Chinese Style Blouse
Introducing a chic women's blouse pattern featuring a distinctive crossover front, an elegant stand collar, and sophisticated short sleeves.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a touch of elegance to various occasions, making it suitable for:
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Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear, business meetings, or corporate events.
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Casual Elegance: Pairs beautifully with trousers or skirts for elevated everyday style.
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Evening & Social Gatherings: a refined choice for dinners, parties, or special events when made with luxurious fabrics.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Fitted through the torso with bust, waist and shoulder darts on the front and back.
Neckline & Collar: Features a stylish stand collar, cut in one with the fronts, that transitions into a V-neck opening at the crossover front.
Closure: Distinctive asymmetric crossover front, fastened with five buttons and rouleau loops along the curved overlapping edge, which is finished with elegant piping; an inner button and buttonhole hold the underlap.
Sleeves: Short, subtly shaped cap sleeves offering a comfortable and flattering arm line.
Back: Clean back design with a center back seam and shaping darts for a tailored fit.
Hem: Straight hem designed to be worn untucked or neatly tucked in.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including dart construction, collar attachment, and working with piping and rouleau loops.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose dense blouse fabrics that hold their shape well, from natural or blended fibers:
- Dense blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 6 buttons
- Finished piping (approximate length is marked on the Front pattern piece)
- Decorative closure
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Stand Collar – 1 piece
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the inner Stand Collar, the Center Front Facings and the Back Neckline Facing.
- Mark and stitch the bust, waist, and shoulder darts on the front and back. Press bust darts upwards, and waist and shoulder darts towards the center of the pieces.
- Stitch the center back seam. Press seam allowances towards the left side seam and serge.
- Stitch the outer Stand Collar to the back neckline, clip seam allowances, and press towards the stand collar.
- Stitch the side seams, and the shoulder seams together with the stand collar edges. Press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
- Stitch the inner Stand Collar to the neckline of the Back Neckline Facing, press seam allowances open. Stitch and press open the shoulder seams joining the Back Neckline Facing and the Center Front Facings. Serge the outer edge.
- Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 20 cm long. 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 it into loops. The length of one loop is approximately 4 cm.
- Place the Center Front Facing on the right side of the Front, right sides together, pin, and stitch along the front edge and the stand collar edge, inserting the finished piping and rouleau loops according to markings. Trim seams at corners. Turn the front edges and stand collar right side out, and shape the seams.
- Serge the lower edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. Stitch and serge the sleeve seams. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press, and serge.
- Press the bottom of the garment to the wrong side by 1 cm, then another 1 cm, and topstitch.
- Stitch on the decorative closure. Sew on the buttons. Make a buttonhole on the inner (underlapping) front. Sew on the corresponding button.
