Mexican blouse pattern

I was lucky when I bought one of the pretty Mexican dresses because it fit me really well and I could take the measurements off of it to reproduce it in my sewing room. If you don’t have a d…

Sew your own colourful version of the traditional Mexican tunic worn by Frida Kahlo

Summer is almost here. In fact, it was in the 90’s here last week. It’s time to sew cool and beautiful Mexican-inspired embroidered tops. You don’t have to limit the wearing of …

Posts about Mexican Peasant Blouses written by redpajamamama

Classic Mexican Peasant Blouse and Womens Tunic in embroidered cotton or linen.

I found my stash of old Vogart and Aunt Martha’s embroidery transfers, and I am using the designs to plan out new embroidery patterns for Mexican Peasant Blouses. I have made a template of t…

I've been losing weight recently (yay!) and as my sizing is at the moment in fluctuation, and many of my blouses now look like big, baggy, daggy night-shirts on me (and funds are a bit tight at the moment) I needed to make myself some cheap tops/blouses, (that also suited me and looked nice). I decided to make myself a couple of peasant tops. I couldn't find a commercial pattern that I liked (they all seemed to have really low cut necks), and I found a wonderful tutorial by Vegbee on how to…

The origin of this finely embroidered blouse is not known to me. I have seen similar blouses that are attributed to Ometepec, Guerrero.

I am sewing on the dark red top but it is going slowly due to family obligations. In the meantime, I am thinking of different blouses I have made and ideas for new tops. I like to try out differe…

Hand embroidered Nahua blouse made in Atzacualoya, Chilapa, Guerrero, Mexico