Sewing Pattern — Bolero 4159 Recommendations on fabric: silk fabric suitable for costume. You will also need: fusing; lining; shoulder pads; sleeve heads Seam allowances are included if the pattern has double contour. Seam allowances are NOT included if your pattern has single contour and need to be added when laying out and cutting details. All seams 1 cm. Seam allowance on hem of sleeve 3. 5 cm. Attention! First of all please print all the paper patterns and lay them out at the width of fabric you plan to use (usually from 90 to 150 cm) to see how much fabric you will need. Don't forget to count pair parts and symmetrical parts. When sewing the garment, pay attention to notches, they must coincide. CUTTING: Main fabric: 1. Back part – 1 detail 2. Front part – 2 details 3. Yoke - 2 details 4. Upper sleeve part – 2 details 5. Lower sleeve part – 2 details 6. Bottom facing of back part – 1 detail 7. Facing/buttonstand – 2 details 8. Back neckline facing – 1 detail Lining: 1. Back part – 1 detail 2. Front part – 2 details 3. Yoke - 2 details 4. Upper sleeve part – 2 details 5. Lower sleeve part – 2 details Fusing: facing/buttonstand, facing of hem of back part, facing of neckline of back part, yoke, seam allowance of sleeve hem. Attention: Details of front part and of back part from lining are cut using main patterns without the width of facing/buttonstands neckline facing of back part correspondingly. When cutting lining of front part on make plaits on front detail. Pattern #4159, page 1 of 3 All sewing patterns at www.lekala.co INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Apply fusing to details. 2. Sew darts on back part and press darts towards center. 3. Stitch plaits on front part according to markers. Turn apart plaits on both sides, making inverted pleat. Stitch yoke to front part. Serge and press onto yoke. 4. Sew and press apart shoulder and side edges of garment. 5. Sew and press apart seam of collar. Slash seam allowance in corner of yoke. Sew in collar into the neckline. Press apart the seam. 6. Sew and press apart shoulder edges of neckline facing of back part and facings/buttonstands. Stitch the hem facing of back part to facings/buttonstands. Press apart the seams. Slash seam allowance in corner of facings/buttonstands. Sew in collar into the neckline of back part facing. Press apart the seam. 7. Put facing/buttonstand onto right side of front part right side downwards, pin together and overstitch along buttonstand, collar and hem. Topstitch seam allowance onto facing/buttonstand. Stitch by by 0, 2 cm off the seam. Turn Put facing/buttonstand onto right side, straighten the seams. 8. Sew and press apart elbow sleeve seam. Press hem of sleeve. Sew and press apart front sleeve seam. 9. Sew in sleeves into armholes according to notches, easing in the cap. Sew in shoulder pads and sleeve heads. 10. Sew seams on details from lining and sew in sleeves, leaving a slit in front right seam of sleeve. 11. Stitch lining to inner edges of facing/buttonstand and facings. Fix seam allowances of collar close to seam. 12. Stitch lining to hem of sleeve. Turn bolero inside out through the slit in sleeve. Sew slit in sleeve. Pattern #4159, page 2 of 3 All sewing patterns at www.lekala.co TECHNICAL DRAWING: Pattern #4159, page 3 of 3 All sewing patterns at www.lekala.co