Henley Blouse with Roll Up Sleeves
Introducing a women's sewing pattern for a relaxed Henley blouse, featuring a classic button placket and versatile roll-up sleeves.
When To Wear
This tunic offers a comfortable yet polished aesthetic, making it ideal for:
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Casual Everyday: Its comfortable drape and easy style are perfect for daily wear and relaxed outings.
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Seasonal Adaptability: The functional roll-up sleeves make it ideal for transitioning between seasons or varying temperatures.
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Effortless Chic: Pair with jeans or tailored trousers for a polished yet comfortable look suitable for work or leisure.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a comfortable, relaxed silhouette designed to fall gracefully down the hip.
Neckline: a gentle faced round neckline seamlessly transitions into the front placket.
Closure: a classic Henley placket with a button-front opening.
Sleeves: Long, full sleeves have plain caps and lower gathered panels and sleeve bands designed with functional tabs for rolling up.
Back: Features a back yoke with subtle gathers for added ease and a pleasing drape.
Hem: a straight hemline completes the blouse's versatile shape.
Length: Hip length, extending to a comfortable mid-hip or upper-thigh level.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves precise construction of the Henley placket, sleeve gathering, and roll-up tab application.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight, fluid fabrics for the best drape:
- Light blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 8 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Hem allowance – 2 cm, other seams – 1 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). Attention! In this model, the cuffs serve a purely decorative function (they do not fasten).
- From main fabric:
- Front yoke – 2 pieces
- Lower front – 1 piece
- Back yoke – 1 piece
- Lower back – 1 piece on fold
- Placket – 4 pieces
- Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
- Lower sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Neck facing – 2 pieces
- Tab – 4 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Neck facing – 1 piece
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Fuse interfacing to the plackets, neck facing, and cuffs.
- Along the upper edges of the lower front and back pieces, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather.
- Attach the lower front and back pieces to the yokes. Overlock seams and press upwards.
- Fold plackets in pairs right sides together and stitch: the left placket along the outer edge to the bottom (to the start of the corner), the right placket along the outer edge and corner to the notch. On the right placket, clip the seam allowance at the notch. Turn pieces right side out and press. On the front, clip the placket allowance, stopping 1 mm before the seam line. Attach the outer parts of the plackets to the front. Turn the left placket to the right side, tucking the bottom allowance inwards. Turn the right placket to the right side, smoothing out the bottom corner from the right side. Fold the allowances of the inner plackets inwards. Stitch a topstitch along the plackets, simultaneously attaching the inner edge. Secure the bottom corner of the right placket from the right side.
- Stitch side and shoulder seams. Overlock seams and press towards the back.
- Fold neck facings right sides together and stitch along the inner edge and short sides. Start and end stitching strictly at the marked line for attaching the facing to the neckline. Turn right side out, clipping curves. Attach the outer facing to the neckline. Fold the allowance of the inner facing and topstitch into the seam of the outer facing.
- Cut the lower sleeve piece along the marking. Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and equal to twice the length of the sleeve slit. Fold the binding in half lengthwise and press. Unfold the binding. Direct the outer edges of the binding to the center of the binding and press. Fold in half again and press. Finish the sleeve slits with bias binding.
- Fold tabs in pairs and stitch along two long sides and the corner. Turn right side out, trimming allowances at corners, straighten and press. Along the upper edge of the lower sleeve piece, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather. Stitch the lower and upper sleeve pieces, inserting the tab into the seam from the wrong side. Stitch the sleeve seam. Overlock and press towards the back of the sleeve. Set sleeves into armholes. Overlock seam and press.
- Fold cuffs in half right sides together and stitch short sides. Turn cuffs right side out and press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve. Fold under the inner side of the cuff and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Hem the bottom of the garment by folding twice by 1 cm to the wrong side and topstitching.
- On the right front, cuffs, and tabs, make buttonholes. On the left front, cuff, and sleeve, sew on buttons.
