Button-Placket Collared Blouse

Name: Button-Placket Collared Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4912
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4912

This relaxed-fit blouse pattern, drafted to your own measurements (or a standard size), features a unique asymmetric stand collar with a functional button placket and comfortable dropped-shoulder sleeves. It is a versatile choice for everyday elegance, smart casual gatherings, or travel and leisure. Craft this stylish blouse from lightweight to medium-weight fabrics like linen or cotton blends for optimal comfort and drape.

Tech. Description

Button-Placket Collared Blouse

A relaxed-fit blouse pattern featuring a unique asymmetric stand collar with a functional button placket and comfortable dropped-shoulder sleeves.

When To Wear

This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a touch of relaxed sophistication to various occasions:

Everyday Elegance: Ideal for daily wear, offering comfort without sacrificing style.
Smart Casual Gatherings: Easily dressed up or down for lunches, casual meetings, or social events.
Travel & Leisure: a comfortable yet polished choice for weekend outings or vacation wardrobes.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: a comfortable, relaxed fit with a straight body line, designed for ease of movement.

Neckline & Collar: Features a stylish folded stand collar; an asymmetric button placket set into the front opens up into the collar.

Closure: a distinctive angled button placket secured with three functional buttons, creating a unique focal point.

Sleeves: Designed with dropped shoulders and straight, below-the-elbow sleeves sewn in flat before the side seams.

Back: a clean and simple back design complements the relaxed silhouette.

Hem: a straight hem provides a clean finish to the blouse.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Requires accurate collar and placket construction, along with precise buttonhole creation and topstitching skills.

Fabric Recommendations

Choose lightweight to medium-weight blouse fabrics that offer comfort and drape, made from natural or blended fibers:

Blouse fabrics made from natural fibers (e.g., linen, cotton)
Blouse fabrics made from blended fibers (e.g., cotton-rayon blends)

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing
3 buttons

Cutter's Must

Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment and sleeve hem – 2.5 cm. Attention! First, 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 details). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Front – 1 piece
- Collar – 1 piece
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Collar – 1 piece
- Placket – 2 pieces

Attention! Markings on patterns are made on the right side!

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Collar and Placket pieces.
Stitch shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back, overlock.
Fold the Collar lengthwise in half, right sides together, and press. Stitch the outer side of the collar to the neckline, press allowances towards the collar. Turn under the allowance of the inner side of the collar and stitch it in the ditch of the attaching seam.
Fold each Placket lengthwise in half, right sides together, and stitch the upper corner. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked attachment seam line. Turn the piece right side out, straighten, press. Attach the outer edge of the placket to the front, ending the stitching exactly at the marked attachment seam of the lower edge. Press allowances towards the placket, clip at the corner. Turn under the allowance of the inner side of the placket and stitch it in the ditch of the attaching seam. Overlap the right placket over the left, tuck the ends inwards, and stitch, securing the lower edge.
Stitch the sleeves into the armholes, press allowances towards the sleeve and overlock.
Stitch the side seam simultaneously with the sleeve seam, press allowances and overlock.
Press the bottom edge of the garment and sleeves to the wrong side by 1 cm, then by another 1.5 cm, and topstitch.
Work buttonholes on the right placket, sew buttons on the left placket.

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Button-Placket Collared Blouse

When To Wear

Key Design Features

Level Of Difficulty

Fabric Recommendations

Additional Supplies

Cutter's Must

Sewing Instructions

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