The Bea Blouse

Sew a chic new style for your everyday wardrobe with The Bea Blouse sewing pattern. This vintage-inspired shift top with has a bow detail and two sleeve lengths.
As much as we love sewing statement dresses for special occasions, it’s oh-so-satisfying to make classic, staple styles we can wear for everyday living, from work days to weekend brunches, too. So we’re adding a chic new addition to our work-to-weekend wardrobe with this issue’s Bea Blouse sewing pattern: a vintage-inspired top with an easy-wear shift silhouette, pretty bow neckline detail and two sleeve lengths to choose from.
The blouse is designed for light-weight wovens, so we’ll be playing with prints and textures to change up the look of our Bea – pick a floaty rayon or crêpe and for a feminine, drapey style, or choose a crisp cotton print for a more structured, work-ready look.
The step-by-step instructions will take you through sewing a simple shift top, inserting sleeves and adding a bow neckline detail.
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The Bea Blouse: digital sewing pattern
This dressmaking pattern is available as a PDF pattern in the Simply Sewing pattern store
Sizes
UK sizes 6–20 (US 4–18/EUR 34–48)
You will need
- Fabric {Blouse A}: 115cm (45in) width fabric x 1.7m (2yds); 140cm (55in) width fabric x 1.5m (13⁄4yds) for all sizes
- Fabric {Blouse B}: 115cm (45in) width fabric x 1.8m (2yds); 140cm (55in) width fabric x 1.5m (13⁄4yds) for all sizes
- Matching thread
Fabric suggestions:
Light-weight woven fabrics such as cotton, cotton lawn, gingham, rayon or crêpe.
Skills:
- Add a bow neckline detail for vintage-inspired style.
- Make a classic shift bodice for a simple sew.
- Learn to sew capped or elbow-length sleeves.
- Beginners’ dressmaking: attach sleeves to a top
Get the pattern
This digital pattern is available in our Etsy Pattern Shop