Blouse with Cut-On Pointed Collar

Name: Blouse with Cut-On Pointed Collar
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5033
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5033

A women's long, straight blouse with a pointed collar cut in one with the fronts and front facings, a seven-button front, bust darts and side slits at the hem. Long sleeves with bias-bound openings and pleats finish in two-button cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light to medium-weight shirting fabrics: cotton poplin, linen, viscose or cotton blends.

Tech. Description

Blouse with Cut-On Pointed Collar

When To Wear

Worn loose over a short straight skirt, as in the drawing, or over slim trousers.
For the office and everyday wear in spring and summer, or under a jacket in cooler months.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose through the body, with bust darts.

Length: Below the hips, with the side seams left open at the bottom as slits.

Collar: Cut in one with the fronts (under collar) and with the front facings (upper collar), joined by a centre back seam; the under collar is set into the back neckline. Front edges and collar edgestitched.

Front: Separate interfaced front facings; 7 vertical buttonholes on the right front, buttons on the left.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves; the opening at the wrist is bound with a bias strip (0.5 cm finished binding), and pleats are laid at the lower edge.

Cuffs: Straight cuffs folded in half and interfaced, each with 2 buttonholes 1 cm from the front short end.

Back: One piece cut on the fold.

Finishing: Side and sleeve seams stitched in one; hem and side slits topstitched 0.75 cm from the edge.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A cut-on collar with a corner at the shoulder seam that must be stitched and clipped exactly, bound sleeve openings, pleated sleeves with cuffs, side slits.

Fabric Recommendations

Light to medium-weight shirting fabrics: cotton poplin, linen, viscose or cotton blends.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings with cut-on collar, cuffs)
11 buttons (7 for the front, 2 for each cuff)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front (with cut-on collar) – 2 pieces
Center Front Facing (with cut-on collar) – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece on fold
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Additional: 2 bias strips for binding the sleeve slits, each 16 cm long and 2 cm wide.
From fusible interfacing:
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch bust darts.
Stitch the shoulder seams exactly to the corner (mark). Clip the shoulder seam allowance of the front to the end of the stitching (to the corner).
Cut the sleeve slits along the markings. Bind each slit with a bias strip; finished binding width 0.5 cm. At the top of the slit (on the wrong side of the sleeve), stitch the binding diagonally.
Set sleeves into armholes.
Stitch the side seams and sleeve seams in one continuous seam, leaving the side seams open at the bottom for the slits.
Stitch the center back seam of the cut-on under collar (fronts) and of the cut-on upper collar (facings).
Attach the under collar to the back neckline.
Place the upper collar and facings on the under collar and fronts, right sides together, and stitch the front edges and the outer edges of the collar; trim the seam allowances diagonally at the collar corners, clip the seam allowance at the corner between the collar and the front edge.
Press the hem, slit seam allowances, and lower sides of the facings to the wrong side.
Turn facings inwards, turn out the collar.
Clip the seam allowance at the shoulder seam to the corner, turn under the lower edge of the upper collar and stitch it to the attachment seam.
Sew the upper sides of the facings to the shoulder seam allowances, the lower sides to the hem.
Topstitch the hem and side slits at a distance of 0.75 cm. Edgestitch the front edges and collar.
At the lower edge of the sleeves, lay the pleats, placing mark x onto mark o, and baste them.
Fold the cuffs in half right sides together, stitch the short ends and turn.
Attach the long side of the cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve from the right side, catching the binding of the front edge of the slit turned to the wrong side.
Turn under the inner half of the cuff and stitch to the attachment seam.
On the right front, make 7 vertical buttonholes; on each cuff make 2 buttonholes 1 cm from the front short end.
Sew buttons to the left front so that they fasten at the top of each buttonhole.