Pleated Front Tulip Sleeve Blouse

Name: Pleated Front Tulip Sleeve Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2639
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2639

A women's loose pull-on blouse with a pointed front yoke and soft pleats below it, a round neckline finished with bias tape, and short tulip sleeves made of two overlapping halves. Keyhole slit with a button and loop at the back neck. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: soft blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Pleated Front Tulip Sleeve Blouse

When To Wear

In summer with trousers, jeans or a straight skirt, worn untucked.
For the office under a jacket or cardigan.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, straight body; the volume comes from the pleats below the front yoke.

Length: To the hip, straight hem.

Neckline: Round neckline, faced with a bias strip turned to the right side and topstitched; alternatively bound with bias tape.

Front: One piece cut on the fold, with pleats laid and secured along the upper edge and sewn to a V-shaped front yoke.

Sleeves: Short sleeves cut in two parts, front and back; each part is hemmed separately, then the parts are overlapped and joined at the cap, forming a tulip sleeve.

Back: Back yoke with a centre back seam and a slit at the neck, fastened with one button and a bias-cut rouleau loop; the back below the yoke is cut on the fold.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; hem turned under 1 cm and then 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Pleats into a pointed yoke seam, a bias neckline finish, a rouleau loop and overlapped sleeve halves; no zipper, interfacing or lining.

Fabric Recommendations

Soft blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back yoke - 2 pieces
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Front yoke - 1 piece
- Front - 1 piece on fold
- Front sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back sleeve – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Finish the center edges of the back yoke separately. Stitch the center seam of the back yoke from the slit mark to the bottom. Press seams open. Stitch a reinforcing line along the slit.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the back and front yokes, press allowances towards the back and finish.
Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long for the loop. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and straighten the loop. Adjust the loop length. Sew the loop to the left side of the back yoke.
Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge on the wrong! side, leaving tails, and stitch. Fold the binding to the right! side, clip the seams and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam. Alternatively, you can bind the neckline with bias binding (binding length is indicated on the back pattern piece). In this case, the neckline allowance should be trimmed to 0 cm.
Attach the back yoke to the back. Finish the allowance and press upwards.
Form and secure the pleats on the front. Attach the front to the yoke, press allowances upwards and finish.
Stitch the side seams, press allowances towards the back and finish.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances towards the back and finish. Finish the bottom edges of the upper and lower sleeve parts, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Lay the upper sleeve over the lower, aligning the notches, and secure at the sleeve cap.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, aligning the marks. Press and finish the allowances.
Hem the bottom of the garment by folding inwards 1 cm, then 1.5 cm, and topstitch.
Sew the button to the right side of the back yoke.