Collared V-Neck Blouse with Drawstring Waist
Discover a versatile women's sewing pattern for a relaxed-fit blouse featuring a sophisticated collared V-neck, practical roll-up sleeves, and an adjustable drawstring waist for a custom silhouette.
When To Wear
This stylish blouse offers comfort and elegance for various settings, making it a perfect choice for:
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Everyday Chic: Ideal for daily wear, providing a polished yet comfortable look for errands or casual lunches.
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Office & Workwear: a smart-casual option that pairs well with trousers or skirts for a professional environment.
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Weekend Getaways: Perfect for travel, offering easy-wearing style that can be dressed up or down.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, flowing fit that can be cinched at the waist for a more defined shape, falling to a tunic length.
Neckline & Collar: Pull-over style with a deep V-neck opening finished with a placket (facing) and framed by a shirt collar on a stand.
Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with a buttoned tab on the inside to hold them rolled up.
Pockets: Two chest patch pockets with a box pleat, each closed with a buttoned flap.
Waist: a stitched-on casing on the inside with a fabric tie exiting through two buttonholes at the front allows adjustable cinching at the waist.
Back: Back cut in one piece; the blouse has a curved shirttail hem.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern involves skills such as dart construction, creating patch pockets with flaps, assembling a collar with a stand, and inserting a drawstring channel.
Fabric Recommendations
For the best drape and finish, select light to medium-weight woven fabrics with good fluidity:
- Two-sided fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Shirting fabrics
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 4 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece
- Front – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Collar – 2 pieces
- Stand Collar – 2 pieces
- Placket – 1 piece
- Flap – 4 pieces
- Pocket – 2 pieces
- Sleeve Decorative Tab – 2 pieces
- Waist casing strip 3.5 cm wide, length as marked on the Front; fabric tie (cut by measurement)
- From fusible interfacing: Placket, upper Collar, outer Stand Collar, 2 Flap pieces.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the Placket, the upper Collar, the outer Stand Collar and 2 of the Flap pieces.
- Stitch darts on the front. Press darts upwards.
- Form a box pleat on the pockets. Press the upper seam allowances of the pockets to the wrong side, fold, and topstitch. Press the side and bottom seam allowances of the pockets to the wrong side. Place pockets on the front according to markings. Topstitch patch pockets.
- Place flap pieces right sides together and stitch around. Trim the corner seam allowances of the flaps and turn right side out. Straighten and press the seams, topstitch along the edge at 0.1 and 0.6 cm from the edge. Overlock the raw edge of the flaps and make the buttonholes. Attach flaps to the front, turn down, and topstitch. Sew buttons on the pockets according to the buttonholes.
- Overlock the outer edges of the Placket. Place the placket on the Front, right sides together, and stitch around the V-neck opening. Trim seam allowances, turn the placket to the wrong side, baste, and press. Topstitch the placket to the front according to markings.
- Place the Collar pieces right sides together and stitch along the ends and outer edge. Trim the corners and turn right side out. Stitch the Stand Collar pieces together, inserting the collar between them, starting and ending the stitching exactly at the stand attachment line. Turn right side out, press the finished collar.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse. Press seams towards the back and overlock.
- Stitch the inner stand with the collar to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the outer stand and topstitch it into the seam. Topstitch around the collar.
- Fold each Sleeve Decorative Tab right sides together and stitch the long side and one short end. Trim the seam allowances at the corners, turn right side out and press. Make the buttonhole. Attach the tab to the wrong side of the sleeve according to markings. Sew a button on the right side in this place.
- Set the sleeves into the open armholes. Overlock seam allowances. Stitch the underarm sleeve seam and the side seam in one continuous seam. Press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Press the hem of the garment and sleeves to the wrong side, fold, and topstitch.
- Make the buttonholes on the front according to the markings. Cut a casing strip 3.5 cm wide and as long as indicated on the Front pattern. Press the long edges 1 cm to the wrong side, place the strip wrong side down on the wrong side of the front and topstitch along the markings.
- Make a tie from the main fabric and insert it into the drawstring casing.
