Blouse With Long Cuffed Sleeves
Introducing a chic women's blouse pattern designed with a fitted silhouette, featuring elegant long sleeves gathered at the shoulders and into buttoned cuffs, and a classic round neckline.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a touch of elegance to various occasions, including:
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Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear or business casual environments, offering a polished appearance.
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Everyday Elegance: Elevates daily outfits with its refined design and comfortable fit.
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Smart Casual Gatherings: Suitable for brunches, dinners, or social events where a sophisticated yet relaxed style is desired.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a flattering fitted silhouette that gently skims the body.
Neckline: Classic round neckline, finished with a facing for a clean look.
Sleeves: Voluminous long sleeves gathered at the shoulder and drawn into buttoned cuffs, creating a stylish balloon effect.
Hem: Straight hemline, designed to hit at a versatile length.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern involves techniques such as sewing darts, applying neckline facings, creating sleeve gathers and cuffs with buttonholes, and setting in sleeves.
Fabric Recommendations
For the best drape and comfort, select lightweight blouse fabrics:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 2 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: hem allowance – 2.0 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.
- From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Front – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff - 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Cuff - 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Stitch bust darts, press seam allowances upwards.
- Stitch side and shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch shoulder seams of neckline facings, press seam allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip seam allowances, turn the facing to the wrong side, smooth out, and press. Stitch the facing to the shoulder seam allowances.
- Make a slit on the sleeve along the marked line. Cut a bias strip from the main fabric, 4 cm wide and a length equal to twice the slit length + 4 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise and press. Press the outer seam allowances towards the center. Finish the sleeve slit with the bias strip.
- Stitch the sleeve seam, press seam allowances and overlock. Stitch a gathering thread along the upper and lower edges of the sleeve and gather.
- Fold the cuff in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short sides and the step. Start stitching strictly at the marked line for attaching the cuff to the sleeve. At the mark, clip the seam allowances, turn the cuff right side out and press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the bottom of the sleeve. Turn under the inner side of the cuff and topstitch into the attachment seam.
- Set sleeves into armholes, press seam allowances and overlock.
- Fold the bottom edge of the garment twice by 1 cm to the inside and topstitch.
- Overlock buttonholes on the cuffs. Sew on buttons.
