Cap Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse with Front Slit

Name: Cap Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse with Front Slit
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5444
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5444

A fitted hip-length women's blouse with princess seams on the front and back, short cap sleeves, a stand collar with rounded ends and a centre front slit framed by a topstitched rectangular trim panel. It fastens with a zip in the left side seam and one button with a cord loop at the neck. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin silk fabrics, with satin for the front trim.

Tech. Description

Cap Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse with Front Slit

When To Wear

For the office, with a pencil skirt or straight trousers.
In summer, as a light silk top for dinners and daytime events.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting, shaped by princess seams from the armholes on the front and back.

Length: Hip length, hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Collar: Interfaced stand collar in two pieces with rounded ends, open at the centre front.

Sleeves: Short cap sleeves set into the upper armhole, their outer edge turned under and topstitched; the lower part of the armhole is turned under and topstitched.

Front: Centre front panel in one piece with two side fronts. The slit is faced with a rectangular trim panel turned to the right side and topstitched 0.2 cm from its edges; satin is recommended for the trim. One button and a cord loop at the top of the slit.

Back: Centre back and side back panels, two of each, with a centre back seam.

Closure: Zip in the left side seam.

Finishing: Princess seams overlocked and pressed towards the centre; shoulder and side seams pressed open.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, a slit faced with a topstitched trim panel, a stand collar with rounded ends and a side seam zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin silk fabrics, with satin for the front trim.

Additional Supplies

Zip (left side seam)
1 button
Cord for the button loop
Fusible interfacing (stand collar)
Satin for the front trim

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Front Trimming – 1 piece (satin is recommended for the trim)
- Center Front – 1 piece
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Stand Collar

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Stand Collar.
Stitch the princess seams on the front and back. Overlock the princess seams and press them towards the center.
Press the seam allowances of the bottom and side edges of the Front Trimming to the wrong side. Place the Front Trimming on the Center Front and stitch around the slit line, 0.3 cm wide. Cut the slit in the Center Front. Turn the Front Trimming through to the right side of the front and press the slit. Baste the Front Trimming to the front with diagonal stitches and topstitch its bottom and side edges 0.2 cm from the edge. Remove the basting.
Overlock the side and shoulder edges. Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the blouse, leaving an opening for the zipper in the left side seam. Press the shoulder and side seams open.
Overlock the center back edges and stitch the center back seam. Press the seam allowances towards the right back.
Press the lower edge of one Stand Collar under by 1 cm. Stitch the Stand Collar pieces together along the outer edge. Trim the seam allowances at the rounded ends, turn the collar right side out and press. Stitch the unpressed edge of the collar to the neckline, then topstitch the pressed edge over the seam.
Insert the zipper into the left side seam.
Overlock the outer edge of the Sleeve, turn it under and topstitch. Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching the notches. Overlock the seam and the remaining armhole edge. Turn under and topstitch the lower part of the armhole edge.
Overlock the bottom of the garment. Press up the 2 cm hem and topstitch.
Sew the cord loop on the right front and the button on the left.