Gathered Tie Neck Puff Sleeve Blouse
Introducing a versatile women's blouse pattern, distinguished by a beautifully gathered tie-neckline and voluminous puff sleeves adorned with decorative trim.
When To Wear
This charming blouse is perfect for a range of occasions, offering effortless elegance and comfort:
- Casual Chic Outings: Pair with denim for an elevated everyday look suitable for brunch or daytime events.
- Smart-Casual Workwear: Combine with tailored trousers or skirts for a professional yet relaxed office ensemble.
- Weekend & Leisure Wear: a comfortable and stylish option for gatherings with friends or relaxed activities.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed-fit bodice paired with voluminous sleeves creates a comfortable yet stylish drape.
Neckline: a softly gathered round neckline features a front tie closure, allowing for adjustable styling.
Sleeves: Three-quarter length puff sleeves, gathered at both the shoulder and cuff, offer a playful volume. Decorative trim is applied along the upper sleeve seam.
Back: a neat keyhole opening at the back neckline is secured with a single button closure.
Hem: The blouse finishes with a straight, clean hemline.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. This pattern requires skills in creating gathers, bias binding for a back slit, constructing a fabric loop, and applying decorative trim.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight blouse fabrics with good drape to enhance the gathers and puff sleeves:
- Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Additional Supplies
- Elastic thread
- Decorative trim (approximate length indicated on the pattern piece)
- 1 button
Cutter's Must
When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric 1:
- Back – 1 piece with fold
- Front – 1 piece with fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
Sewing Instructions
- Along the neckline edge of the front piece, stitch with a loosened upper thread to create gathers.
- Cut a bias binding for finishing the back slit, with a length equal to double the slit length + 4 cm and a width of 5 cm. Press the binding lengthwise in the middle, right side out. Mark the slit line on the back, cut it. Lay out the back along the slit line in a straight line, place the binding on the right side, aligning the edges, and stitch. The seam allowance along the slit length is 0.5 – 0.7 cm, decreasing to 0.2 cm at the bottom of the slit. Fold the binding to the wrong side, wrapping around the seam, and topstitch into the attaching seam.
- Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long for the loop. Fold the strip lengthwise in the middle, right side in, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim the allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out, and straighten the rouleau. Adjust the loop length. Sew the loop to the left side of the back slit.
- Attach the sleeves to the back and front, press the allowances towards the sleeve and overlock. Topstitch decorative braid onto the seams.
- Stitch the side edges and sleeve edges with one seam, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
- Cut a bias binding from the main fabric, 4 cm wide and with a length equal to the neckline length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding lengthwise in the middle, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge on the wrong! side, leaving tails, and stitch. Clip the allowances, trim the ends, tuck them inside, fold the binding to the right! side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam. Alternatively, the neckline can be finished with bias binding. In this case, the allowances along the back and front necklines and the upper edges of the sleeves should be trimmed to 0 cm.
- Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. Overlock the bottom edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side, and topstitch. The sleeve hem can also be finished with a narrow rolled hem. For this, the hem allowance needs to be trimmed.
- Sew the button to the right side of the back slit.
- On the sleeves, stitch with elastic thread according to the markings.
