Kimono Sleeve Double Breasted Blouse

Name: Kimono Sleeve Double Breasted Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5001
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5001

A hip-length women's double-breasted blouse with sleeves cut in one with the side front and side back panels, a turn-down collar, flap pockets set into the front panel seams and buttoned cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight woven fabrics that press crisply and show topstitching: cotton twill, gabardine, linen blends, light suiting wool.

Tech. Description

Kimono Sleeve Double Breasted Blouse

A hip-length women's double-breasted blouse with sleeves cut in one with the side front and side back panels, a turn-down collar, flap pockets set into the front panel seams and buttoned cuffs.

When To Wear

In spring and autumn as a light top layer over trousers or a straight skirt.
For work, buttoned up to the collar.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose through the body, the shape given by the vertical panel seams.

Length: Hip length, straight hem.

Collar: Turn-down collar; under collar sewn to the neckline, upper collar to the front facings and back neckline facing.

Sleeves: Long kimono-type sleeves, cut in one with the side front and side back panels, joined by an overarm seam and an underarm seam; small tucks at the wrist, cuffs with a buttonhole.

Closure: Double-breasted, six buttons in three pairs, with front facings.

Pockets: Pockets in the seam between the centre front and side front panels at hip level, with a two-layer flap turned down over the opening.

Back: Middle back panel cut on the fold, joined to the side back panels by vertical seams.

Finishing: Back and front panel seams topstitched from the right side; cuffs edgestitched; shoulder pads.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Pockets with flaps built into an angled panel seam, a collar set between the blouse and the facings, cuffs with tucks, buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight woven fabrics that press crisply and show topstitching: cotton twill, gabardine, linen blends, light suiting wool.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (collar, front facings, cuffs)
6 buttons for the front, plus buttons for the cuffs
Shoulder pads

Cutter's Must

Middle Back – 1 piece on fold
Side Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Turn-Down Collar – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece on fold
Flap – 4 pieces
Pocket Bag – 4 pieces

Fusible interfacing:

Turn-Down Collar
Center Front Facing
Cuff

Sewing Instructions

Join the Middle Back to the Side Back pieces (the side backs form the back part of the sleeves). Topstitch along the back from the right side.
Clip the front seam allowances diagonally into the corners, then face the pocket openings of the front pieces with Pocket Bags and turn. Place two Flap pieces right sides together, stitch, turn and press. Baste the flap, pointing upwards, to the lower edge of the pocket opening on the Side Front. Stitch the second Pocket Bag over the flap; press the bag and flap downwards and the seam allowances upwards. Join the Center Front to the Side Front and, without breaking the stitching, stitch the pocket bags together. Topstitch along the front seam from the right side. Baste the side edges of the pocket bags to the fronts.
Sew the shoulder seams and the upper (overarm) sleeve seams.
Attach the under collar to the neckline of the back and fronts. Join the Center Front Facings to the Back Neckline Facing at the shoulders. Attach the upper collar to the neckline of the facings.
Place the facings on the fronts right sides together and pin along the front edges; pin the edges of the upper and under collar together. Stitch along the front edges and collar, then turn and press. From the inside, stitch together the pressed-open seam allowances of the under collar and back neckline facing seams.
Sew the side seams and the lower sleeve seams.
Lay small tucks along the lower edges of the sleeves. Attach the cuffs to the lower edges of the sleeves. Fold the cuffs in half widthwise, right sides together, 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.
Sew in the shoulder pads.
Hem the bottom of the blouse.
Work buttonholes on the right front and on the cuffs; sew on the buttons.