How to sew a guipure blouse with your own hands?

A guipure blouse has always been especially popular among fashionistas. Soft, light and elegant - this fabric came to us from sophisticated France. From French, the word “Guipure” is translated as “thin lace”. This garment is incredibly versatile, you can harmoniously and stylishly combine it with other things. Why not make such an exquisite new wardrobe yourself? Learn in more detail how to sew a lace blouse with your own hands.

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Openwork blouse - a fashion trend in clothes

First of all, we give the definition of guipure tissue.

Important! This material is an openwork fabric, which consists of embossed lace details, interconnected by mesh inserts.

Due to this, the guipure looks unusually gentle, airy and truly feminine.

Do-it-yourself blouse with lace can have the most unimaginable style, original color and decorative finish.

Fashionable styles

Two main principles of the cut of this wardrobe item can be identified:

1. The fitted silhouette.
2. Loose fit.

Concerned with doubts about which option to choose, we advise you to consider the features of your figure:

• If you have spectacular shapes and have an elegant mill, then feel free to choose a fitted style for a blouse.
• The option under the second number is suitable for owners of magnificent forms. The guipure fabric has the ability to visually conceal the parameters of the figure, in addition, the free style will hide possible flaws, as a result, the image will be very attractive.

A guipure blouse with your own hands can be of such styles:

• Short or long sleeve. Sleeves with a length of “three quarters” that never go out of style look very coquettish.
• The product is made entirely of lace.
• A product sewn from fabric with lace inserts.
• The product is made of fabric, and the sleeves are made of guipure.
• With a turn-down collar, a stand-up collar or without it at all.
• The peplum blouse looks very beautiful.

And many, many variations and original ideas.

Important! Beautiful buttons, beads or shiny rhinestones will give additional chic to the clothes, all the accessories should be appropriate and combined with the style of the blouse.

Where can I go in a lace blouse and what to wear with?

You decided to sew a lace blouse, but still do not know where you will wear it? Not sure if it fits your rest wardrobe? Away from all doubts, this garment is universal.

So, you can safely put on an elegant jacket, if you are going to:

• On a romantic date. Stylists attribute to such delicate images clothing with a short sleeve or without it at all. The color of the blouse is also important, pastel colors are especially suitable: the color of caramel, peach, turquoise, pale pink.
• At the celebration, dinner party, to the theater. Blouses in evening style are suitable, most often these are products with a long sleeve. Some severity is inherent in the image, and you can complement the lace blouse with classic trousers or a skirt.

Important! If you decide to choose trousers, then be sure to put on a beautiful jacket, so your look will acquire a special chic.

• To work. In some ways, this outfit is similar to the evening outfit. The blouse should have a strict and business style.

Important! Since guipure is a translucent material, putting on such clothes in the office, be sure to carefully choose a set of underwear.It is best if it is a neutral skin color.

• On vacation, especially summer. Light and airy fabric is what you need on a hot day. Choose a blouse model with short sleeves, or you can completely do without them. Strict collars are not needed, a free cutout in a semicircular or V-shape will be much better, and the skin will get a beautiful tan.

If a blouse can be worn anywhere, then it combines with almost all other garments. The exception, probably, is only sports subjects. And in all other respects there are no restrictions:

• In summer, wear a lace blouse under shorts of any length: short, to the middle of the thigh or knees.
• Such a piece of clothing with classic trousers looks great, but no less stylish with jeans.
• Suitable for any skirt - strict, classic, long, short, magnificent and tight.

Clothes color

Depending on the shade, a blouse can create a special impression:

• Tenderness and romanticism will be given to your appearance by light colors of clothes.
• Dark shades will create the image of a mysterious fatal woman, but surprisingly attracting herself.
• Bright colors will make your look sensual and passionate.

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Sewing instructions

So, you’ve already gotten the idea to get such a wardrobe item, it remains to learn how to sew a guipure blouse with your own hands. This will help step-by-step workshops.

Workshop №1: a blouse of individual lace elements

To get started, prepare the necessary materials and tools:

• Quality lace material.
• Organza. A product pattern is made and sewn from organza, which will be the basis for an openwork blouse.
• Sharp cut scissors.
• Pins
• Threads, matching color.

Execution Sequence:

• We cut out individual elements from the lace fabric - flowers, petals, leaves.
• Carefully cut small breezes.

Important! If a high-quality guipure is not worth worrying about, the edges of the parts will sprawl or break out.

• Place the prepared parts on the table, try to make a beautiful and original composition out of them.
• When you like the resulting ornament, transfer it to the base of organza.

