Raglan Sleeve Blouse
A sophisticated blouse pattern featuring elegant raglan sleeves with intricate gathers at the lower arm, creating a soft, voluminous silhouette.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for various occasions, offering both comfort and style:
- Everyday Elegance: Elevates casual outfits with a touch of refined detailing.
- Office & Professional Settings: a comfortable yet polished choice for workwear.
- Special Occasions: Easily dressed up for events requiring a chic and comfortable top.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Loose-fitting and relaxed, providing comfortable wear and a flattering drape.
Neckline: a classic jewel neckline, finished with a facing for a clean look.
Sleeves: Distinctive raglan sleeves with a three-part construction and gathers along the lower arm, creating a full and stylish volume that narrows at the cuff.
Back: Features a center back seam, ensuring a smooth and clean finish.
Closure: An invisible zipper at the center back provides a seamless and discreet fastening.
Hem: a straight hemline that falls to the hip, allowing for versatile styling tucked in or worn loose.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in dart construction, assembling multi-part sleeves with gathers, inserting an invisible zipper, and applying neck facings.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose light to medium-weight fabrics with good drape to best showcase the sleeve volume and overall silhouette:
- Well-draping blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Invisible zipper
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: all seam allowances – 1 cm, hem allowance – 2 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Back sleeve – 2 pieces
- Middle sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front sleeve – 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece on fold
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece on fold
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Stitch darts on front pieces, press allowances upwards.
- Attach the back sleeve to the middle, clipping the middle at the corner. Press allowances towards the back and overlock. Along the curved edge of the middle sleeve between the marks, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Attach the front sleeve to the middle, press allowances towards the front and overlock.
- Overlock the middle edges of the back separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the bottom, press allowances open. Insert the zipper.
- Attach the front sleeve parts to the front from the mark to the armhole, press allowances open and overlock. Attach the back sleeve parts to the back, press allowances towards the sleeve and overlock.
- Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the sleeve hem length + 5 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the sleeve hem, right sides together, and stitch. Clip allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
- Stitch the sleeve hems and side seams in one continuous seam, press allowances and overlock.
- Stitch the front and back facing pieces together from the mark to the bottom. Clip allowances at the mark, press open. Overlock the outer edge of the facing. Place the facing with the garment, right sides together, and stitch the neckline edge and front slits. Clip allowances, trim corners, turn the facing to the wrong side, straighten, and press. Secure the facing to the zipper tape and raglan seams.
- Press the bottom edge of the garment up by 1 cm, then another 1 cm, and topstitch.
