Princess Seam Long Blouse with Stand Collar
Introducing a sophisticated women's blouse pattern featuring elegant front and back princess seams, a chic stand collar, and long sleeves with detailed cuffs.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is designed for a range of occasions, making it an excellent choice for:
- Professional Settings: Its tailored silhouette and refined collar make it perfect for the office or business meetings.
- Smart Casual Outings: Ideal for adding a polished yet comfortable touch to everyday wear, from luncheons to casual gatherings.
- Versatile Layering: Excellent as a standalone top or layered under jackets for a sophisticated ensemble.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a long, semi-fitted blouse, elegantly shaped through the body by front and back princess seams.
Collar: a refined stand collar creates a clean, sophisticated neckline.
Closure: Features a hidden button placket at the center front for a seamless finish.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves are finished with buttoned cuffs, featuring pleats at the wrist and a bound slit opening.
Hem: a gracefully curved hem, designed to be worn untucked for a modern aesthetic.
Details: Decorative topstitching or optional trim accentuates the princess seams, enhancing the garment's tailored aesthetic.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves precise princess seam construction, collar setting, hidden placket execution, and detailed cuff assembly with bound slits and pleats.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose light to medium-weight woven fabrics with good drape and body, such as:
- Linen & Linen blends
- Cotton shirting & Poplin
- Rayon challis & Viscose blends
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing (for collar and cuffs)
- 10 buttons (5 for hidden placket, 1 for collar, 2 per cuff)
- Approximately 32 cm of 2 cm wide bias tape (or self-fabric for binding sleeve slits)
Cutter's Must
- Main fabric:
- Front center - qty 2
- Front side - qty 2
- Back center - qty 1 on fold
- Back side - qty 2
- Sleeve - qty 2
- Collar - qty 2 on fold
- Cuff - qty 4
- Fusible interfacing:
- Collar - qty 1 on fold
- Cuff - qty 2
Sewing Instructions
- Sew the front and back princess seams and shoulder seams. Press the seam allowances of the princess seams towards the center parts.
- Stitch trim strip to the center front panels and the center back at a distance of 0.5 cm from the princess seams.
- Cut the sleeves along the markings. Finish the slit with bias binding, the width of the binding should be 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. Sew the side seams and sleeve seams in one continuous stitch.
- Press the integrated facing of the placket for the hidden closure on the right front to the wrong side, then press the facing and the closure placket to the wrong side. Stitch the facing along the markings.
- Stitch trim strip to the right front at a distance of 0.5 cm from the front edge. Turn the closure placket to the front edge and press.
- Press the integrated facing of the left front to the wrong side and fold it in half. Topstitch the inner side of the facing close to the edge. Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.
- From fabric scraps, cut a bias binding strip for 5 small loops and neatly turn it into a narrow rouleau. Cut the rouleau into 5 equal parts.
- Stitch trim strip to the outer collar piece, 0.5 cm from the outer edge. Fold one rouleau into a loop and baste it to the right edge of the outer collar piece, directing the loop towards the collar.
- Neatly turn the collar pieces along the outer edges. Set the outer collar piece into the neckline. Fold the inner piece and pin it to the attachment seam. From the right side, stitch the collar along the attachment seam.
- At the lower edge of the sleeves, create pleats, overlapping x on o, and baste them.
- Stitch trim strip to the outer cuff pieces at a distance of 0.5 cm from the markings along the rounded short and outer long sides. Baste 2 small loops to the rounded short sides, directing them towards the cuffs.
- Neatly turn the 2 cuff pieces along the outer edges. Stitch the outer cuff piece from the right side to the lower edge of the sleeve, catching the bias binding of the front edge of the slit that was turned to the wrong side. Fold the inner cuff piece and stitch it to the attachment seam.
- On the hidden closure placket, make longitudinal buttonholes along the markings. Sew flat buttons to the left front so that the buttons fasten at the top of the buttonholes. Sew buttons under the loops on the collar and cuffs.
