Jersey Blouse with Side Splits

Name: Jersey Blouse with Side Splits
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5175
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5175

A women's button-front blouse in thin knit fabric, with a one-piece shirt collar, front facings cut in one with the fronts, long set-in sleeves with deep folded cuffs, and splits in the side seams. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin knit fabrics.

Tech. Description

Jersey Blouse with Side Splits

A women's button-front blouse in thin knit fabric, with a one-piece shirt collar, front facings cut in one with the fronts, long set-in sleeves with deep folded cuffs, and splits in the side seams.

When To Wear

At the office with trousers or a straight skirt.
Worn loose over jeans in spring and autumn; the side splits let it sit over the hips.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, semi-fitted blouse.

Length: Hip length, with splits at the lower side seams.

Collar: One-piece shirt collar with pointed ends and no stand, cut on the fold. The under collar is stitched to the neckline with a 1 cm seam and the upper collar is topstitched over the seam; the facing is stitched to the neckline from the front edge to the collar mark.

Closure: Button front with five buttons, buttonholes on the right front.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with deep cuffs, each cut on the fold, folded lengthwise and stitched at the ends, then topstitched over the sleeve edge.

Back: One piece cut on the fold.

Finishing: Seams serged and pressed open; hem serged, turned up and topstitched, side splits topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Attaching a collar together with cut-on facings, folded cuffs, buttonholes in knit fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin knit fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (cut-on front facings, upper collar, cuffs)
5 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Front (cut in one with the facing) – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece on the fold
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces on the fold
Cuff – 2 pieces on the fold

From fusible interfacing: Center Front Facing – 2 pieces, upper Collar – 1 piece, Cuff – 2 pieces.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the cut-on front facings, the upper collar and the cuffs.
Stitch the shoulder seams, and the side seams down to the split mark; serge and press open.
Place the Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge. Turn the collar right side out, baste the edge, and press.
Serge the outer edge of the facing, fold the facing to the right side, and stitch along the neckline from the front edge to the collar mark. Clip the neckline and facing seam allowances at the mark, stopping 1 mm short of the stitching. Turn the facing to the wrong side and press.
Place the under collar on the blouse, right sides together, and stitch the collar on with a 1 cm seam. Turn under the lower edge of the upper collar and topstitch it over the seam.
Stitch the sleeve seams and serge. Set the sleeves into the armholes.
Fold the cuffs in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the ends. Turn the cuffs right side out and press.
Turn the open edges of the cuffs under by 1 cm, insert the lower edge of the sleeve between the cuff layers and topstitch.
Serge the hem allowance, turn it to the wrong side, and topstitch. Topstitch the side splits as well.
Make buttonholes on the right front and sew the buttons on the left front.