Nina Blouse ca. 1910

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US$14

Sizes 30-52 in 3 size packs:

Difficulty: Advanced  

The Nina Blouse is a classic ca. 1910 blouse that works equally well in your historical or historybounding wardrobe. Make it as a delicate ‘lingerie waist’ in lace and light fabrics with lace insertion, or as a businesslike shirtwaist for the new professional woman in crisp cotton or tropical weight wool.

View A is taken directly from the original garment (shown in the last three images), and has line of lace inset down the center front, slightly gathered 3/4 length cuffed sleeves, a yoke with no shoulder seam, and a high boned collar. It is designed to be made with a lace yoke attached with lace insertion, and lace collar and cuffs.

View B s based on other extant garments and period images. It has the center front cut on the fold, full length sleeves, a two-piece neck yoke, and a high round neckline finished with narrow lace. It is designed to be made entirely in fabric.

Both views features a V-shaped yoke, tucks releasing into fullness with a gathered pigeon-breast effect, a front peplum which allows the blouse to sit smoothly under skirts, and hook and snap fastenings at the back.  

Mix and match sleeves, necklines, and lace finishes for a variety of looks. The blouse can be worn with a matching skirt to make a ‘dress in two parts’, or attached to a skirt pattern to make a one piece dress.

The Nina Blouse is designed to be worn over a 1900s or 1910s corset, such as the Persis Corset or the Rilla Corset, but can also be worn without a corset as a modern garment.  

The pattern comes with a full fitting and alterations guide, and suggestions for adapting the pattern for a modern fit.  

Recommended Fabrics:

Soft, lightweight lace fabrics. Embroidered net. Lightweight fabrics in cotton, linen, silk and wool including: cotton lawn, voile & batiste; lightweight cotton sateen; tropical weight wools; handkerchief weight linen, silk crepe de chine & habotai, cotton challis; cotton and linen chambray, cotton shirting. The original was made from embroidered net with heavier lace collar and cuffs and insets of different types of lace.

Theresa is wearing View A with the long sleeves of View B in Size 40 in silk-cotton voile with rayon lace insertion.  She wears her Nina Blouse over a Persis Corset, with a Ettie Petticoat View D.

Maxence is wearing View B with the 3/4 length sleeves of View A in Size 44 in palest blue floral cotton gauze.  She wears her Nina Blouse over an 1890s corset with a Historical Fantail Skirt and an Ettie Petticoat View A.

Kezia is wearing View B in striped cotton shirting in Size 38.  She wears her Nina Blouse over a Rilla Corset with an Ettie Petticoat View C and a Seatoun Skirt.

About your PDF:

This pattern is a digital download. Once you complete your purchase you’ll be sent an email with a link to download a zip file containing your printable files. You’ll need to open it on a computer: the zip file will not open on phones and tablets.

The Nina Blouse zip contains the following files:

• Instructions: 36 pages
• Print-At-Home Pattern: 24 pages (Size Pack A); 26 pages (Size Pack B) and 26 pages (Size Pack C)
• A0 Copyshop Pattern: 1 A0 page + 1 A1 page (Size Packs A & B), 2 A0 pages (Size Pack C)
• 44'' wide US printing Copyshop pattern: 44x40'' (Size Pack A); 44x43'' (Size Pack B) and 44x46'' (Size Pack C)
• Printing Instructions: 5 pages
• Fitting Guide: 5 pages
  
  

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Paper Patterns:

A paper version of the Nina Blouse pattern will be available through Virgil's Fine Goods in the USA.

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