Important! It is convenient to do this if the base under the lace is worn on a mannequin. If not, then an ordinary ironing board can replace it.

• All elements are fixed with pins.

Important! Details should slightly protrude beyond the edges of the sleeves, the neckline, and the bottom edge of the blouse. The ornate edging will look insanely elegant.

• Now it remains to sew a lace blouse. To do this, remove the workpiece from the mannequin, with small neat stitches “back to the needle”, sew all the parts in turn.

Important! Sewing is necessary not on the outer edge of the elements, but on the inside. The edge of openwork ornaments will be free and create an amazing effect of a lively composition.

DIY guipure blouse - ready!

Workshop №2: a classic blouse with a collar

We start the process with preparing the tools:

• Sharp scissors for cutting.
• Pins, needles.
• Threads matching in color with the fabric.
• Tape measure.
• The usual ruler.
• A piece of chalk.
• Sewing machine.
• The material is a section of guipure measuring 60 by 150 cm.

Important! You will need to take the following measurements - chest circumference and arm circumference.

And now we’ll step by step how to sew a lace blouse with your own hands:

• Fold the canvas in half and cut it at the bend. As a result, we get two cuts measuring 60 by 75 cm each.
• We fold them in half so that now we get a rectangle with such sides: width - 37.5 cm, length - 60 cm.
• We build a pattern on the fabric:
  1. On the upper part from the side of the bend of the material we retreat 9 cm and put a mark. This will be the width of the cutout on the blouse.
  2. 4 cm along the length of the bend from the upper part - we get the depth of the neckline.
  3. Seamlessly connect the resulting marks with a line. In the future, this will be the neck of a blouse.
  4. On the opposite side from the top edge we measure down 6 cm and put a mark - from here the sleeve line will start.
  5. We connect the following points in a straight line - the mark of the sleeve line and the width of the neck.
  6. We proceed further. From the point of the line of the sleeve down, draw a line equal to half the circumference of your arm.
  7. In the lower part of the material from the bend, put a point at a distance equal to the fourth part of the chest circumference.
  8. Connect the two marks in a smooth line.
• We cut out the pattern, in the end we get two identical details.

Important! We do not throw out the scraps of fabric that are left on the sides - they will be used to make the collar.

• We sew side and shoulder seams on a typewriter.
• The edges of the neckline, sleeves, lower part and the remains of the fabric - the collar, are processed on a typewriter.
• The collar consists of two pieces of material, we attach it to the neck of the blouse using pins in two rows with a slight slope, while slightly draping the fabric.
• Attach the collar to the clothes.
• It remains to remove the pins and try on a new thing.

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Useful Tips for Sewing Lace Fabrics

Sewing a lace blouse will be especially simple if you know some features when working with such material:

• Sewing details of lace fabric with each other is possible not only with the help of a sewing machine, but also with an overlock. But it will be necessary to take into account the density of guipure, its ornament.
• On the overlock, it is convenient to overcast sections of the allowances, which can also be processed with a slanting inlay from silk.
• For a narrow blouse, it is best to purchase knitted lace, then the product will fit exactly in shape.
• If you do not want the guipure to shine through, buy a lining fabric. In this case, the lining should contrast with the lace: be darker or lighter, have a bright shade. As a result, openwork patterns will be most noticeable against such a background.
• If you use an elastic material, then it will be advisable to strengthen the shoulder seams by sewing on them a slanting inlay of cotton fabric.
• It is better to choose a style uncomplicated, with the least number of seams. The fewer cuts you make, the more beautiful the pattern will remain. In this regard, they do not make tucks on lace blouses, but transfer them to the side seam.
• If the edges of the lace fabric are decorated with scallops, then they can decorate the sleeves, the neck and bottom of the blouse. This factor will need to be taken into account in the process of constructing the pattern: arrange the material so that the edges of the product are cut out on scallops without allowances. As a result, you get beautifully designed edges without additional processing.
• Lace applique is an original way to decorate clothes. Fix the ornament with paper tape, as it is easily punctured with a needle, conveniently removed from the fabric, while leaving absolutely no traces. Then zigzag applique and remove the tape.
• Be careful when ironing - choose a low temperature mode, and the best option would be to test the iron on an unnecessary piece of fabric.

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DIY guipure blouse will become an adornment of your wardrobe. An elegant and stylish piece of clothing will transform your appearance - will make you more feminine and elegant. In addition, the manufacturing process is not so complicated.