Wrap Blouse with Notched Lapels
Introducing a sophisticated women's wrap blouse pattern featuring elegant notched lapels, a flattering tie closure, and a stylish hip-length silhouette.
When To Wear
This versatile wrap blouse is suitable for a variety of settings, making it an excellent choice for:
- Professional & Business Casual: a polished alternative to a traditional blazer, ideal for the office or smart business meetings.
- Smart Casual & Daytime Events: Perfect for brunches, luncheons, or gatherings where a chic, comfortable yet put-together look is desired.
- Layering & Transitional Wear: Easily styled over a camisole or light top for adaptable wear across seasons.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Semi-fitted wrap silhouette designed to flatter with an adjustable tie closure at the waist.
Collar & Lapel: Classic notched lapels create a sharp V-neckline when wrapped, offering a tailored finish.
Closure: Overlapping wrap front secured by an adjustable external waist tie, complemented by an internal ribbon tie for added security.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with pleats at the lower edge and a bias-bound slit, finished with cuffs with two buttonholes each.
Hem: Straight hemline finished with a folded hem facing joined to the front facings.
Back: One-piece back cut on the fold.
Length: Hip-length, offering versatility for wearing untucked or paired with high-waisted bottoms.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires accurate sewing of darts, precise collar and notched lapel construction, meticulous sleeve vent finishing with bias binding, and tailored cuff attachment.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose medium-weight woven fabrics with good drape and body to best showcase the tailored details:
- Suiting fabrics
- Linen blends
- Jacquard
- Crepe
- Challis
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing for collar, front facings & cuffs
- Bias tape for sleeve vents (2 pieces, each 16 cm long, 2 cm wide)
- Narrow ribbon or tape for internal waist tie
Cutter's Must
- Main fabric:
- Front – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Hem Facing – 1 piece on fold
- Collar – 2 pieces on fold
- Tie – 4 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Additional:
- 2 bias strips for binding the sleeve slits, each 16 cm long and 2 cm wide.
- Fusible interfacing:
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Collar – 1 piece on fold
- Cuff – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Stitch the darts and the shoulder seams.
- Cut the sleeve slits along the markings. Bind each slit with a bias strip, finished width 0.5 cm. At the top of the slit (on the wrong side of the sleeve), stitch the binding diagonally.
- Set the sleeves into the armholes.
- Place the Tie pieces right sides together in pairs and stitch along the long sides; turn right side out and tuck the open end of each tie inwards. Baste one tie between the markings to the side edge of the left front, and the other to the front edge of the right front, lying on the front.
- Cut the ribbon or tape into 2 equal parts. Baste one ribbon to the right side of the front edge of the left front.
- Stitch the sleeve seams and side seams in one continuous seam, catching the tie in the left side seam.
- Stitch the under Collar to the neckline up to the marking. Stitch the upper Collar to the Center Front Facings. Press the seam allowances open; between the shoulder seams press them towards the collar.
- Fold the Hem Facing wrong sides together along the fold marking and press the fold. Stitch one (outer) long edge of the Hem Facing to the lower edge of the blouse, and the lower edges of the Center Front Facings to the inner long edge of the Hem Facing.
- Turn the inner half of the Hem Facing to the right side and place the Center Front Facings and upper Collar on the blouse, right sides together. Stitch the front edges and the outer edges of the collar up to the marking, catching the tie at the left edge.
- Turn the Center Front Facings and the inner half of the Hem Facing to the wrong side, turn the collar right side out. Turn under the lower edge of the upper Collar and stitch it over the seam. Sew the upper edges of the Center Front Facings to the shoulder seam allowances.
- Turn under the open edge of the inner half of the Hem Facing and pin it over the seam; from the right side, stitch along the seam to secure it.
- At the lower edge of the sleeves, lay the pleats, matching mark x to mark o, and baste them.
- Fold each Cuff in half right sides together and stitch the short sides; turn right side out. Stitch one long edge of the Cuff to the right side of the sleeve lower edge, catching the binding of the front slit edge turned to the wrong side. Turn under the inner half of the Cuff and stitch it over the seam.
- On the cuffs, make 2 buttonholes, 1 cm from the edge of the front short side.
- Sew the second ribbon to the right side seam allowances at the height of the ribbon of the left front edge.
- Turn the front edges back as lapels and press lightly.
