PDF - digital pattern of the Silène shirt by Laeti and Léa from size 32 to 52 (fr)

Little brother of Lucine, Silène is a tailored collar blouse with open notches whose optimal ease and gathers in the back have been designed to combine comfort and elegance. Very feminine with its slightly fitted cut, it will become a staple of your wardrobe.

To personalize your blouse and enjoy it whatever the season, you can choose between several options:

• 3 bodices: long simple, short simple, or short tied.
• 2 back finishes: gathers or inverted pleat.
• 2 collars: a small collar and a large collar.
• 3 sleeves: short straight with cuff and tab, straight elbow-length with cuff and tab, or long puffed with elasticated wrist.
• 2, 1 or no rounded patch pocket at the front.

These details allow you to create a shirt that fits your desires and your style.

Sewing level

Intermediate. The technical point is the assembly of the tailored collar. You will learn to sew the flat-felled seam and to assemble the lined back with the sleeve technique.

Size guide

This pattern is designed for a height of 165 cm.

The most important measurements for this model are chest circumference and bicep circumference.

If you are between 2 sizes, choose the larger size.

Content

• Detailed assembly guide (with diagrams)
  
• Pattern sheet in 3 formats (A0 color tracing, A4 tracing, white, pink, yellow projection). Files with layers: you can choose only the size(s) to print, with or without seam allowances. No cutting for A4 format: the sheets join edge to edge. Pieces without overlap.

The PDF patterns are to be printed by yourself.

Required materials

Fabric

Choose a soft woven fabric of light to medium weight (80 to 160g/m2) depending on the season and desired effect: lightweight cotton (cotton poplin, cotton voile, Liberty…), embroidered cotton, crepe, tencel, viscose, linen-viscose, chambray, silk, cotton-silk…

Warning! The values are given as an indication and may vary depending on the options you have chosen and your ability to arrange the pieces when cutting the fabric.

* -10 = remove 10 cm compared to the reference measurement "Long bust or tied long sleeves"

Small haberdashery

• Some matching thread, needles suitable for your fabric.
• Sew-on buttons 10 to 12 mm: 4 to 6 buttons for the center front + 2 for the sleeve cuff tabs
• 50 cm of flat elastic 1.5 cm wide.
• Some fusible interfacing suitable for your fabric* for the collar and facings.

Note : Type and thickness to choose according to your fabric. A fabric interfaced with a woven fusible will keep its natural feel and drape but with more body. A fabric interfaced with a non-woven fusible will have a stiffer appearance.