How to make without sewing machine: A blouse to the shoulders

in #fashion6 years ago
Hello, dear family of Steemit, I want to teach you how in an easy and above all economic way, we can turn a simple flannel into a beautiful blouse up to the shoulders.


This piece of clothing is ideal to have in our wardrobe, it adapts for all types of ages.

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Materials to use:

  • A white flannel (color and size are optional)
  • Retaso of jeans fabric of:
    -10 centimeters wide x 10 centimeters long.
  • and 5 centimeters wide x 10 centimeters long (This fabric is optional).
  • Elastic 3 cm wide x 12 cm long (For sleeves).
  • Elastic 3 centimeters wide x 35 centimeters long (For the strapless).
  • 1 Pencil or chalk for fabrics.
  • 1 Descosedor.
  • 1 Fabric scissors.
  • Sewing thread. (optional color)
  • 1 Sewing needle.
  • Carousel of pins.

Elaboration process:

Step 1

On a flat surface we will place our flannel well stretched, and with the help of a pencil we will mark and cut the sleeves and the terminal of the sleeves as indicated by the image.

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Step 2

we will use the bottom part where the flannel ends, we will rotate it and this will be our front part of our blouse, with the scissors we will make a small cut, through which we will pass our elastics of 3 centimeters wide and 35 centimeters long with the help of a pin Then with a needle, the thread of the color of the flannel will sew our elastic to secure it. At the end we will have a nice strapless blouse.

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Step 3

We are going to take the sleeves that we cut previously from our flannel, each one has a hem with the help of the scissors, we are going to remove some points in the hem to be able to insert the elastics of 3 centimeters wide x 12 centimeters long to each sleeve And to guarantee the elastic, with the help of the needle and the thread we are going to sew the elastic and the hem we have unstitched at the beginning. The result of the sleeves will be a beautiful pucker.

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Step 4

It is time to join our pieces to our white strapless, with the help of the needle and the white thread, sew the gathered sleeves that we made one on the left side and the other on the right side of the strapless.

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Step 5

To give a special touch we will make a tie, we will cut the following measurements on the fabric of the jeans:

  • 1 square of 10 cm wide x 10 cm long and
  • 1 rectangle 5 centimeters wide x 10 centimeters long.

The square of 10 x 10 centimeters will bend backwards and around the edge of the fabric you will sew with the help of the needle and the thread leaving a small space of 4 centimeters without sewing, which will allow us to unfold to the front of the fabric in the same way we will do it with the rectangle of 5 x 10 centimeters.

Then we will pass the needle with the thread through the central part of our square piece, securing it well, to continue placing the rectangular piece of fabric on the seam in the same way that we must ensure the seam, as a result we will have a beautiful tie of jeans.

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Paso 6

For our beautiful blouse to the shoulders, we will sew the tie, in the central part of our blouse, with the help of needle and thread, this will give an original and special touch to our creation.

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Our beautiful blouse is ready on the shoulders. The manufacture of this garment will not take more than 2 hours. So do not get rid of your flannels, transform them and give them an original touch.


This is how the model looks, wearing The blouse to the shoulders.This garment can be combined with a short, a skirt or a blue jeans. I hope you are encouraged to do so. Happy day for everyone.

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