Collared Long Sleeve Button-Front Tunic

Name: Collared Long Sleeve Button-Front Tunic
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5495
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5495

A women's hip-length button-front tunic shirt with a collar on a separate stand, long set-in sleeves with buttoned cuffs, bust darts on the fronts and shoulder and waist darts on the back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics.

Tech. Description

Collared Long Sleeve Button-Front Tunic

A women's hip-length button-front tunic shirt with a collar on a separate stand, long set-in sleeves with buttoned cuffs, bust darts on the fronts and shoulder and waist darts on the back.

When To Wear

Over trousers, jeans or leggings for everyday wear and the office.
Spring and summer in light blouse fabric; in autumn under a jacket or cardigan.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose cut, shaped only by darts.

Length: Hip length, with short slits at the side seams.

Collar: Shirt collar with pointed ends, set between the two layers of a separate stand.

Sleeves: Long one-piece set-in sleeves, eased into the armhole, with a slit at the wrist topstitched 0.5 cm from the edge and a buttoned cuff.

Front: Button front with buttonholes on the right front; separate front facings, tacked to the shoulder seams.

Back: One piece with shoulder darts and two long waist darts.

Finishing: Shoulder and side seams overlocked and pressed towards the back; hem overlocked, folded up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A collar set into a two-layer stand, cuffs with buttonholes, sleeve slits and faced front edges.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, upper collar, stand, cuffs)
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.