Collared Blouse with Front Zipper

Name: Collared Blouse with Front Zipper
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5282
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5282

A hip-length women's blouse with a separating zip at the centre front, a shirt collar on a stand, bust and waist darts, and long set-in sleeves with cuffs slit at the side. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fine linen or blended fabrics.

Tech. Description

Collared Blouse with Front Zipper

A hip-length women's blouse with a separating zip at the centre front, a shirt collar on a stand, bust and waist darts, and long set-in sleeves with cuffs slit at the side.

When To Wear

For work with trousers or skirts, on its own or under a jacket.
In spring and summer in linen, worn with jeans or chinos.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped with bust darts from the side seams and vertical waist darts on the fronts, and vertical waist darts on the back.

Length: Hip length, hem turned up and topstitched.

Collar: Shirt collar sewn between two stand pieces, topstitched along the edge.

Closure: Full-length separating zip with exposed teeth, set between the fronts and the front facings and topstitched along the seam. The facings are tacked to the shoulder seams with a 1 cm bar tack.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with eased caps. Each cuff is sewn into a ring with a slit left in the middle of its seam, topstitched along the lower edge and the slit.

Back: One piece with two vertical waist darts, no centre back seam.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An exposed separating zip with facings, a collar on a stand, slit cuffs, set-in sleeves with eased caps.

Fabric Recommendations

Fine linen or blended fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, upper collar, collar stand, cuffs)
Separating zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Front – 2 pieces
Back – 1 piece
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Cuff – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces
Stand Collar – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing: center front facing, upper collar, cuff, stand collar.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the center front facings, upper collar, cuffs, and stand collar.
Stitch the bust darts and waist darts on the front and the waist darts on the back.
Stitch the separating zipper to the fronts.
Serge the inner edge of each center front facing. Stitch the facing to the front edge, right sides together.
Turn the facing to the wrong side and fold under. Baste the front edge, press, and topstitch.
Topstitch along the zipper attachment seam.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse.
Stitch the side seams of the blouse.
Stitch the upper collar and lower collar together, turn the collar right side out.
Stitch the stand collar pieces together, sandwiching the collar between them.
Stitch the lower stand with the collar to the neckline, fold under the raw edge of the upper stand and topstitch it into the seam attaching the lower stand. Topstitch along the collar. Tack the facings to the shoulder seams with a 1 cm bar tack.
Stitch the sleeve seams.
Fold the cuffs right sides together, stitch the short sides into a ring, leaving a slit in the middle of the seam, and clip the seam allowance at the slit. Fold the cuffs in half right sides together, stitch the edges of the slit.
Attach the cuffs to the bottom of the sleeve and serge the upper edge of the cuff together with the sleeve.
Topstitch the cuff attachment seam to the sleeve, topstitch along the bottom of the cuff and the edge of the slits.
Set in the sleeves, easing the cap.
Turn up and topstitch the lower edge of the garment.