Collared Long Sleeve Button-Front Tunic
Introducing a versatile women's sewing pattern for a button-front tunic, featuring a classic shirt collar on a stand, full-length sleeves with buttoned cuffs, and side slits at the hem.
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 with bust darts on the front, featuring side slits for ease of movement.
Neckline & Collar: Classic shirt collar with a separate collar stand, offering a polished finish.
Closure: Full-length button front finished with facings; 10 buttons in total, including the cuffs.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with a topstitched vent, finished with classic buttoned cuffs.
Back: Features shoulder and waist darts for subtle shaping, ensuring a flattering drape.
Hem: a tunic-length hem with side slits.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Involves techniques such as darts, collar and collar stand assembly, faced front edges, 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:
- Back – 1 piece
- Front – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Center Front Facing, upper Collar, Stand Collar, Cuff.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the Center Front Facings, upper Collar, Stand Collar and Cuffs.
- Mark and stitch the darts on the Fronts. Mark and stitch the shoulder darts and the waist darts on the Back. Press the darts towards the center.
- Overlock the inner edge of the Center Front Facings.
- Stitch the Center Front Facings to the front edges, trim the excess fabric at the corners and turn the facings to the inside. Press the front edges.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Overlock the shoulder and side seams and press them towards the Back. Tack the facings to the shoulder seams with a 1 cm bar tack.
- Overlock the sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam up to the notch. Press the sleeve seam open. Press the vent allowances and topstitch 0.5 cm from the edge.
- Set in the Sleeves, easing the sleeve cap.
- Stitch the under Collar and upper Collar together, turn the collar right side out and press.
- Stitch the Stand Collar pieces together with the Collar sandwiched between them. Press the stand.
- Stitch the inner Stand Collar with the collar to the neckline, fold under the open edge of the outer Stand Collar and topstitch it over the attachment seam.
- Stitch the short ends of the Cuff and turn it right side out. Press the finished cuff.
- Stitch the outer layer of the Cuff to the lower edge of the Sleeve, then fold under the inner layer and topstitch it in place. Mark and make buttonholes on the cuffs. Sew on buttons.
- Overlock, fold up and topstitch the hem.
- Make buttonholes on the right Front and sew buttons onto the left Front.
