Introducing the Bloom Blouse Sewing Pattern

This month’s patterns, Fern and Bloom, were designed with the idea of creating thoughtful and beautiful tops that work for your everyday life. The Bloom blouse provides a stylish introduction to sewing heirloom techniques.

The resulting blouse is a charming square neck top that combines timeless style with skill-building details. Featuring a flattering square neckline at both the front and back. This pattern includes gathered sleeves with an elastic casing for a soft, feminine finish. Heirloom-inspired touches, like in-seam trim at the front and back yoke seams, add a delicate, vintage feel. Staggered pintucks at the center front add texture. Perfect for intermediate sewists looking to refine their techniques, this pattern will elevate your handmade wardrobe with beautiful, lasting details.

The member bonus adds a tapered ruffle to the armhole of the Bloom top. 

Eden is wearing a size 4 with 1" added to the sleeve opening. Her measurements are bust: 35" (88.9 cm), waist: 25 1/4" (64.1 cm), and hip: 37" (94 cm), and she is 5' 8" (172.75 cm) tall.

Tambrie is wearing a size 18 with no adjustments. Her measurements are bust: 46" (116.8 cm), waist: 39" (99 cm), and hip: 50" (127 cm), and she is 5' 8" (172.75 cm) tall.

FABRIC AND FIT

Fabric recommendations:

For Bloom look for lightweight woven fabrics such as cotton lawn, cotton voile, cotton gauze, chambray, Swiss dot, linen, rayon challis, rayon crepe, and silk.

A subtle texture of a lightweight linen is perfect for letting Bloom’s heirloom details shine. Or dial the texture up a notch by using a Swiss dot or eyelet fabric. 

Fitting Tips:

• Understanding ease will help you pick the right size or sizes. This tutorial will teach you all about design and wearing ease.


• Follow this tutorial to lengthen and shorten a sewing pattern.


• If you need to adjust the armhole depth, use this tutorial.


• If you want to blend between sizes, use this video tutorial.


• To adjust the shoulder slope, follow this tutorial.


• Here are tutorials for wide or narrow shoulder adjustments.


• Here are tutorials for small bust adjustments and full bust adjustments.