Blouse Sewing Patterns: Ruffled, Wrap and Shirt-Style — page 3 of 3
The blouse is a detail garment: ruffles, sleeves, necklines and closures change the cost and the assembly time of every unit. The catalog gathers wrap blouses, off-the-shoulder, with puff or bell sleeves, ruffled, shirt-style, cropped, sleeveless and maternity and nursing styles, in women's from XS to 4XL and in girls' from 2 to 18.
The Modeltex catalog has 167 blouse sewing patterns (162 for women, 5 for girls), all approved with a sewn sample and with the size range available on each product page; the most affordable PDF starts at US$23 with the standard size selection.
Blouse styles: ruffles, wraps and sleeves
There are ruffled and wrap blouses with a V-neck, off-the-shoulder with applique or buttons, with a square neckline and puff sleeves, high-neck with a keyhole opening, with a lace yoke and bell sleeves, and shirt-style blouses with a collar. A line is built by changing the sleeve and the neckline on a common base.
Ruffled blouses need large, circular pieces: in the A4 PDF they go together with many taped sheets, so for production the true-scale plotter is the better choice.
Blouse fabrics and how they behave
The blouse is cut in lightweight woven fabrics such as crepe, chiffon, viscose, poplin, voile and satin, and in knits such as rib or light jersey. Light fabrics shift on the table: spread them over paper, cut with a rotary cutter or sharp shears and use fine needles so the seam does not pucker the fabric. Chiffon and sheer fabrics call for clean seams, French or with a fine serger stitch. Necklines and sleeveless edges are finished with bias binding, and on the wrap blouse the crossover has to be reinforced so it does not gape.
Blouse production checkpoints
Time is lost in three places on a blouse: the gathering of the puff sleeve, the ruffle and the button placket. The gathering is done with two passes of long stitch and distributed over the armhole before sewing. The ruffle is folded and tested on a sample before its width is set. The placket needs interfacing and buttonholes at the same distance in every size. Plan the consumption ahead of time, because the ruffle and the gathering use much more fabric width than the body of the blouse.
Common fabrics for blouses: crepe, chiffon, viscose, poplin, voile, satin.
Available blouse sewing patterns
- Blouse 126 — off-the-shoulder blouse with back bow — from US$23
- Blouse 124 — blouse with mandarin collar and pleats — from US$23
- Blouse 123 — blouse with wide cape collar — from US$23
- Blouse 122 — flowy blouse with puffed sleeves and ruffle — from US$23
- Blouse 120 — blouse with tie collar and puffed sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 12 — cropped floral blouse with plunging neckline — from US$23
- Blouse 112 — loose blouse with gathered flared hem — from US$23
- Blouse 111 — cropped blouse with double ruffle and puffed sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 110 — blouse with single-shoulder ruffle — from US$23
- Blouse 11 — peplum blouse with open back — from US$23
- Blouse 109 — blouse with puffed sleeves and front knot — from US$23
- Blouse 108 — blouse with square neckline and puffed sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 104 — chiffon blouse with applied flower and ruffles — from US$23
- Blouse 101 — wrap blouse with V-neck — from US$23
- Blouse 100 — gingham blouse with bow and ruffle — from US$23
- Blouse 10 — printed off-the-shoulder blouse — from US$23
- A742 Blouse 163 — wrap blouse with puffed sleeves and waist tie — from US$23
- A739 Blouse 160 — wrap blouse with puffed sleeves and floral print — from US$23
- A734 Blouse 164 — printed blouse with open back and puffed sleeves — from US$23
- A722 Blouse 161 — blouse with crossover tie at the front — from US$23
- Minerva Blouse — blouse with embroidered flutter sleeves — from US$23
- Rita Top — blouse with crochet yoke — from US$23
- Animal Print Top — animal print blouse with ruffles — from US$23
- Top 59 — wrap blouse with ruffle sleeves — from US$23
- Top 19 — satin blouse with open back — from US$23
- Top 102 — blouse with puffed sleeves and contrast neckband — from US$23
- Top 06 — floral blouse with open back — from US$23
- Blouse 33 — puff-sleeve blouse with tie belt — from US$23
- Blouse 15 — sheer blouse with shirt collar — from US$23
- Blouse 156-G — girls' blouse with flutter sleeves and dotted texture — from US$23
- Blouse 229 — blouse with lace yoke — from US$23
- Blouse 227 — loose sleeveless blouse with lace trim — from US$23
- Blouse 224 — shimmer blouse with crossover neckline and kimono sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 223 — sequin blouse with draped neckline — from US$23
- Blouse 222 — blouse with puffed sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 221 — crossover blouse with tie straps — from US$23
- Blouse 117 — wrap blouse with side tie — from US$23
- Blouse 53-L — blouse with embroidered yoke and ruffles — from US$23
- Blouse 232-L — floral blouse with ruffled sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 231-L — printed blouse with ruffled sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 228-L — thin-strap blouse with floral print — from US$23
- Blouse 200-L — oversize collarless button-up blouse — from US$23
- Blouse 234-L — ribbed blouse with square neckline — from US$23
- Blouse 220-L — blouse with ruffled sleeves — from US$23
- Blouse 206-L — peplum blouse with gathered neckline — from US$23
- Blouse 183-L — blouse with puffed sleeves and raised dot texture — from US$23
- Blouse 181-L — blouse with bell sleeves and peplum waist — from US$23
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Frequently asked questions about blouse sewing patterns
What is the difference between a blouse and a shirt in the catalog?
The blouse groups women's garments with design details such as ruffles, wraps, necklines and special sleeves, while the shirt tends to be a classic cut with a collar and button placket. Some shirt-style blouses share traits with the shirt. If your line is office wear or uniform, look for shirt, and if it is fashion, look for blouse.
Are there blouses with puff sleeves and off-the-shoulder styles?
Yes. There are blouses with puff, bell and flutter sleeves, and with bare shoulders, with ruffles or with buttons, plus Bardot and off-shoulder necklines. Puff sleeves take more fabric and even gathering at the armhole. Check on the pattern page which recommended fabric takes the gathering without becoming heavy.
How do you cut a chiffon or very light fabric blouse?
Cut one layer at a time over paper, with the fabric well settled and the pieces held with weights instead of pins. Use a rotary cutter or sharp shears and a fine needle for sewing. French seams or a fine serger stitch keep chiffon from fraying and keep the seam from showing.
Guides for producing blouses
- Which fabric to use for each garment
- Tech pack for the garment workshop
- Fabric consumption per garment
- How to print sewing patterns on a plotter
Related garments
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