Rounded Collar Blouse with Front Pleats
Elegant and charming, this women's sewing pattern features a classic collar blouse meticulously detailed with a prominent front pleat panel and refined short sleeves.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a touch of tailored elegance to various occasions:
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Office & Professional Settings: Its structured design and polished details make it an excellent choice for a refined work wardrobe.
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Smart Casual Gatherings: Easily transitions to social events, offering a chic yet comfortable option for daytime or evening engagements.
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Vintage-Inspired Styling: The charming rounded collar and front pleats lend themselves beautifully to classic and retro ensembles.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a tailored and fitted silhouette, gently shaping the bodice for a flattering look.
Neckline & Collar: Defined by a charming collar with gently rounded corners, set on a collar stand and edge-stitched for a neat finish.
Closure: a center front closure on a cut-on, topstitched button placket, secured with five buttons.
Sleeves: Classic short, set-in sleeves that offer comfort and a polished appearance.
Front Detail: The focal point of the blouse, featuring four vertical pleats on each front beside the placket, stitched from the neckline down to a mark and then released, adding refined texture and shaping.
Back: a clean back with a center back seam, subtly shaped with vertical darts for an excellent fit.
Hem: a straight hemline designed to sit comfortably at the hip.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern involves skills such as creating pleats, constructing a stand collar, precise button closure execution, dart sewing, and setting in sleeves.
Fabric Recommendations
Select blouse-weight fabrics with a good drape and suitable body to hold the pleats, such as:
- Double-sided blouse fabrics
- Natural fibers like silk or cotton blends
- Blended fibers such as viscose, rayon, or polyester blends
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 5 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Collar – 1 piece
- Stand Collar – 1 piece
- Placket (cut-on front placket, by the Front pattern) – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the cut-on front plackets, the upper Collar and the inner Stand Collar.
- Place the upper and lower Collar pieces right sides together. Stitch the ends and the outer edge of the collar. Trim the seam allowances. Turn the collar right side out, shape, and press. Place the Stand Collar pieces right sides together, sandwich the finished collar between them, align the notches, and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the stand. Start and end the stitching exactly at the marked neckline seam line. Turn the finished collar right side out and press.
- On each Front, fold the first pleat along the marked lines, right sides together. Stitch the pleat from the wrong side, from the neckline down to the cross mark. Make the remaining 3 pleats in the same way. Press the pleats towards the center of the front, as shown in the illustration.
- Stitch the darts on the front panels. Press the waist darts towards the center of the front, and the bust darts upwards. Stitch the darts on the back. Press the darts towards the center seam. Stitch the center seam of the back. Overlock and press the seam.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Overlock the seams and press them towards the back. Fold the cut-on plackets twice to the right side and topstitch along their inner edge.
- Stitch the outer Stand Collar with the Collar to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the inner Stand Collar and stitch it in the ditch of the attaching seam. Topstitch along the stand and collar.
- Stitch and overlock the sleeve seams. Set in the sleeves, easing the cap.
- Overlock the bottom edge of the garment and sleeves, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
- On the right front, work buttonholes; on the left, sew on buttons.
