Sewing pattern tutorial: How to sew the Viper hack?
Each issue of our magazine l'Oeil Fauve is an opportunity to present you with a new sewing hack. This season, I chose to adapt the Vipère jumpsuit and dress pattern into a pretty blouse.
To accompany you in this new version, we offer you in PDF format the extension of the sewing pattern which includes a new front bust piece and a new back bust piece. The files can be downloaded for free in A4, A3, A0 and US letter format. The extension is available here .
The rest of the pattern pieces needed to make the Viper shirt are in your sewing pattern ( available here ).
I sewed a stripped-down version of the Viper shirt, without the chest pocket or the shoulder tabs. I find that the Lily fabric provides enough "information" to not overload my garment. But you can of course use these options on your shirt, the explanations are the same as those in the original pattern.
Cutting plan and pattern pieces
Necessary supplies
You can use many fabrics to sew your Viper shirt: twill, crepe, cotton or viscose poplin, or even cotton voile for a summer version, a lightweight jacquard like the Lily viscose jacquard used in our step-by-step video, fine denim, lace and guipure like our lace fabrics , light to medium weight fabrics between 60 and 200 g/m2.
The fabric consumption for this version for a width of 140 cm will be:
34-40: 150 cm
42-48: 160 cm
50-52: 180 cm
Haberdashery supplies:
- 10 buttons between 10 and 12 mm for the bust and cuffs, and 2 more buttons if you also sew the shoulder tabs
- 70 cm of Vlieseline G710 type iron-on adhesive
The technical points of the pattern
This new version greatly reduces the level of difficulty of the pattern: there is no longer any assembly of the pants or skirt, the button placket will not have to be assembled in inlay with the bottom of the garment, and there are fewer pieces so less risk of error when cutting and assembling.
We classify this model as an intermediate sewing level.
The sewing steps for the Viper shirt that we show you in our video step-by-step cover the following technical points:
- sew pleats
- sew darts
- carry out a sheath assembly of the back riser
- sew a button placket
- mount a wrist with a tear-proof slit finish
- assemble sleeves
For details on how to assemble the chest pocket or shoulder tabs, go to the Viper jumpsuit/dress pattern video available here .
Happy sewing!
