Asymmetrical Draped Mock Neck Blouse

Name: Asymmetrical Draped Mock Neck Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2272
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2272

A women's hip-length blouse with a high cut-on neck, asymmetric pleats that radiate from the left shoulder and are held by buttons on the shoulder seam, long sleeves pleated at the cap and cuff, and an invisible zip in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics with good drape, from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Asymmetrical Draped Mock Neck Blouse

When To Wear

At the office with straight trousers or a pencil skirt.
In autumn and winter under a jacket, or on its own for dinner out.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, hip-length.

Neckline: High stand-up neck cut in one with the front and back, finished inside with interfaced neckline facings that are secured to the zip tape and the shoulder seams.

Front: Cut in one piece; pleats laid from the left shoulder with their depths facing towards the neckline create soft folds across the chest. Buttons are sewn over the pleats on the left shoulder seam.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves with a box pleat at the top of the cap and two pleats either side of it; pleats on the back of the sleeve at the lower edge, a slit topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold, and an interfaced cuff with a buttonhole and button.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam and an invisible zip from the neck edge.

Finishing: Hem pressed twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An invisible zip, a cut-on neck finished with a facing, pleating on the front and sleeve cap, and sleeve slits with sewn-on cuffs.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics with good drape, from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (cuffs, neckline facings)
Invisible zip
5 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns are without seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance – 2 cm. Attention! First of all, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). Attention! Markings on the patterns are on the face side!

From main fabric:
- Back – 2 pieces
- Front - 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
- Front neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Finish the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the zipper mark to the hem, press seam allowances open. Insert the invisible zipper.
Form and secure the pleats on the front (pleat depths face outwards, towards the neckline).
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, clip seam allowances at curves, press towards the back and finish.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the neckline facings, clip and press seam allowances open. Finish the lower edge. Place the facing and garment right sides together and stitch the neckline edge, clip seam allowances at curves, trim corners. Turn the facing to the wrong side, straighten, press. Secure the facing to the zipper tape and shoulder seams.
On the upper of the sleeve cap, form and secure a box pleat and two arbitrary pleats to its left and right. Along the lower edge of the sleeve, form and secure arbitrary pleats on the back of the sleeve. Finish the sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam from the armhole to the slit mark, press seam allowances open. Topstitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press seam allowances and finish.
Place cuff pieces right sides together and stitch the side edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked cuff attachment line. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer cuff to the sleeve, fold the seam allowance of the inner cuff inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer cuff attachment.
Press the hem of the garment to the wrong side twice by 1 cm and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the cuffs, sew on buttons. Sew buttons on the left shoulder seam, on the pleats.