Ruffled Button-Front Blouse
A women's sewing pattern for a tailored blouse featuring a sophisticated stand collar, a fitted silhouette defined by side panel seams, and an elegant front placket framed by pleated lace frills.
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 vertical side panel seams on the front and back, 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 on the center-front placket, fastened with five buttons.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves finished with tailored cuffs that have a small open slit at the side.
Front Detail: a prominent center-front placket edged on both sides with pleated lace trim that forms delicate frills. Shallow pleats on the upper front, at a horizontal seam under the bust, add shaping.
Back: Shaped with a center back seam and vertical side panel seams for a refined fit.
Hem: a straight, hip-length hemline finished with topstitching, designed to be worn tucked or untucked.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves accurate collar and cuff setting, side panel seam construction, button placket application, and pleating and attaching 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:
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back – 2 pieces
- Side – 2 pieces
- Upper Front – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 2 pieces
- Middle Front – 2 pieces
- Placket – 4 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Placket, upper Collar, Cuff, Stand Collar.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the Placket, upper Collar, Cuff and Stand Collar pieces with fusible interfacing.
- Stitch the Center Front and Middle Front together. Overlock the seam and press.
- Lay shallow pleats on the Upper Front and join it to the lower front (the joined Center Front and Middle 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. Overlock the seam and press.
- Stitch the Side panels to 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 under by 1 cm. Place the upper Placket and the lower Placket right sides together and stitch them together. 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 two Stand Collar pieces together, 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.
- Work buttonholes on the right front and sew buttons onto the left front.
- Overlock, hem, and topstitch the bottom of the garment.
