Blouse With Keyhole
The Blouse With Keyhole Neckline offers a chic and versatile design, highlighted by its distinctive V-neckline featuring a stylish keyhole opening and a decorative self-fabric tie.
When To Wear
This elegant blouse offers a chic and versatile option suitable for a variety of occasions:
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Smart Casual Gatherings: Perfect for brunches, lunches, or relaxed professional settings where a polished yet comfortable look is desired.
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Evening & Date Nights: Its sophisticated keyhole detail and flowing silhouette make it an excellent choice for a refined evening ensemble.
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Workwear Refresh: Elevate your office attire by pairing this unique blouse with tailored trousers or skirts for a contemporary professional look.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a flowing, semi-fitted silhouette that gracefully drapes over the body for comfort and style.
Neckline: Features a sophisticated V-neckline opening into a stylish keyhole, accented by a gathered self-fabric tie that can be styled into a delicate bow.
Sleeves: Short, straight set-in sleeves provide a neat finish, allowing for ease of movement.
Back: Clean and unadorned, ensuring a smooth and elegant profile from behind.
Hem: a straight hemline that finishes at the hip, designed for versatility in styling.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires confident sewing skills, including precise curved stitching, working with facings and linings, creating gathers, and setting in sleeves.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight to medium-weight fabrics with good drape to best highlight the blouse's flowing silhouette and delicate details:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing
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, sleeve hem allowance – 1.2 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 (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Front - 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Bridge — 1 piece
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- From lining fabric:
- From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the back neckline facing with fusible interfacing. Apply fusible stay tape along the front neckline edge.
- Stitch the center front seam, press allowances open. Stitch the center front lining seam, press allowances open.
- Place the front with the lining right sides together and stitch the neckline edge from the shoulder seam to the end of the upper step and from the end of the lower step to the center seam. Clip allowances at curves, turn the lining to the wrong side and press. Secure the lining to the front along the edges and treat as one piece thereafter.
- Stitch the front step edge with a loosened thread and gather.
- Place the neckline facing with the back and stitch the neckline edge. Start and end the stitching strictly at the marked shoulder seam line. Clip allowances at curves.
- Stitch the shoulder seams, placing the front shoulder edge between the back and facing pieces. Turn allowances, press towards the back and overlock. Stitch the side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Overlock the lower edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Stitch the sleeve seam, press, overlock. Set sleeves into armholes. Press allowances and overlock.
- Press the garment hem twice to the wrong side by 1 cm and topstitch.
- Fold the bridge piece in half lengthwise right sides together and stitch along the long side. Turn the piece right side out, press. Wrap the bridge around the front step, adjust the length and stitch. Trim excess, overlock ends, positioning the seam on the wrong side.
