Band Collar Eyelet Blouse with Pintucks
Beautifully designed blouse featuring a chic band collar, delicate eyelet lace inserts across the décolletage and shoulders, and elegant pintucks on the front bodice.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a touch of sophisticated elegance to various occasions, including:
- Smart Casual Outings: Ideal for daily wear, offering comfort with refined details.
- Semi-Formal Gatherings: Suitable for brunches, luncheons, or relaxed social events.
- Business Casual Settings: Pairs beautifully with tailored trousers or skirts for a professional yet stylish office look.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a comfortable, relaxed fit that gently skims the body, ensuring both elegance and ease of movement.
Neckline & Collar: Features a stylish stand-up band collar, offering a clean and modern neckline.
Closure: a full-length front placket with button-through fastening, allowing for versatile styling.
Front Details: The upper bodice is adorned with exquisite eyelet lace inserts that sweep across the chest, complemented by delicate vertical pintucks on the lower front for added texture and sophistication.
Sleeves: Long, voluminous sleeves feature eyelet lace inserts on the upper arm, gathering softly into narrow, single-button cuffs, creating a gentle puff effect.
Back: a clean and unadorned back bodice maintains a sleek profile.
Hem: a straight bottom hem for a classic finish.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires familiarity with constructing plackets, band collars, precise pintucking, and working with delicate lace or eyelet fabrics.
Fabric Recommendations
For the main garment, choose lightweight, fluid fabrics that drape beautifully. For the inserts, a complementary eyelet fabric is recommended:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers (e.g., crepe, rayon, challis)
- Eyelet lace fabric with scalloped edges (for the inserts)
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 11 buttons
Cutter's Must
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece with fold
- Front yoke - 2 pieces
- Lower front - 2 pieces
- Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
- Lower sleeve – 2 pieces
- Placket — 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- From contrast fabric:
- Front insert – 2 pieces
- Sleeve insert – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Placket — 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
Attention! When cutting the front insert and sleeve insert pieces, the bottom edge of these pieces should be positioned at some distance from the edge of the scallops for ease of topstitching.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Stitch bust darts, press allowances upwards.
- Stitch pleats on the lower front, folding the piece wrong sides together. Press pleats towards the center.
- Attach the front yoke to the insert, press allowances upwards and serge. Serge the upper edge of the lower front. Lay the front insert onto the lower, aligning the marked stitching lines and topstitch.
- Press the placket lengthwise in the middle, right side out. Attach the outer side of the placket to the front, press allowances towards the placket. Fold under the edge of the inner placket and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
- Fold collar stand pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer contour. Start and end stitching strictly at the marked seam line for attachment. Clip allowances at curves. Turn the finished collar stand right side out and press.
- Attach the outer of the collar stand to the neckline, press allowances towards the collar stand. Fold under the open edge of the inner collar stand and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Attach the upper sleeve to the insert, press allowances upwards and serge. Serge the upper edge of the lower sleeve. Lay the sleeve insert onto the lower, aligning the marked stitching lines and topstitch.
- Serge sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam from the armhole to the slit mark, press allowances open. Topstitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Along the sleeve cap, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Set sleeves into armholes, press allowances and serge. Along the lower sleeve edge, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather.
- Fold the cuff lengthwise in the middle, right side out, and stitch side seams. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold under the allowance of the inner cuff and topstitch into the attachment seam of the outer cuff.
- Fold the bottom hem of the garment inwards by 1 cm, then by 1.5 cm and topstitch.
- On the right placket and collar stand, make buttonholes; on the left, sew on buttons. Make buttonholes and sew on buttons on the cuffs.
