Button-Front Shirt Collar Long Sleeve Blouse

Name: Button-Front Shirt Collar Long Sleeve Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2458
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2458

A women's long-sleeved blouse with an asymmetric front closure offset to one side, soft folds radiating from the shoulder towards the buttons, a stand collar and gathered sleeves on buttoned cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Button-Front Shirt Collar Long Sleeve Blouse

A women's long-sleeved blouse with an asymmetric front closure offset to one side, soft folds radiating from the shoulder towards the buttons, a stand collar and gathered sleeves on buttoned cuffs.

When To Wear

For the office, with straight trousers or a pencil skirt.
In spring and autumn, tucked into a skirt or worn loose over trousers.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, semi-fitted, hip length with a straight hem.

Collar: Stand collar in two layers, interfaced, inserted between the bodice and the facings; it buttons at the front.

Front: Separate right and left fronts; the closure runs off-centre from the collar to the hem, with buttonholes on the right front and buttons on the left. Folds gather from the shoulder into the upper closure.

Closure: 11 buttons in total, on the front, the collar stand and the cuffs.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves, gathered into cuffs folded in half; a sleeve-seam opening topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, neckline finished with an interfaced back neck facing.

Finishing: Interfaced front facings joined to the back neck facing at the shoulders; hem turned 1 cm, then 1.5 cm, and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An asymmetric faced front with the stand collar sewn in, gathered sleeves with openings, two-part cuffs and a long row of buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

11 buttons
Fusible interfacing (collar stand, cuffs, front facings, back neck facing)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Right front - 1 piece
- Left front - 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Right facing - 1 piece
- Left facing - 1 piece
- Back neckline facing - 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Collar stand – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Right facing - 1 piece
- Left facing - 1 piece
- Back neckline facing - 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Attention! Markings on patterns are on the right side!

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
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. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners. Turn the finished collar stand right side out and press.
Stitch shoulder seams of facings and back neckline facing, press allowances open. Serge the outer edge. Place facing on front and back and stitch the front edges and neckline, inserting the collar stand. Clip allowances, turn facing and neckline facing to the wrong side. Secure pieces along shoulder seams.
Serge sleeve edges separately. Stitch sleeve seam from armhole to slit mark, press allowances open. Topstitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Along the lower edge of the sleeve, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather.
Fold cuff lengthwise right sides together and stitch side edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked line for attaching the cuff to the sleeve. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam of attaching the outer cuff.
Fold the bottom hem of the garment inwards by 1 cm, then by 1.5 cm and topstitch.
On the right front and collar stand, make buttonholes; on the left, sew on buttons. Make buttonholes and sew on buttons on the cuffs.