The Avid Seamstress Pleated Blouse

Buy the Pleated Blouse sewing pattern from The Avid Seamstress. A standout piece designed to elevate your wardrobe, the Pleated Blouse will move straight to the top of your sewing list. This blouse features a pretty rounded collar that can be worn open or closed, and pleats sewn into a yoke creating an original design feature. Two sleeve options let you express your unique style: choose a sleeve gathered into a cuff, or a fuller sleeve with a pleated shoulder.

Sewing level: Intermediate

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: The Pleated Blouse suits an array of woven non-stretch fabrics. Cotton, poplin, bamboo, linen, chambray, and viscose. 

Fabric requirements: 

Cuff sleeve version: 112 cm (44") wide fabric: Sizes 6-14, 2.25 m / Sizes 16-26, 2.4 m // 145 cm (57") wide fabric: Sizes 6-14, 1.5 m / Sizes 16-26, 2.25 m.

Pleated sleeve version: 112 cm (44") wide fabric: Sizes 6-14, 2.25 m / Sizes 16-26, 3 m // 145 cm (57") wide fabric: Sizes 6-14, 1.5 m / Sizes 16-26, 2.25 m.

Sizing: UK 6 – 26 (approx. UK 6/8 – 28, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer's size chart and finished garment measurements.

Notions: 1 m of interfacing; six 12 mm buttons // Cuff sleeve version: two extra 12 mm buttons // Pleated sleeve version: elastic, 5 mm wide, 0.5 m for sizes 6-16 or 1 m for sizes 18-26; small safety pin.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern (40 pages); A0 copy shop pattern (3 sheets) // Layers: Yes // Projector file: No. Note: You must print this pattern in colour.

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