Short Sleeve Asymmetrical Front Blouse
A women's loose blouse with short dropped-shoulder sleeves, a shirt collar on a stand and a short buttoned placket. The front is layered asymmetrically: the faced edge of the right front overlaps a double-layer insert and the left front, and the layers step down to an uneven hem.
When To Wear
- In summer, with straight trousers, jeans or a pencil skirt.
- For casual days and a relaxed office.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Loose, boxy body.
Length: Hip length; the front panels hang lower than the back.
Collar: Shirt collar on a separate stand, interfaced.
Sleeves: Short, set into a dropped shoulder; the sleeve seam is stitched together with the side seam. 2.5 cm sleeve hem.
Closure: Short placket on the right front made from two interfaced strips, the right one lapped over the left and secured at the lower corner. Three buttons: two on the placket, one on the collar stand.
Front: Right front faced along its front and lower edges and topstitched 0.7 cm from the edge; the facing is topstitched to the front along a curved marked line. A separate insert, cut double and topstitched 0.7 cm from the edge, is set between the left front and the facing. The left front edge and hem are double-turned (1 cm + 1 cm) and topstitched.
Back: Back yoke cut on the fold, joined to a one-piece back cut on the fold.
Finishing: Back hem double-turned and topstitched; seams overlocked.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. A placket set into a slash with clipped corners, a collar on a stand, and a layered front that has to be assembled in the right order.
Fabric Recommendations
Blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres.
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing (collar, collar stand, plackets, right front facing)
- 3 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back yoke – 1 piece with fold
- Back – 1 piece with fold
- Left front – 1 piece
- Right front – 1 piece
- Front insert – 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve - 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Right front facing – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Collar stand – 1 piece
- Collar – 1 piece
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Right front facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Stitch the yoke to the back, press seam allowances downwards, serge.
- Press the plackets in half lengthwise, right side out. Place the plackets on the right front piece, wrong side to right side, and stitch. Make diagonal cuts on the front piece at the corners. Turn the plackets to the wrong side and smooth out. Place the right placket over the left, secure the bottom corner with a double stitch from the wrong side. Press and serge seam allowances.
- Fold the right front with its facing, and stitch the front and bottom edges. Clip seam allowances, trim corners, turn the piece right side out, smooth, and press. Topstitch along the edge at 0.7 cm.
- Press the vertical edge of the left front 1 cm to the wrong side, then another 1 cm, and topstitch. Press the bottom edge of the left front 1 cm to the wrong side, then another 1 cm, and topstitch.
- Fold the insert pieces right sides together and stitch the front and bottom edges. Trim seam allowances at the corner, turn the piece right side out, smooth, and press. Topstitch along the edge at 0.7 cm.
- Fold the left front with the right front facing right sides together, insert the front insert between the pieces, and stitch. Press and serge seam allowances. Topstitch the right front facing to the front along the marked line.
- Stitch shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back, serge.
- Fold the upper collar with the undercollar right sides together, stitch the ends and the outer edge. Clip seam allowances at curves, trim corners. Turn the collar right side out, smooth, and press. Fold the collar stand pieces right sides together, insert the prepared collar between them, align notches, and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the stand. Start and end the stitching strictly at the marked line of the collar stand insertion seam. Turn the finished collar right side out and press. Stitch the upper collar stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the lower collar stand, and topstitch into the seam of the upper collar stand insertion.
- Stitch sleeves to the garment, press seam allowances towards the sleeve and serge.
- Stitch the side seam simultaneously with the sleeve seam, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
- Press the bottom edge of the back 1 cm to the wrong side, then another 1 cm, and topstitch. Serge the bottom edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Make buttonholes on the placket and collar stand, and sew on buttons accordingly.
