Fitted Blouse Tailcoat Hem Long Sleeve

Name: Fitted Blouse Tailcoat Hem Long Sleeve
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2527
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2527

This Minerva sewing pattern for a Fitted Blouse with Tailcoat Hem and Long Sleeves creates a women's blouse. It features a sculpted, fitted silhouette, elegant side ruching, and a distinctive tailcoat-inspired asymmetrical hemline with French cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements, this intermediate pattern is versatile for business casual, smart everyday wear, and evening events, recommending lightweight to medium-weight blouse fabrics with good drape and structure.

Tech. Description

Fitted Blouse Tailcoat Hem Long Sleeve

Introducing a chic women's blouse pattern featuring a sculpted, fitted silhouette, elegant side ruching, and a distinctive tailcoat-inspired asymmetrical hemline.

When To Wear

This stylish blouse offers versatility for a range of occasions, making it perfect for:

Business Casual: Elevate your office attire with its polished yet contemporary design.
Smart Everyday Wear: Ideal for refined daytime events, luncheons, or elevated casual outings.
Evening Chic: Pair with tailored trousers or skirts for a sophisticated night-out ensemble.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: a close-fitting, sculpted silhouette enhanced by vertical seams and distinctive side ruching that gathers the fabric at the waist.

Neckline & Collar: Features a classic pointed shirt collar atop a crisp stand, framing the neck elegantly.

Closure: a full-length front placket with button closure, offering a traditional yet refined finish.

Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves ending in elegant French cuffs, designed for optional cufflinks to add a touch of sophistication.

Back: Defined by vertical seams that shape the torso, flowing into an elongated, split tailcoat-style hem.

Hem: a unique high-low, asymmetrical hemline; shorter and angled at the front, extending into a longer, split "tail" at the back.

Waist: Accented by functional elastic thread ruching along the side seams, which creates a flattering cinched effect and enhances the fitted shape.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Requires skills in constructing shirt collars & French cuffs, creating button plackets, working with fitted seams, and applying elastic thread for gathering.

Fabric Recommendations

Choose lightweight to medium-weight fabrics with good drape and structure, such as:

Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers (e.g., cotton shirting, linen blends, viscose, silk blends)

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing
7 buttons
2 cufflinks
Elastic thread

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Hem allowance - 1.5 cm, other seams - 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).

From main fabric:
- Center back – 1 piece on fold
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Collar – 1 piece
- Collar stand – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Interface pieces with fusible interfacing.
Stitch darts on the back. Press seam allowances towards the center.
Stitch the back princess seam. Overlock seam allowance and press towards the center.
Stitch the front princess seam. Overlock seam allowance and press towards the front. Along the side front, along the side seam from the armhole to the mark, stitch with a loosened thread and gather slightly. Stitch side seams. Along the side seam, stitch with elastic thread, adjust the length of the side seam using the pattern and secure the ends of the elastic. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back.
Stitch shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Place the upper collar and undercollar right sides together. Stitch the ends and outer edge of the collar. Trim seams. Turn the collar right side out, shape and press. Place collar stand pieces right sides together, insert the finished collar between them, align notches and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the collar stand. Turn the finished collar stand right side out and press.
Stitch shoulder seams of the back neckline facing and front facings. Press seam allowances open. Overlock outer edges.
Place the front facing and back neckline facing onto the right side of the main garment, secure at the seams and stitch, inserting the collar. Turn the front facing and back neckline facing to the wrong side and press the front edges. Stitch securing stitches along the edge of the front opening.
Make a slit on the sleeve along the marked line. Cut a bias strip from the main fabric 4 cm wide and a length equal to twice the slit length + 4 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise and press. Press outer seam allowances towards the center. Finish the sleeve slit with the bias strip. Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock seam allowances and press towards the back of the sleeve. Set sleeves into armholes, press seam allowances and overlock.
Fold the cuff in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short sides. Trim seam allowances at corners and turn right side out. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve. Fold the seam allowance of the inner side inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, fold inwards and topstitch.
Make a buttonhole on the right collar stand, sew a button on the left. Make buttonholes and sew buttons on the front. Make buttonholes on the cuffs. Fold the cuffs with inner sides together, align buttonholes and secure with cufflinks. Tip: Instead of a cufflink, you can use a pair of identical buttons.