V-Neck Blouse with Lace Yokes and Flutter Sleeves

Name: V-Neck Blouse with Lace Yokes and Flutter Sleeves
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2274
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2274

A women's hip-length pull-on blouse with lace yokes at the front shoulders and across the back, a slit neckline with folded plackets and a narrow stand collar, a front pleat below the placket, a back box pleat and short flutter sleeves. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres, with lace for the yokes.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Blouse with Lace Yokes and Flutter Sleeves

When To Wear

In summer with skirts, trousers or shorts.
At the office or for daytime events, under a light jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, straight, hip-length, with a curved hem.

Neckline: V-shaped slit at the centre front, edged with two interfaced plackets folded in half; the right placket overlaps the left and the fullness of the front is laid into a pleat below it.

Collar: Narrow interfaced stand, open at the front, sewn into the neckline.

Sleeves: Short flutter sleeves with an underarm seam, set into the armholes; the lower edge is turned up and topstitched or finished with a narrow rolled hem.

Front: One piece joined to two lace shoulder yokes.

Back: Cut on the fold, with a box pleat at the centre below a lace back yoke.

Finishing: Yoke seams pressed towards the yokes and serged; hem turned up 1.2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Setting a placket into a slit with clipped corners, a stand collar, sewing lace yokes to the main fabric and an optional rolled hem.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres, with lace for the yokes.

Additional Supplies

Lace fabric for the yokes
Fusible interfacing (plackets, collar stand)

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Front – 1 piece
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
From main fabric 1:
- Back yoke – 1 piece
- Front yoke – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Collar stand – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Form and secure a box pleat on the back. Stitch the yoke to the back, press seam allowances towards the yoke and serge. Stitch the yokes to the front, press seam allowances towards the yokes and serge.
Press the plackets lengthwise in half, right side out. Stitch the plackets to the front along the long edge, stopping 1 cm from the bottom. Clip the front seam allowance at the corners, stopping 1 mm from the stitching line. Form a pleat on the front, overlapping the right placket over the left. Stitch the ends of the plackets, folding back the front and securing the bottom edge. Serge seam allowances.
Stitch shoulder and side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Fold collar stand pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge, starting and ending the stitching precisely at the collar stand attachment line. Turn the collar stand right side out, press.
Stitch the outer collar stand to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the inner collar stand and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press seam allowances and serge. Serge the bottom edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Alternatively, the sleeve hem can be finished with a narrow rolled hem. Stitch sleeves into armholes, press seam allowances and serge.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch.