Kimono Sleeve Double Breasted Blouse
Introducing a stylish double-breasted blouse featuring a relaxed, boxy silhouette with wide, kimono-style sleeves and distinctive topstitching details.
When To Wear
This stylish blouse offers a versatile blend of comfort and polish, making it suitable for:
- Everyday Elegance: Ideal for elevated casual wear or smart-casual outings.
- Transitional Seasons: Its mid-weight structure and coverage make it perfect for layering in spring or autumn.
- Office & Business Casual: a refined yet comfortable option for a professional setting.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Relaxed, boxy fit with a straight hem, providing a comfortable yet structured appearance.
Neckline & Collar: Classic shirt-style collar with a pointed stand, designed to frame the neckline neatly.
Closure: Double-breasted front secured with eight buttons, offering a classic and stylish fastening.
Sleeves: Wide, dropped shoulder sleeves, cut with a relaxed fit and finishing with structured cuffs, creating a kimono-style aesthetic.
Pockets: Two prominent rectangular patch pockets with flap closures are positioned at the front hip.
Back: Clean back with vertical princess seams extending from the shoulder to the hem, enhancing shape and fit.
Details: Contrast topstitching throughout accentuates the collar, front plackets, seams, and pocket flaps, adding a refined, structural element.
Length: Hip-length, designed for versatile styling with various bottoms.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in precision topstitching, accurate collar and cuff attachment, and double-breasted front construction with buttonholes.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight woven fabrics that hold their shape well, can be pressed crisply, and show topstitching effectively:
- Mid-weight cotton twill
- Linen blends with good body
- Gabardine
- Lightweight suiting wool
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing for collar, facings & cuffs
- 10 buttons (8 for front, 2 for cuffs)
Cutter's Must
- Center back - 1 qty on fold
- Side back - 2 qty
- Center front - 2 qty
- Side front - 2 qty
- Front facing - 2 qty
- Collar - 2 qty
- Cuffs - 2 qty
- Back neck facing - 1 qty on fold
- Flap - 4 qty
- Pocket bag - 4 qty
Fusible interfacing:
Sewing Instructions
- Sew the princess seams of the back and the back parts of the sleeves. From the right side of the seams, topstitch along the back.
- Neatly stitch the pocket openings of the front pieces with the pocket bags, first clipping the seam allowances of the front panels diagonally at the corners. Fold two flap pieces and neatly stitch. Turn the flap upwards and baste it to the lower edge of the side front. Stitch the pocket bag and flap and press downwards, and press the seam allowances of the attachment seam upwards. Stitch the front piece to the side, without breaking the stitching, sew the pocket bags. From the right side of the seams, topstitch along the front. Baste the side edges of the pocket bags to the front panels.
- Sew the shoulder seams and the upper sleeve seams.
- Attach the lower collar to the neckline of the back and front. Sew the shoulder seams of the front facings and the back neck facing. Attach the upper collar to the neckline of the front facings and the facing.
- Fold the front facings with the front panels right sides together and pin to the edges of the fronts, pin the edges of the upper and lower collar. Neatly stitch the blouse along the fronts and collar. Sew the pressed seam allowances of the lower collar attachment seams and the back neck facing from the inside.
- Sew the side seams and the lower sleeve seams.
- Create pleats along the lower edges of the sleeves. Attach the cuffs to the lower edges of the sleeves. Turn the cuffs half their width to the right side and stitch the ends. Turn the cuffs out, fold under the raw edges and stitch onto the attachment seams. Topstitch the cuffs close to the edge.
- Attach shoulder pads.
- Hem the bottom of the blouse.
- On the right front and on the cuffs, overlock buttonholes.
