Collared 3/4 Sleeve Ring Tie Blouse
Introducing a chic blouse pattern featuring a classic collar, elegant 3/4 sleeves, and a distinctive front tie secured by eyelets for a modern, sophisticated silhouette.
When To Wear
This blouse offers versatile styling for various occasions, perfect for:
- Smart Casual Workwear: Its polished design and comfortable sleeves make it ideal for office environments or professional meetings.
- Everyday Elegance: Effortlessly elevates daily outfits, pairing perfectly with trousers or skirts for a refined casual look.
- Transitional Seasons: The 3/4 sleeves offer comfort and style, suitable for spring, cooler summer days, or early autumn.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed yet tailored fit, shaped by subtle darts on the front and back, creating a comfortable and flattering drape.
Collar & Neckline: Features a classic shirt collar with a separate stand, providing a crisp and polished frame for the face.
Front Closure & Styling: The front edges are finished with plackets turned to the inside; one eyelet on each front holds a separate long tie threaded through and knotted, offering a customizable and elegant front detail.
Sleeves: Stylish 3/4 length set-in sleeves with a short opening at the lower sleeve seam, finished with cuffs fastened by two buttons each.
Back: Shaped with a center back seam and vertical darts for a tailored fit through the torso.
Hem: a clean, straight hemline designed for a neat finish.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in collar and stand construction, setting in sleeves, cuff and placket assembly, and installing eyelets.
Fabric Recommendations
For best results, choose:
- Fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Shirting fabrics
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 2 eyelets
- 4 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Tie – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing: Placket – 2 pieces, upper Collar – 1 piece, upper Stand Collar – 1 piece, Cuff – 2 pieces.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the plackets, cuffs, upper collar and upper stand collar.
- Stitch the darts on the back and front. Press the dart intakes towards the center. Stitch the center back seam. Press the seam allowances to the left and overlock.
- Fold the collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the ends and outer edge. Trim the corners and turn the collar right side out. Stitch the stand collar pieces together with the collar sandwiched between them, starting and ending the stitching precisely at the stand attachment line. Turn to the right side, press the finished collar.
- Fold the placket with the front right sides together and stitch the front edge. Trim the seam allowances, turn the placket to the wrong side, baste, press. Turn under the free long edge of the placket and topstitch it to the front. Set the eyelets at the markings.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams of the blouse. Press the seams towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch the lower stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the upper stand and topstitch it into the attachment seam. Topstitch along the collar.
- Overlock the sleeve seam edges. Stitch the sleeve seams, leaving them open from the mark downwards.
- Fold the cuffs right sides together and stitch the side edges, trim the seam allowances at the corners and turn to the right side. Press the cuffs. Stitch the outer side of the cuff to the lower edge of the sleeve. Turn under the seam allowance of the inner cuff and topstitch it into the attachment seam.
- Set the sleeves into the armholes, easing the cap. Overlock the seam.
- Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, turn under and topstitch. Make buttonholes on the cuffs and sew on the buttons.
- Fold the tie piece in half lengthwise right sides together and stitch along three sides, leaving an opening for turning. Turn right side out, slipstitch the opening, press and edgestitch 0.1 cm from the edge. Thread the tie through the eyelets.
