Ruffled Button-Front Blouse
A women's sewing pattern for a tailored blouse featuring a sophisticated stand collar, a fitted silhouette defined by princess seams, and an elegant ruffled placket embellished with lace trim.
When To Wear
- Professional Settings: Elevates office attire with its polished design and refined details.
- Smart Casual Gatherings: Perfect for achieving a chic, put-together look for daytime events or lunch.
- Evening & Dinner Wear: The intricate ruffle and lace detail adds a touch of sophistication for dressier occasions.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a flattering, fitted silhouette achieved with front and back princess seams, creating a tailored waistline.
Collar & Neckline: Features a classic shirt collar with a stand, leading into a V-neck opening that highlights the decorative front placket.
Closure: a functional button-front closure concealed beneath the ruffled placket, secured with five buttons.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves finished with tailored cuffs.
Front Detail: a prominent, decorative center-front placket adorned with elegant ruffles and a delicate lace trim. Subtle gathers above the lower front panel add shaping.
Back: Shaped with a center back seam and vertical princess seams for a refined fit.
Hem: a gently curved, hip-length hemline designed to be worn tucked or untucked.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves accurate collar and cuff setting, princess seam construction, button placket application, and working with ruffles and lace trim.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose light to medium-weight woven fabrics that offer both structure and drape:
- Thin linen or linen blend fabrics
- Cotton shirting
- Poplin
- Chambray
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 5 buttons
- Lace trim (2 to 7 cm wide)
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- 1. Collar - 2 qty
- 2. Collar stand – 2 qty
- 3. Sleeve - 2 qty
- 4. Cuff - 2 qty
- 5. Back - 2 qty
- 6. Side – 2 qty
- 7. Upper front – 2 qty
- 8. Center front - 2 qty
- 9. Middle front – 2 qty
- 10. Placket – 4 qty
- From fusible interfacing: placket, upper collar, cuff, collar stand.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the placket, upper collar, cuff, and collar stand with fusible interfacing.
- Stitch the center and middle front PANELs together. Overlock the seam allowances and press open.
- Create shallow pleats on the upper front and attach the lower front. Overlock the attachment seam allowances and press towards the upper front. Place the placket right side to the wrong side of the front and stitch. Press the attachment seam allowances towards the placket.
- Stitch the center back seam of the back. Overlock the seam allowances and press open.
- Stitch the side relief seams on the front and back. Overlock the stitching seam allowances and press towards the center of the front and back.
- Press the outer edge of the upper placket by 1cm. Fold the upper placket right side to right side with the lower placket and face the lower placket with the upper placket. Turn the placket to the right side of the front and press.
- Overlock, turn under, and topstitch the short lower edge of the lace trim. Create pleats on the lace and baste to the pressed edge of the placket up to the notches. Topstitch the pressed edge of the placket to the front. Remove temporary basting threads. Topstitch the short upper edge of the lace trim to the neckline edge of the front at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse. Overlock the seam allowances and press towards the back.
- Face the lower collar with the upper collar, then turn the collar right side out.
- Stitch the collar STANDs, inserting the collar between them.
- Insert the lower collar stand with the collar into the neckline, catching the lace trim, turn under the raw edge of the upper collar stand, and topstitch into the seam of the lower collar stand attachment. Topstitch along the collar.
- Stitch the sleeve seams.
- Fold the CUFFs in half crosswise, right sides together, and stitch the short sides up to the marks. Clip the seam allowances at the slit. Fold the CUFFs in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the edges of the slit.
- Attach the CUFFs to the bottom of the sleeve and overlock the upper edge of the cuff together with the sleeve.
- Topstitch the cuff attachment seam to the sleeve, and topstitch along the bottom of the cuff and the edge of the slits.
- Set in the sleeves, easing the cap.
- On the right front, overlock buttonholes, and on the left, sew on buttons.
- Overlock, hem, and topstitch the bottom of the garment.
