Asymmetrical Front Blouse Wide Collar
A distinctive blouse pattern featuring an elegant wide collar and a striking asymmetrical button-front closure, tailored for a sophisticated silhouette.
When To Wear:
- Professional Settings: Elevate your work wardrobe with this chic and polished top, ideal for business casual environments.
- Evening & Social Events: Make a sophisticated statement at dinners, parties, or cultural gatherings.
- Fashion-Forward Casual: Pair with tailored trousers or a skirt for an elevated, stylish everyday look.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Fitted through the bodice, shaping gracefully to the hip with a defined waistline.
Neckline & Collar: Features a wide, rounded, stand-up collar that flows elegantly into the asymmetrical front opening, creating a sophisticated frame for the face.
Closure: a prominent asymmetrical front closure with 19 decorative buttons, creating a unique diagonal line across the bodice. The blouse also includes a hidden zipper closure in the center back seam for a smooth fit.
Sleeves: Long, voluminous sleeves with subtle gathers at the shoulder, tapering and gathered into fitted, two-button cuffs at the wrist.
Hem: An asymmetrical hemline, subtly curved and longer on the side with the button placket.
Back: Structured back featuring a center seam and elegant princess seams for a tailored, figure-flattering fit.
Level Of Difficulty
Advanced. This pattern requires confident sewing skills for precise collar attachment, insertion of a hidden zipper, creating the asymmetrical button placket with numerous buttons, and achieving a tailored fit with multiple curved seams.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers that offer some structure and drape well:
- Cotton sateen
- Linen blends
- Viscose blends
- Crisp silks
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Hidden zipper
- 19 buttons
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 seams 1 cm; hem allowance – 1.5 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Center back - 2 pieces
- Side back - 2 pieces
- Right side front - 1 piece
- Center front - 1 piece
- Left side front - 1 piece
- Collar stand — 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve — 2 pieces
- Cuff — 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Right front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Left front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Back hem facing – 1 piece
- Right front hem facing – 1 piece
- Left front hem facing – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Collar stand — 1 piece
- Collar – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Right front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Left front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Back hem facing – 1 piece
- Right front hem facing – 1 piece
- Left front hem facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Finish the raw edges of the center back pieces separately. Stitch the center back seam from the neckline edge to the first mark and from the second mark to the bottom edge, press seam allowances open. Insert the concealed zipper.
- Stitch the back princess seams, press seam allowances towards the center, and finish the raw edges.
- Stitch the bust dart on the left side front piece, press the dart depth upwards. Stitch the right front princess seam, press seam allowances towards the center, and finish the raw edges.
- Finish the vertical raw edges of the left side front and center front pieces separately. Attach the left side front piece to the center front between the marks. Clip the seam allowances at the marks, press the seam open.
- Stitch the shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back, and finish the raw edges.
- Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 15 cm long for the loop fasteners. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and shape the rouleau. Cut into two parts and adjust loop lengths.
- Place collar pieces right sides together, stitch the ends and the outer edge. 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 stand and inserting the loop fastener. Turn the finished collar right side out and press. Attach the collar to the neckline.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the back and front neckline facings, press seam allowances open. Finish the outer edge. Place the facing on the right side of the garment and stitch the neckline and of the vertical seam of the center front piece, inserting the loop fastener. Clip seam allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Stitch the facing to the shoulder seam allowances.
- Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back, and finish the raw edges.
- Finish the sleeve seams separately. Stitch the sleeve seam from the top to the slit mark, press seam allowances open. Stitch a reinforcing line along the slit. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press seam allowances and finish the raw edges. Create and secure arbitrary pleats at the lower edge of the sleeve.
- Place the cuff piece right sides together and stitch the side edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked seam line for attaching the cuff. Trim seam allowances. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the seam allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam of attaching the outer cuff.
- Stitch the side seams of the hem facings, press seam allowances open. Finish the outer edge. Place the facing on the right side of the garment and stitch the bottom edge and the bias edges of the front seam. Clip seam allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Stitch the facing to the side seam allowances.
- Sew buttons corresponding to the loop fasteners and on the vertical front seam. Make buttonholes and sew buttons on the cuffs.
