Princess Seam Long Blouse with Stand Collar

Name: Princess Seam Long Blouse with Stand Collar
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5035
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5035

A women's hip-length blouse shaped by front and back princess seams, with a stand collar fastened by a rouleau loop, a concealed button placket and long sleeves gathered into rounded cuffs. Trim is stitched along the princess seams, front edge, collar and cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse-weight woven fabrics that hold a stand collar and cuffs: cotton, linen, viscose or silk blends.

Tech. Description

Princess Seam Long Blouse with Stand Collar

A women's hip-length blouse shaped by front and back princess seams, with a stand collar fastened by a rouleau loop, a concealed button placket and long sleeves pleated into rounded cuffs. Trim is stitched along the princess seams, front edge, collar and cuffs.

When To Wear

Worn untucked over a long skirt or straight trousers, as in the drawing.
For the office and daytime events in spring, summer and autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped by princess seams on the front and back; seam allowances pressed towards the centre pieces.

Length: Covers the hips.

Collar: Stand collar cut in two pieces on the fold, interfaced, fastened at the front with one rouleau loop and a button.

Front: Concealed button placket cut in one with the right front, with vertical buttonholes; cut-on facing on the left front, folded double and edgestitched; buttons sewn to the left front.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with an opening bound with bias strips (0.5 cm finished binding) and pleats at the lower edge.

Cuffs: Rounded cuffs, each from two pieces, interfaced, fastened with two rouleau loops and buttons.

Back: Centre back cut on the fold, with back side panels.

Finishing: Trim stitched 0.5 cm from the princess seams on the centre front and back pieces, 0.5 cm from the right front edge, 0.5 cm from the outer edge of the collar and along the rounded ends and outer edge of the cuffs. Side and sleeve seams stitched in one; hem turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams with applied trim, a concealed placket, bound sleeve openings, a stand collar and cuffs with rouleau loops set into the seams.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse-weight woven fabrics that hold a stand collar and cuffs: cotton, linen, viscose or silk blends.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (collar, cuffs)
Decorative trim (braid) for the princess seams, front edge, collar and cuffs
Flat buttons for the concealed placket
5 buttons for the rouleau loops (1 on the collar, 2 on each cuff)

Cutter's Must

Main fabric:
Front – 2 pieces
Front Side – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece on the fold
Back Side – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces on the fold
Cuff – 4 pieces
Additionally: 2 bias strips for binding the sleeve openings, each 16 cm long and 2 cm wide; a bias strip for 5 rouleau loops.
Fusible interfacing:
Collar – 1 piece on the fold
Cuff – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the front and back princess seams and the shoulder seams. Press the princess seam allowances towards the Front and Back.
Stitch the trim onto the Fronts and the Back 0.5 cm from the princess seams.
Cut the sleeve openings along the markings. Bind each opening with a bias strip; the finished binding is 0.5 cm wide. At the top of the opening (on the wrong side of the sleeve), stitch the binding diagonally.
Set the sleeves into the armholes. Stitch the side seams and sleeve seams in one continuous seam.
On the right front, press the cut-on facing of the concealed placket to the wrong side, then press the facing and the placket to the wrong side together. Stitch the facing along the markings.
Stitch the trim onto the right front 0.5 cm from the front edge. Fold the placket out to the front edge and press.
Press the cut-on facing of the left front to the wrong side and fold it in half. Edgestitch the inner side of the facing. Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.
From fabric scraps, cut a bias strip for 5 loops, stitch it and turn it into a narrow rouleau. Cut the rouleau into 5 equal pieces.
Stitch the trim onto the outer Collar piece 0.5 cm from the outer edge. Fold one rouleau into a loop and baste it to the right end of the outer collar, with the loop pointing onto the collar.
Stitch the Collar pieces together along the outer edges and turn right side out. Stitch the outer collar to the neckline. Turn under the inner collar and pin it over the seam. From the right side, stitch the collar along the seam.
Fold the pleats at the lower edge of the sleeves, matching x to o, and baste them.
Stitch the trim onto the outer Cuff pieces 0.5 cm from the markings along the rounded short ends and the outer long edge. Baste 2 loops to the rounded short end, pointing onto the cuff.
Stitch each pair of Cuff pieces together along the outer edges and turn right side out. Stitch the outer cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve on the right side, catching the binding of the front edge of the opening turned to the wrong side. Turn under the inner cuff and stitch it over the seam.
Make vertical buttonholes on the concealed placket along the markings. Sew flat buttons to the left front so that they sit at the top of the buttonholes. Sew buttons to the collar and cuffs to match the loops.