Making a modest cowl neckline blouse can never be easier, thanks to My Sloper Blouse by KosherPatterns.com.  Pair it with a modest A-line skirt and you are all set to go.

Here is an old video that shows how to design the cowl neckline for a blouse.

Choose an elegant fabric and make this beautiful and modest cowl neckline blouse for daily or a special event such as Shabbos or Yom Tov.

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If you own our Foundation Blouse Pattern, you can simply add our Pleated Skirt Extension Pattern to it to make a simple yet elegant dress for all seasons.   

Pair this modest dress with a matching elegant belt and you are all set for a comfortable yet elegant look all season.  Purchase our Foundation Blouse and Pleated Skirt Extension Pattern below.  Available for girls and women.

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A blouse with a Polo Front opening is very popular. Most of the time, the Polo placket is bound with a standard button opening, but it can also be bound for a front zipper opening. This tutorial shows you how to bind a Polo Placket without showing any sewing lines and buttons or buttonholes on the front to be modest and discrete.

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Here is a step-by-step video tutorial and guide to assemble a blouse with collar that does not require a neck facing, an add-on buttonstand and no-ease sleeve.

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A modest Blouson top pattern can be easily created with My Sloper. To create the blousing effect, you need to make the waist girth plus ease measurement equal to the chest girth plus ease measurement. A little mathematics is all we need to generate this pattern. Here is a tutorial to show you how.

Some Mathematics

To compute the correct waist ease, add the Chest Girth and Chest Ease together. Then subtract from it the Waist Girth. The result is entered into the Waist Ease. For example, in this pattern, the Chest Girth is 63 and the Waist Girth is 54. Add the Chest Ease (10) to the Chest Girth (63) to produce 73. Then deduct the Waist Girth (54) from 73 to product 19. Enter 19 in the Waist Ease form text box.

 

Add the Blousing effect by extending the waistline down. The bigger the extension, the more pronounced is the blousing effect. For example, we can enter 5-cm (~ 2-in) or more in the Waist Line Extension box. We also can extend the Hip line to make a blouse extending below the hips. Enter the desired amount in the Hip Line Extension box. Enter the desired Hip Ease to create either a box-like sillouette or a flair sillouette at the hip area.

Front & Back Patterns

Your front and back patterns may look like these.

 

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Layered Flounce Top

Upper Bodice Styling

Waisted Bodice Style

Go to the Blouse Tab and select one of the waisted bodice styles. Style the upper bodice however you like for it to be modest. We will not use the lower bodice part of the pattern. Keep in mind the Waist Girth plus Waist Ease measurements to be used in the flounce pattern.

The total Waist Girth plus Waist Ease is 64 -cm.

Also style and note the General Seam Allowance for your upper bodice. This measurement will be needed in styling the flounce.

We choose a Back Zipper Opening for this blouse.

Upper Bodice Pattern

Flounce Styling

Now go to the Trims tab. Enter the Flounce Length to be 64-cm, the same length as the Waist Girth plus Waist Ease. Select a Flounce Style — Even Width, Tapered and Spiral. For this pattern, we choose Even Width. Style the Flounce Width. In this case we choose 7.5-cm for the top layer. Enter the General Seam Allowance for the flounce to be the same as the General Seam Allowance for the Upper Bodice, i.e. 10-cm. This flounce can be printed as one or two-piece patterns. We choose 1-piece pattern. You may choose 2-piece patterns if you do not have enough fabric to accommodate the large 1-piece flounce pattern. Style Width 1 Seam Allowance to be the same as the Center Back Seam Allowance for the upper bodice, i.e. 16-cm. Then click Draw to render the pattern.

Lower Bodice Patterns

Repeat the same process for the second layer flounce. The only thing you need to change is the Flounce Width, which is longer than the first.

You can continue styling the upper bodice with the default sleeve pattern or a more custom one under the Sleeves Tab; a collar in the Neckwear-Draft Collars Tab; or default Jewel neckline. In Version 1.72+, you have the option of a modest Cowl Neckline as well.
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This tutorial shows you how to design a top with a center tapered flounce with My Sloper.

Blouse Styling

Basic Bodice Style

Select the Basic Bodice Style in the Blouse Tab.

In this style of blouse, we want the Center Front to have a seam. Enter the seam allowance for the Center Front.

It so happens that the sample pattern for this tutorial also has a Front Zipper. So set the seam allowance to be the zipper allowance of a standard 5/8-in or 16 mm.

The default General Seam Allowance is 3/8-in or 10-mm. Change that value if you have a different requirement.

 

Flounce Styling

Trims Tab Flounce Styling

Click the Trims Tab. Determine the length of the flounce you would like for the Center Front of the blouse. Enter that number in the Flounce Length. Then, select the Flounce Style — Tapered. Determine the width of the flounce you desire, for e.g. 7.5-cm in the Flounce Width 1. Since a tapered flounce tapers to 0 width, we don’t need to enter a Flounce Width 2. Enter the default General Seam Allowance to be the same as the one in your Blouse styling. Enter the Width 1 Seam Allowance to be the same as the Center Front Seam Allowance in your Blouse styling. When you’re ready, click the Draw button.

Flounce Pattern

Tapered Flounce Pattern

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If you have a Hip Foundation Blouse Pattern, you can easily convert it to a Dress pattern in six easy steps as we will show you how.

All our blouse patterns at KosherPatterns.com are hip-length and converting these patterns to a Dress pattern is a very easy process.

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Many of our patterns will come with collars that need to be sewn to the blouse bodice. Here is one tutorial that has chockful of information to guide you through the process.

This document is courtesy of New Mexico State University’s Department of Home Economics.

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In this tutorial you will learn how to assemble a blouse based on our Kosher Blouse Pattern for women or girls.

Your Pattern Pages

Sew Neck Facings

1. Sew Back Neck Facing to Front Neck Facing at the shoulder seam line.
2. Repeat for second facing.
3. Turn facing over to get Result 3.

Sew Front & Back Bodices

1. Sew front and back bodices at the shoulder seam line.
2. Repeat for the other back bodice.
3. Turn bodices over to get Result 3.

Sew Neck Facing to Blouse Neckline

1. With right sides facing together, sew completed neck facing to the blouse neckline.
2. Watch this video tutorial, courtesy of Fashion Sewing Blog TV.

Sew Blouse Side Seams

The blouse is now attached at the shoulder, and its neck facing attached at the necklines.
Sew the two side seams of the blouse from below the armhole to the hem line.

Sew No-Ease Sleeves

1. Sew side seams of sleeves right sides facing.
2. Hem the sleeves and turn sleeves wrong sides facing.
3. Match sleeve to bodice armhole right sides facing at the notches.
4. For the beginner:

Sew Set-in Sleeves

1. Sew one or two lines of gathering stitches at the sleeve cap from dot to dot
2. Sew the side seams. Hem the sleeves.
3. Turn the sleeves inside out.
4. Insert one sleeve into the blouse armhole, gather the sleeve cap to ease into the armhole. Repeat for the other sleeve.

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