Folkwear - Gibson Girl Blouse Pattern (S/M - 3XL)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Sizes: S - 3XL

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Description

The Gibson Girl was the ideal of feminine beauty at the turn of the 20th century. She often wore a soft, loosely fitted blouse of light cotton or silk with a high collar to accentuate her slender neck. A blouse worn with a skirt became the American woman's favourite fashion. By 1905, the Sears Roebuck catalogue offered 150 versions of this blouse, from cotton to lace and taffeta.

The high-collar, back-buttoning yoke style is still just as flattering today. This blouse is lovely over a skirt or it can be cut longer to tuck in. Instructions for optional tucks and lace insertion are included.

This sewing pattern features the full-shaped front gathered into a rounded yoke, embellished in View B with clusters of tucks and lace insertion. Three-quarter length sleeves are gathered at the shoulders and into narrow cuffs.

In View A, the high collar and yoke are finished with lace; in View B, rows of stitched lace replace the collar, as was the fashion. Tucks and lace insertion on the body of the blouse are optional. Instructions are given in View B for a traditional bias bound cuff. The back opening and cuffs fasten with tiny buttons or hooks and eyes; clusters of gathers at centre back are held in place by narrow ties, which encircle the waist and tie in front.

• Two blouse variations
• Gathered front with rounded yoke
• High collar neckline
• Full-length gathered sleeves
• Narrow cuffs
• Optional lace insertion and tuck details
• Traditional back opening with buttons or hooks and eyes

Recommended Fabric

Soft lightweight fabrics such as batiste, lawn, muslin, silk, gingham, or calico.

Notions

• Thread
• Hooks and eyes for collar and cuffs
• Buttons

Lace (½–¾ inch / 1.4–2cm wide):

View A
• 1⅞ yards (1.72m) for collar and yoke edging

View B
• 1½ yards (1.37m) for collar
• 2¼ yards (2.05m) for yoke insertion
• 9⅞ yards (9.05m) for yoke body and sleeve insertion

Delivery & Returns

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