Pintucked Blouse with Lace and Roll-Tab Sleeves

Name: Pintucked Blouse with Lace and Roll-Tab Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4802
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4802

A women's hip-length blouse buttoned down the full front, with a lace inset at the upper front, a band of stitched tucks across the chest, gathers below it, and roll-up sleeves held by buttoned tabs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres; lace fabric for inset 1.

Tech. Description

Pleated Blouse with Roll-Tab Sleeves

A women's hip-length blouse buttoned down the full front, with a lace inset at the upper front, a band of stitched tucks across the chest, gathers below it, and roll-up sleeves held by buttoned tabs.

When To Wear

In spring and summer, with sleeves rolled up and fastened with the tabs.
With trousers, jeans or a straight skirt, worn loose.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose through the front, where the fabric is gathered below the chest inset; the back is shaped with waist and shoulder darts.

Length: Hip length, with a rounded hem turned twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Neckline: Round neckline with a split at the centre front, finished with a two-layer interfaced neckline facing that shows on the outside as a narrow band.

Front: Inset 1 in lace runs from the shoulders to a horizontal band (inset 2) with stitched tucks. The front is gathered along its upper edge and joined to the inset, with the seam clipped at the corners.

Closure: Interfaced plackets on both fronts from the neckline to the hem, buttonholes on the right and buttons on the left.

Sleeves: Set-in sleeves with a tab stitched to the wrong side; the tab buttons onto the sleeve to hold it rolled up.

Back: Centre back seam, waist darts and shoulder darts.

Finishing: Side, shoulder and sleeve seams pressed towards the back and overlocked; sleeve hems turned twice by 1 cm.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Even tucks on the inset, lace joined to a woven fabric, gathers set into a clipped corner, and a two-layer neckline facing.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres; lace fabric for inset 1.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (neckline facing, plackets)
8 buttons (front placket and sleeve tabs)

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 for the bottom of the garment and sleeve hem – 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical details).

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Inset 2 – 2 pieces
- Neckline Facing – 2 pieces
- Placket – 4 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Sleeve Decorative Tab – 2 pieces
From lace fabric:
- Inset 1 – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Placket – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Place the Neckline Facing pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked attachment seam line. Clip the allowances at the curves. Turn the finished facing right side out and press.
Stitch the waist and shoulder darts on the Back, press them towards the center. Stitch the center back seam, press the allowances to the left side and overlock.
Fold and stitch the pleats on Inset 2. Stitch Inset 1 to Inset 2, press the allowances downwards and overlock. Run a line of long stitches along the upper edge of the Front and gather it. Stitch the inset to the Front, clipping into the corner, press the allowances towards the Front and overlock.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Place the Placket pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the outer edge. Turn right side out and press. Stitch the outer placket to the Front, press the allowances towards the placket. Turn under the raw edge of the inner placket and topstitch it into the attachment seam.
Stitch the upper layer of the Neckline Facing to the neckline, press the allowances towards the facing. Turn under the raw edge of the lower layer and topstitch it into the attachment seam of the upper layer.
Fold each Sleeve Decorative Tab lengthwise in half, right sides together, and stitch along the long and short edges. Turn right side out, trimming the allowances at the corners, straighten and press. Overlock the open short edge. Topstitch the tabs at the markings on the wrong side of the sleeves.
Stitch the sleeve seams, press towards the back and overlock. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press the allowances and overlock.
Press the lower edge of the garment twice to the wrong side by 1 cm and topstitch. Turn the sleeve hems twice by 1 cm, press and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right front placket and sew buttons on the left. Make buttonholes on the tabs and sew buttons onto the sleeves.