Trapeze Collared Blouse with Concealed Closure & Sleeve Turn-Ups

Name: Trapeze Collared Blouse with Concealed Closure & Sleeve Turn-Ups
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2893
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2893

A women's loose, slightly flared blouse with short cut-on sleeves finished with turn-up cuffs, a shirt collar on a stand and a concealed five-button front placket. No darts, back cut on the fold. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Trapeze Collared Blouse with Concealed Closure & Sleeve Turn-Ups

A women's loose, slightly flared blouse with short cut-on sleeves finished with turn-up cuffs, a shirt collar on a stand and a concealed five-button front placket. No darts, back cut on the fold.

When To Wear

In summer, worn loose over trousers, jeans or a straight skirt.
For the office with tailored trousers or a pencil skirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, widening slightly towards the hem, with dropped shoulders.

Length: Hip length, with a curved hem that rises at the sides.

Collar: Shirt collar on a separate two-piece stand; collar and stand interfaced.

Sleeves: Short sleeves cut in one with the front and back. Each sleeve edge has a two-layer cuff sewn into a ring and folded up as a turn-up.

Closure: Concealed button closure. The right front has a grown-on placket folded to the inside, with buttonholes worked in it and a line of topstitching along the front edge at the width of the placket, so the buttons and buttonholes are hidden. The left front has a separate placket, folded in half, which carries the 5 buttons.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, no seams or darts.

Finishing: Hem turned up 1 cm and then another 1 cm, and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A collar on a stand, a concealed placket built from two different front edge finishes, and cuffs sewn as rings.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics made of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (collar, collar stand, left placket, buttonhole area of the right front placket)
5 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 seam allowances – 1 cm. Hem allowance – 2.0 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match! Attention! Markings on the patterns are made on the right side.

From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece on the fold
- Right Front – 1 piece
- Left Front – 1 piece
- Left Placket – 1 piece
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 4 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Collar – 1 piece
- Left Placket – 1 piece
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the collar, left placket and stand collar pieces. Also fuse the buttonhole area of the grown-on placket on the right front.
Processing the left front edge: Press the left placket in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Stitch the left placket to the left front, overlock the allowances and press them towards the front. Processing the right front edge: Overlock the outer edge. Press the grown-on placket to the wrong side along line 3. Make the buttonholes. Press the placket along the front edge line, aligning it with line 3. Topstitch along the front edge at the width of the placket to secure it.
Stitch the shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Place the upper collar and lower collar right sides together, stitch the ends and the outer edge of the collar. Trim seams, turn the collar right side out, shape and press. Place the stand collar pieces right sides together, insert the finished collar between them, align notches and stitch, stitching the ends of the stand at the same time. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked neckline seam line of the stand. Turn the finished collar right side out and press. Stitch the outer stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the inner stand and topstitch it into the attachment seam.
Stitch the cuffs into rings and press the allowances open. Place cuffs in pairs right sides together and stitch the lower edge. Clip allowances, turn right side out and press.
Stitch the side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the cuffs to the sleeve edges, overlock the allowances and press them towards the garment.
Press the bottom hem of the garment to the wrong side by 1 cm, then by another 1 cm and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the left front edge.