BODICE BLOCK MICHELLE

Thank you for your purchase! Please print out the pattern according to the included printing
instructions PDF.

This pattern does not include seam allowances. Please add your preferred seam allowance to
your fabric before cutting it out.

I recommend to always sew a mockup before using your fashion fabric, in case of adjustments.

MATERIALS

- 0,50m fabric of your choice

- 0,50m iron on interfacing
- 0,50m medium cotton canvas interlining
- 0,50m light to medium weight cotton lining (140-180gsm)
- 25cm hooks and eyes tape
- 1,80-3,00m boning (I recommend Rigilene boning): 1,80m for only seam boning; 3,00m for
seam boning and boning in between
- matching thread

SEWING INSTRUCTIONS

Cut out all pattern pieces for the pants of your fashion fabric, your interlining, your interfacing and
your lining.

Iron interfacing on all the pattern pieces of your fashion fabric.

Baste all the pieces of your fashion fabric and your interlining together. It is important to work with
one layer of sturdy fabric to avoid wrinkles.

Sew the cup seams of your cups together. Iron the seam open. Iron the cup hood on the cup. Iron
the seam up (To not look „into“ the seam while wearing the piece).

Put the remaining bodice pieces together. Iron all seams open. Leave the cf for now. It’s easier to
work with smaller pieces rather than with one long complete bodice.

Cut boning that ts your seams. Leave your seam allowance and a bit more (1-2mm) boning free.
Sew the boning that goes on the seam of front/middle front and middle front/side front. Place the
boning next to the seam and not on top, as it makes a nicer nish. Start stitching from the top
corner and continue down all the way (don’t start where the boning starts and do a little bar tack
at the beginning and the end, so in the seam allowance). Always sew in one direction.

Add the cups to the bodice. Iron the seams into the cups.

Add the remaining seam boning strips.

OPTIONAL: More boning

Add the boning that goes over your cup seams. Put it right where the cup hood starts and
sew all the way down to the hem. Bend the boning into shape over the cup.

Add the remaining boning strips in the middle of the seam boning.

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Sew the hooks and eyes tape as the closure into the cb. Fold the tape to the inside and top stitch
it in place to create a boning channel. Place boning into the cb channels (Round the edges to
make it easier).

Sew the lining together. Iron the seams of the cups in the opposite direction: Cup hood seam
down; Cup and bodice seam into the bodice.

Put lining and outer bodice right sides together and stitch the upper corner.

Turn the piece over and iron the top edge nicely. You will need to cut into the cf seam allowance
for it to fold nicely. I recommend to stitch over the cf seam a few times to reinforce it.

Fold the cb seam allowance of the lining to the inside and pin it down. This needs to be hand
sewn shut once all is done.

Use some bias binding to nish the hem nicely.

OPTIONAL: Straps

Cut a 33-38cm strip (with seam allowance) of strong cotton twill tape or sth of similar
strength. Cover it with your fashion fabric and hand sew it in place. The length and
placement of the straps heavily depends on body shape and personal preference which is
why you will have to t it and decide on those yourself.

I used 35cm strips (with seam allowance) of 2cm wide cotton twill tape which I folded in
half. I places mine 4,5cm towards the cf measured from the cup/bodice seam of the side
front pattern piece. In the back I placed it 2cm towards the cb from the side back/middle
back seam.

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 SIZE GUIDE

SIZE/CM 34/XS 36/S 38/M 40/L 42/XL

BUST 84 88 92 96 100

UNDERBUST 70 74 78 82 86

WAIST 60 64 68 72 76

HIP 94 98 102 106 110

SIZE/CM 34/XS 36/S 38/M 40/L 42/XL

BUST 33 34⅔ 36⅓ 37⅔ 39⅓

UNDERBUST 27½ 29⅛ 30⅔ 32⅓ 33⅞

WAIST 23⅔ 25⅛ 26⅝ 28⅓ 30

HIP 37 38⅔ 40⅛ 41¾ 43⅓