How to Make a Peasant Shirt

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Measure yourself around the fullest part of your torso.

   Divide this measurement by 2 and add about five and five-eighths to get Measurement A.
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   Step 2: Measure yourself around the widest part of your arm (over the shoulder

   Add five-eighths of an inch to get Measurement B. , Add five-eighths of an inch for Measurement C , Add five-eighths of an inch for Measurement D. , These are the torso pieces. , These are the sleeves , First sew one sleeve piece to one torso piece, then sew that torso piece to the next sleeve piece.
   
   Sew this sleeve piece to the remaining torso piece.
   
   Sew this torso piece to the first sleeve piece. ,,, This will act as a drawstring. ,
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   Step 3: under the arm).

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   Step 4: Measure yourself from the hollow of your neck to the place where you want the blouse to end.

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   Step 5: Measure your arm from your wrist to your neck.

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   Step 6: Cut two pieces of fabric with Measurement A as their width and Measurement C as their length.

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   Step 7: Cut two more pieces with Measurement B as their width and Measurement D as their length.

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   Step 8: Sew the pieces one to another

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   Step 9: connecting them with side seams of length D. Sew them together by their long sides (the sides measuring C and D).

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    Step 10: Sew the unsewn parts of each side seam in such a way that the sleeves form tubes(leave armholes) and the torso pieces are sewn one to another.

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    Step 11: Pink all raw inside edges

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    Step 12: hem the sleeves

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    Step 13: and bottom.

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    Step 14: Sew a ribbon or piece of yarn all around the neck.

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    Step 15: Decorate the blouse with lace

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    Step 16: embroidery

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    Step 17: or all three.

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