of the product and sleeves, sew lace and braid if desired. The blouse is made.

Important! In order to complete the image, you can independently make a strap or belt to the blouse.

Single Side Seam Blouse

Such a style will be even a little easier than the previous one in terms of cutting and tucks. In addition to fabric, for its manufacture of the product we will need the following materials:

• Lace 10-15 cm wide.
• Narrow lace ribbon.

Let's move on to making a piece of clothing:

1. In order to carve the product on the canvas, you need to draw a rectangle 45 cm wide and 130 cm long, then cut it and fold it in half. There will be only one seam, as it is written in the title of the item.
2. On the sides of the armhole you need to draw rectangles (width - 30 cm, length - 7 cm), then round the fabric over them and cut out.
3. In order to cut the neck, you need to make a V-neck in front.
4. Sew the side seam, then the ones on the shoulders. Finally, overlock.
5. Then you need to cut out the sleeves. To do this, draw two 60 by 65 cm rectangles and process the armhole line, then fold them in half and stitch them, and then sew on to the future blouse.
6. At the edges of the sleeves, make a backstage by sewing a strip of lace and pulling on an elastic band.
7. To complete the sewing of a peasant blouse with your own hands, you need to process the neck. To do this, you should take the previously prepared wide lace ribbon, attach it to the neck hole and flash it on the machine, forming folds.

Important! To enhance the quality and aesthetic component, you can process the edge with a narrow lace ribbon.

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Making dresses “Young lady-peasant” with a skirt “Sun”

• It is possible to calculate the expenditure of fabric for the hem hem by the proposed method: Waist circumference divided by 2p (n = 3.14).
• Then add hem length and seam allowances.

Important! The amount of tissue always needs to be determined correctly. If the skirt is not very long - the width of the canvas should be enough. Well, if you suddenly plan to midi or maxi length, most likely, you will need to cut two semicircles due to the fact that the calculated amount of material will greatly exceed the width.

In order to sew the peasant dress itself, one must strictly follow this algorithm. Dress always begin to sew with a bodice:

1. To do this, first process the sleeves, collecting them in the lower part on an elastic band, which in the future will be in the manufactured cuffs-backstage.
2. For such cuffs, you need to prepare a special finish by cutting 7-centimeter oblique strips for this, grind them into one tape, iron along the entire length and fold it in half, and the stitch seams will need to be ironed.
3. Some section of the tape will need to be swept away, and the other should be stitched along the lower edges of the sleeves.
4. The front and rear seams of the sleeves are grinded and overcast, forming a pass for the future gum.
5. Then the drawstring is folded into two parts along the ironed line and the connection with the sleeve is sewn along the seam.
6. After that, the bodice is swept along raglan and side sections.
7. The drawstring at the top of the bodice is sewn in the same way as the drawstring on the sleeves.
8. After the complete production of the scenes, gum is inserted.

Important! When the work with the bodice is finished, try it on. Such a procedure is necessary not only to for sure correct the tension of the inserted rubber bands, but also to show the line along which the skirt will be sewn.

As for the skirt:

1. She is cleaved along with the bodice according to the marks that you just made.
2. Then the skirt is turned backwards on the front and "put" in the bodice turned on the front side.
3. In general, the skirt and bodice are cleaved only four times: along the middle notes and seams on the sides, after which the two parts are sewn together and sewed - you can take a rubber thread.

Important! After that, the almost-made dress is again put on, finally its length is evened out and the edges are finished.

After the girl herself sewed a peasant dress, she should pay attention to small details and add originality to her product at the end of the work, sewing on some decorative elements.

The dress is ready!

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A sewn dress or a peasant blouse with your own hands will always add to their mistresses originality and femininity. In this article, we taught independent sewing of clothes of this type. We hope that now you have more confidence in your abilities, and you already have a lot of ideas on how to improve our basic models.