Collared Long Sleeve Button-Front Tunic
Introducing a versatile women's sewing pattern for a button-front tunic, featuring a classic shirt collar, full-length sleeves with cuffs, and a stylish curved hem with side slits.
When To Wear
This elegant yet comfortable tunic is perfect for a variety of occasions:
- Everyday Chic: Ideal for elevated casual wear, offering comfort and style for daily activities.
- Office & Professional Settings: a refined option for workplaces with a smart-casual dress code.
- Travel & Leisure: Its relaxed fit and stylish design make it an excellent choice for comfortable yet polished travel attire.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, straight-cut tunic fit designed for comfort, featuring side slits for ease of movement.
Neckline & Collar: Classic shirt collar with a separate collar stand, offering a polished finish.
Closure: Full-length front button placket with ten buttons for a versatile, customizable look.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves finished with classic buttoned cuffs.
Back: Features shoulder and waist darts for subtle shaping, ensuring a flattering drape.
Hem: a gracefully curved, tunic-length hem, slightly longer at the back, with functional side slits.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves techniques such as darts, collar and collar stand assembly, button plackets, and cuff construction.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight woven fabrics with good drape, suitable for blouses:
- Viscose
- Challis
- Lightweight cotton shirting
- Silk or silk blends
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 10 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- 1. Back – 1 qty
- 2. Front – 2 qty
- 3. Collar – 2 qty
- 4. Stand – 2 qty
- 5. Cuff – 2 qty
- 6. Sleeve – 2 qty
- 7. Facing – 2 qty
- From fusible interfacing: facing, upper collar, stand, cuff.
Sewing Instructions
- Reinforce the facing, upper collar, stand, and cuff with fusible interfacing.
- Mark and stitch darts on the front. Mark and stitch shoulder darts on the back. Mark and stitch waist darts on the back. Press darts towards the center.
- Overlock the inner edge of the facing.
- Face the edges with facings, trim excess fabric at the corners, and turn the facings out. Press the edges.
- Stitch shoulder and side seam allowances. Overlock shoulder and side seams. Press shoulder and side seams towards the back. Secure the facings to the shoulder seams with a 1 cm tack.
- Overlock sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam up to the notch. Press the sleeve seam open. Press the slit and topstitch at a distance of 0.5 cm.
- Set in the sleeves, easing the cap.
- Face the lower collar with the upper collar, turn the collar out. Press the collar.
- Stitch the stands, inserting the collar between them. Press the stand.
- Set the lower stand with the collar into the neckline, turn under the open edge of the upper stand, and topstitch into the seam of the lower stand attachment.
- Face the side edges of the cuff and turn it out. Press the cuff in its finished state.
- Attach the upper cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve, and turn under and topstitch the lower cuff. Mark and overlock buttonholes on the cuff. Sew on buttons.
- Overlock, hem, and topstitch the bottom of the garment.
- On the right front, overlock buttonholes, and on the left front, sew on buttons.
