Maternity Blouse with Front Hook Closure
Embrace elegant comfort with this maternity blouse pattern, designed with a relaxed, flowing silhouette, classic shirt collar, and a distinctive front hook-and-eye closure.
When To Wear:
- Daily Comfort: Ideal for effortless wear throughout pregnancy and beyond, offering comfort and style.
- Professional Settings: Easily dressed up for the office or formal events, pairing perfectly with tailored trousers.
- Smart Casual Gatherings: a versatile choice for brunches, family events, or any occasion requiring a polished yet relaxed look.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a loose-fitting, slightly flared silhouette, designed to accommodate a growing belly while offering a graceful drape and tunic length.
Neckline & Collar: Features a classic pointed shirt collar, providing a neat and structured finish to the neckline.
Closure: a front opening secured with 7 hook-and-eye fasteners set into the faced front edges, creating a streamlined and discreet closure.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with a short vent, gathered into buttoned cuffs for a soft, billowy effect.
Back: a clean, smooth back cut in one piece, enhancing the flowing silhouette.
Hem: a straight hemline with side slits, falling to a tunic length for extended coverage.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in constructing shirt collars, setting in sleeves, attaching cuffs, and working with hook-and-eye closures.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose light to medium-weight fabrics with good drape for comfortable wear:
- Linen fabrics
- Cotton fabrics
- Blended fabrics (e.g., linen-cotton blends, rayon blends)
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 7 hooks and eyes
- 2 buttons (for cuffs)
Cutting Plan
- From main fabric: Front - 2 pieces
- Back - 1 piece
- Center Front Facing - 2 pieces
- Sleeve - 2 pieces
- Collar - 2 pieces
- Cuff - 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Center Front Facing, upper Collar, Cuff
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the center front facings, cuffs, and upper collar.
- Serge/Overlock the side edges. Stitch the shoulder and side seams, stopping the side seams at the slit mark. Serge/Overlock the shoulder seams and press towards the back. Press the side seams open. Topstitch along the side slits 0.2 cm from the edge.
- Stitch the lower collar to the upper collar, trim the corners, turn right side out, and press.
- Serge/Overlock the outer edge of the center front facings. Stitch the facings to the front edges, inserting hooks on the right front and eyes on the left front at the marks. Trim excess fabric in the corners and turn the facings to the inside. Press the front edges. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the front edge. Secure the facings to the shoulder seams with a 1 cm bar tack.
- Stitch the lower collar to the neckline. Fold under the edge of the upper collar and topstitch it over the seam attaching the lower collar.
- Fold the cuff lengthwise in half. Stitch the short ends of the cuff, trim the corners, and turn it right side out. Press the cuff into its finished shape.
- Serge/Overlock the sleeve edges. Stitch the sleeve seams up to the vent mark. Topstitch along the vent 0.2 cm from the edge. Run a line of loose (long) stitches along the lower edge of the sleeve and gather it to fit the cuff length. Stitch the outer layer of the cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve, then fold under the inner layer and topstitch it over the attachment seam.
- Set in the sleeves, easing the sleeve cap. Serge/Overlock the armhole seam.
- Serge/Overlock the hem allowance of the blouse, turn it to the wrong side, stitching the corners at the front edges together with the facing, and topstitch along the edge.
- Mark the buttonhole position on each cuff, work the buttonhole, and sew on the button.
