Blouse Round Neck Pleated Front Tab Sleeves

Name: Blouse Round Neck Pleated Front Tab Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2067
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2067

A women's hip-length pullover blouse with a round neckline, an inverted box pleat down the centre front held by buttons sewn through all layers, and set-in sleeves rolled up and held with a buttoned tab. It closes with a zipper at the top of the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light blouse fabrics that hold a pressed pleat: cotton poplin, cotton lawn, viscose, linen blends, crepe de chine.

Tech. Description

Blouse Round Neck Pleated Front Tab Sleeves

When To Wear

At work with straight trousers or a pencil skirt.
In spring and summer with jeans, sleeves rolled up on the tabs.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose through the body.

Length: Hip length.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with interfaced front and back facings, tacked to the shoulder seams and the zipper tape.

Front: One piece cut on the fold, with an inverted box pleat at the centre front. Six buttons, set in three pairs, are sewn through the centre of the pleat to hold it; the pleat opens below the buttons.

Sleeves: Set-in sleeves with a tab stitched to the wrong side on the marked line. The sleeve is rolled up and the tab buttons onto the outside of the sleeve.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam and a zipper at the neck.

Finishing: Hem and sleeve hems turned under twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. A pressed inverted pleat, a faced neckline, a short zipper and two small tabs with buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Light blouse fabrics that hold a pressed pleat: cotton poplin, cotton lawn, viscose, linen blends, crepe de chine.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Zipper for the centre back
8 buttons (6 for the front pleat, 1 for each sleeve tab)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front – 1 piece on fold
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Sleeve Decorative Tab – 2 pieces
Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Back Neckline Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facings.
Overlock the center back edge of each Back piece separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the hem and press the seam allowances open. Insert the zipper.
Fold and press the inverted pleat on the Front. Baste the pleat along the neckline edge.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press the seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facings and press the seam allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facings on the blouse, right sides together, and stitch the neckline edge. Clip the seam allowances, turn the facings to the wrong side and press. Tack the facings to the shoulder seams and the zipper tape.
Fold each Sleeve Decorative Tab in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the long edge and one short edge. Trim the seam allowances at the corners, turn the tab right side out, straighten and press. Overlock the open short end. Topstitch the tabs to the wrong side of the sleeves at the markings.
Stitch the sleeve seams, press the seam allowances towards the back and overlock. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press the seam allowances and overlock.
Turn the lower edge of the blouse and the sleeves to the inside twice by 1 cm and topstitch.
Sew the front buttons through all layers along the center of the Front, securing the pleat.
Make buttonholes on the Sleeve Decorative Tabs. Sew the buttons on the sleeves.