Fitted Stand Collar Zipper Cotton Blouse
This elegant women's blouse pattern features a sleek, fitted silhouette with a distinctive grown-on stand collar, a central zipped panel, and wide buttoned cuffs.
When To Wear
This versatile blouse is perfect for adding a sophisticated touch to various outfits, suitable for:
- Professional Settings: a polished choice for office wear, business meetings, or corporate events.
- Smart Casual Gatherings: Ideal for lunch dates, upscale brunches, or evening cocktails with friends.
- Transitional Layering: a chic outer layer for cooler weather, easily paired with a camisole or light top.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a tailored, fitted silhouette shaped by princess seams on the front and darts on the back, ending at the high hip.
Neckline & Collar: a stand collar cut in one with the side fronts and back, finished with facings and opening into a V-neckline at the front.
Closure: a separating zipper runs down the double-layer center front panel, from the point of the V-neckline to the hem.
Front Details: a topstitched center front panel with a V-shaped upper edge, flanked by princess seams.
Sleeves: Long, set-in sleeves finished with wide cuffs, each with a slit and a button.
Back: Shaped with darts and a center back seam, ensuring a close fit and smooth contour.
Hem: Straight across the bottom, contributing to its clean and polished finish.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in zipper insertion, precise grown-on collar and facing construction, setting in sleeves with ease, and detailed cuff assembly including buttonholes.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight to medium-weight blouse fabrics with a good drape and body, such as:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural fibers (e.g., cotton)
- Blouse fabrics made from blended fibers
- Viscose fabrics
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- Separating zipper
- 2 buttons
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 4 pieces
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Facing 1 – 2 pieces
- Back Facing 2 – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Facing 1 – 2 pieces
- Back Facing 2 – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the Center Front pieces (outer layer), facings and Cuffs.
- Place the Center Front pieces right sides together in pairs, sandwich the separating zipper between them and stitch along the upper, center and lower edges, inserting the zipper at the same time. Turn right side out and press. Topstitch 0.7 cm from the seams. Stitch the Center Front panels to the Side Fronts (princess seams). Overlock the seams and press them towards the side seams.
- Stitch the darts on the Back. Press the darts towards the center back. Stitch the center back seam. Press the seam to the left and overlock.
- Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Overlock the seams and press them towards the back.
- Stitch the facing pieces together. Overlock and press the seams. Overlock the outer edge of the facings. Place the facings on the blouse right sides together and stitch along the edge of the grown-on stand collar and the front neckline, catching the top section of the princess seam. Turn the facing to the wrong side and topstitch 0.7 cm from the edge.
- Stitch the sleeve seams up to the notch, overlock and press open. Set in the Sleeves, easing the sleeve cap.
- Fold each Cuff in half and stitch the short ends and the section up to the notch. Clip the seam allowance at the notch. Turn the cuffs right side out and press. Stitch the outer layer of the cuff to the sleeve. Fold under the inner layer and topstitch it over the attachment seam.
- Overlock the hem of the blouse, press it to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Make buttonholes on the cuffs and sew on the buttons.
