Long Sleeve Collared Embroidered Blouse
Introducing a versatile long-sleeved blouse pattern featuring a pointed open collar, a full button-front closure with cut-in-one facings, and delicate floral embroidery adorning the fronts.
When To Wear
This stylish blouse is perfect for a variety of occasions, offering a blend of comfort and elegance:
- Everyday Chic: Elevates casual outfits with its unique embroidered detail.
- Professional Wear: a sophisticated choice for office environments or business casual settings.
- Daytime Events: Ideal for luncheons, gatherings, or light social occasions requiring a polished look.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight-cut blouse shaped with darts for a comfortable yet refined fit.
Collar: Pointed collar attached together with the cut-in-one front facings, worn open for a neat and timeless neckline.
Closure: Full button-front closure with six buttons, on fronts with cut-in-one facings.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves with subtle ease at the sleeve cap, finished with a simple topstitched hem.
Details: Elegant vertical floral embroidery along the front opening, worked on both fronts before final cutting.
Hem: Straight bottom hem, finished with a crisp topstitched edge.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in accurate embroidery transfer and execution, dart construction, precise collar attachment, and setting sleeves with appropriate ease.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose blouse-weight woven fabrics with a smooth surface that are suitable for embroidery:
- Light to medium-weight blouse fabrics
Additional Supplies
- 6 buttons
- Embroidery thread
- Dressmaker's carbon paper (to transfer the embroidery design)
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Front (with cut-in-one facing) – 2 pieces
- Back – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Cut the fronts with slightly larger seam allowances. Transfer the embroidery to the fabric using carbon paper and complete it. Place the pattern on the embroidered piece and refine the cut.
- Stitch the darts.
- Stitch the side and shoulder seams.
- Turn up the hem allowance and topstitch.
- Place the two collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edges; trim, turn and press. Baste the open edges of the collar together and baste the collar to the neckline. Fold the cut-in-one facings to the right side and stitch them to the neckline over the collar. Between the ends of the facings, stitch the collar to the back neckline. Turn the facings to the wrong side and hand-sew them to the hem and to the seam allowances.
- Stitch the sleeve seams. Overlock and press the seam allowances open. Press the sleeve hem allowance to the wrong side, turn up to a width of 1.5 cm and topstitch.
- Set in the sleeves. Ease each sleeve cap between the notches. To do this, sew a row of long machine stitches on each side of the marked seam line and pull the bobbin threads slightly to gather the fabric. Place the sleeve and blouse right sides together and pin the sleeve into the lower part of the armhole first, matching the sleeve seam to the side seam and the cross notches on the front and sleeve. Do not ease either the armhole or the sleeve at this point! Pin the sleeve at the shoulder seam, matching the cross notch on the sleeve cap to the seam. Then pin the sleeve into the upper part of the armhole, easing it slightly and evenly. Baste and stitch the sleeve from the sleeve side, starting the stitch at the sleeve seam. Overlock the seam allowances together. On the cap area, press the seam allowances towards the sleeve.
- Make 6 buttonholes along the right front edge and sew the buttons onto the left front.
