Blouse with Pleated Front and Petal Sleeves

Name: Blouse with Pleated Front and Petal Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4681
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4681

A fitted women's blouse with princess seams, a pleated front collar piece that falls like a jabot from the round neckline, a concealed button placket with six buttons, and short petal sleeves made of two overlapping parts. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Blouse with Pleated Front and Petal Sleeves

When To Wear

At the office with a pencil skirt or trousers.
In spring and summer on its own; under a sleeveless dress or waistcoat.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped by princess seams on the front and back and darts on the back.

Length: Hip length.

Collar: Two pieces with a hemmed rounded edge, pleated and stitched 3 cm down from the neckline, then turned to the front so the pleats open into ruffled edges on either side of the placket.

Closure: Concealed button placket at the centre front, with six buttons and buttonholes hidden under the outer placket.

Sleeves: Short petal sleeves: a front and a back part, each hemmed 2 cm, overlapped and gathered at the sleeve cap, then set into the armhole.

Back: Centre back seam, princess seams from the armhole and a back neck facing.

Finishing: Seams overlocked and pressed towards the centre or the back; hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A concealed placket with buttonholes, a pleated collar caught into the neckline and shoulder seams, princess seams, and gathered two-part sleeves.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

6 buttons
Fusible interfacing (front plackets, back neck facing)

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: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for the blouse bottom – 2 cm; allowance for the lower edges of the sleeves – 2 cm. Attention! First of all, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Center front – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Center back — 2 pieces
- Side back — 2 pieces
- Front sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back sleeve — 2 pieces
- Collar — 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing — 1 piece
- Right front placket – 1 piece
- Left front placket – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing — 1 piece
- Right front placket – 1 piece
- Left front placket – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch the front princess seams. Overlock the allowances and press towards the center. Overlock the collar along the rounded edge, press the allowance inwards and topstitch. Create pleats on the collar. Stitch the pleats for 3 cm from the neckline on the wrong side. Place the collar right side down on the wrong side of the front and stitch the neckline. Turn the collar to the right side, press the neckline. Secure the pieces along the shoulder seams, neckline, and center seam.
Stitch the darts on the back. Press the dart folds towards the center. Stitch the back princess seams. Overlock the allowances and press towards the center. Stitch the center back seam. Overlock the allowance and press to the left side. Overlock the outer edge of the back neckline facing. Stitch the back neckline with the facing. Clip the allowances and press.
Right front: Fuse the right placket from the edge to the “inner placket edge” line on the side of the buttonhole markings. Stitch the right placket to the front, press allowances towards the placket. Press the placket inwards to the wrong side along the “front edge” and “concealed placket edge” lines. Topstitch the placket into the attachment seam. Fold the inner of the placket towards the front edge, press. Left front: Stitch the left placket to the front, press allowances towards the placket. Turn the inner edge inwards by 1 cm and topstitch into the attachment seam. Make the buttonholes.
Stitch the shoulder seams, inserting the front between the back and the facing. Overlock the allowances and press towards the back. Stitch the side seams, overlock the allowances and press towards the back.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press and overlock the allowance. Overlock the lower edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Along the upper edge of the sleeve, make a basting stitch with loose tension and gather. Place the back sleeve on the front sleeve and secure along the upper edge. Set the sleeves into the armholes. Overlock the allowances.
Overlock the hem allowance of the blouse bottom, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the left front corresponding to the buttonholes.