Fitted Blouse with Front Ruffle & Tulip Sleeve

Name: Fitted Blouse with Front Ruffle & Tulip Sleeve
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4293
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4293

A fitted women's blouse with a stand collar on a V-neckline, a flounce on each side of the front button placket and short tulip sleeves made of two overlapping halves. Shaped with darts front and back and a centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin, soft, drapey blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Fitted Blouse with Front Ruffle & Tulip Sleeve

When To Wear

In spring and summer, worn on its own with skirts or trousers.
Tucked into a pencil skirt or worn over trousers for the office.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped with waist, shoulder and bust darts on the fronts and waist and shoulder darts on the back.

Length: Hip length, with a curved hem.

Collar: Narrow stand collar, open at the front where the neckline drops into a V.

Sleeves: Short tulip sleeves: a back half and a front half that overlap at the marks and are set into the armhole together. The lower armhole is finished with a folded bias binding.

Front: Separate button placket, interfaced, closing with 6 buttons. A spiral-cut flounce is sewn along each side of the placket from the neckline down to the bust.

Back: Centre back seam, waist and shoulder darts.

Finishing: Flounce edges finished with a narrow rolled hem; sleeve and garment hems pressed under and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Several sets of darts, a separate faced placket, a stand collar, spiral flounces with a rolled edge and two-part sleeves combined with a bias-bound armhole.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin, soft, drapey blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (outer collar stand, outer plackets)
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Back - 2 pieces
Front - 2 pieces
Placket - 4 pieces
Collar Stand – 2 pieces
Flounce — 2 pieces
Back sleeve – 2 pieces
Front sleeve – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Collar Stand – 1 piece
Placket – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the outer plackets and outer collar stand.
Place collar stand pieces right sides together and stitch. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked seam line for attaching. Clip seam allowances at curves. Turn the finished collar stand right side out and press.
Stitch the waist, shoulder, and bust darts on the back and front. Press the depths of the shoulder and waist darts towards the center of the respective pieces, and the depths of the bust darts upwards. Stitch the center back seam, press seam allowances to the left side and overlock.
Cut the flounce in a spiral. Overlock the outer edge of the flounce with a narrow rolled hem. Place the flounce on the front between the marks and secure along the edge.
Place placket pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge. Turn the pieces right side out and press. Attach the outer placket to the front, press seam allowances towards the placket. Fold the inner placket inwards and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Attach the upper collar stand to the neckline, fold the open edge of the lower collar stand under and topstitch into the attachment seam of the upper collar stand.
Overlock the sleeve hem, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Place the back sleeve on the front, aligning the marks, and secure along the upper edge. Attach the sleeves into the armhole, clip seam allowances at the marks, press and overlock.
Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the length of the lower of the armhole + 6 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the bias binding with the armhole edge on the right side, extending the tails, and stitch. Fold the bias binding to the wrong side, clip the seams with notches and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
Overlock the garment hem, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
On the right placket, make buttonholes; on the left, sew on buttons.