Pleated Blouse Ruffled Collar and Cuffs
Introducing a versatile women's sewing pattern for a chic blouse featuring delicate front pleats, a charming ruffled stand collar, and stylish ruffled cuffs for a touch of elegance.
When To Wear:
- Professional Settings: a polished choice for office wear, meetings, or business casual environments.
- Casual & Everyday Elegance: Elevates everyday outfits, perfect for brunch, outings, or smart-casual gatherings.
- Special Occasions: Suitable for events where a refined yet comfortable top is desired, such as dinners or celebrations.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, straight-fit blouse offering comfortable elegance.
Collar: Features a stylish ruffled stand collar, gathered for a soft, decorative finish.
Front: Adorned with elegant pleats gracefully flowing down the center front bodice from the neckline.
Back: a keyhole opening at the back neckline, secured with a fabric loop and single button closure.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves finished with elasticated ruffled cuffs, creating a delicate voluminous effect.
Hem: a straight blouse-length hem.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in creating pleats, gathering fabric, constructing a ruffled collar, forming a fabric loop, and inserting elastic into a casing.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight blouse fabrics that drape well to enhance the pleats and ruffles:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Elastic tape, 0.3 – 0.7 cm wide
- 1 button
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, the patterns include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment and sleeve – 2 cm; other seams – 1 cm. Attention! First of all, 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 parts). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece with fold
- Front - 1 piece with fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar — 1 piece with fold
Sewing Instructions
- Lay the front pleats and secure them along the neckline edge.
- Make a slit on the back. Cut a bias binding for finishing the back slit, equal to twice the slit length + 4 cm and 5 cm wide. Press the binding lengthwise in the middle with the right side out. Lay the back along the slit line in a straight line, place the binding on the right side, aligning the edges, and stitch. The seam allowance along the slit length is 0.5 – 0.7 cm, decreasing to 0.2 cm at the bottom of the slit. Fold the binding to the wrong side, wrapping around the seam, and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Stitch the shoulder and side edges of the back and front, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long for the loop. Fold the strip lengthwise in the middle with the right side in and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim the allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip out and straighten the loop. Adjust the loop length. Sew the loop to the left side of the back.
- Overlock the upper edge of the collar, fold inwards and topstitch. Alternatively, the edge can be finished with bias binding, for which the allowance needs to be trimmed. Overlock the middle edges, fold inwards and topstitch. Along the lower edge, make a stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Attach the collar to the neckline. Overlock the allowances and press towards the main garment. Make a securing stitch on the right side 0.5 cm from the seam.
- Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock the allowances and press towards the back. Along the sleeve cap, make a stitch with loosened upper thread and gather slightly. Set the sleeve into the armhole. Overlock the allowances and press towards the main garment.
- Fold the bottom of the garment and sleeve inwards by 1 cm, then another 1 cm, and topstitch.
- Sew the button to the right side of the back.
- Adjust the length of the elastic tape. Stitch the tape into a ring. Attach the elastic tape to the sleeve, stretching slightly.
