Blouse with Shoulder Yoke

Blouse with Shoulder Yoke

A women's blouse in fine sheer fabric with a deep round yoke that runs over the shoulders and joins the body and the gathered sleeve heads. Small pleats at the front neckline, full long sleeves shirred with elastic above a frilled edge, and a button-and-loop opening at the back neck.

When To Wear

• Spring and summer, with trousers, jeans or a straight skirt.
• Daytime events and dinners, worn over a camisole if the fabric is sheer.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose body with waist darts on the front and back.

Length: Hip length, hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Yoke: Round yoke cut as one front yoke and two back yokes; the back yokes are shaped with shoulder darts. The body and the sleeves are joined first along the armhole line, then the gathered sleeve heads, front and back are stitched to the yoke in one seam pressed upwards.

Neckline: Round neckline, small pleats folded into the front yoke at the neck; finished with bias binding with no seam allowance on the neck edge.

Sleeves: Long, full sleeves gathered into the yoke. Hat elastic is stitched on the inside with a zigzag stitch above the wrist, leaving a frill below; the sleeve edge is finished with a rolled hem. Underarm and side seams are stitched in one pass.

Back: Centre back seam with an opening at the neck, closed with one button and a loop formed from the neck binding.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Joining gathered sleeves, body and a curved yoke in one seam, shirring with elastic and binding a neckline in sheer fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Fine, sheer fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

• Bias binding for the neckline
• Hat elastic (thin round elastic)
• 1 button