V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice

Name: V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2310
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2310

A women's hip-length blouse with a V-neck and a full-length front opening fastened with 12 buttons and rouleau loops. The upper front is gathered into a seam under the bust, the lower part is shaped by princess seams, and the long sleeves are gathered into buttoned cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice

When To Wear

At the office with a pencil skirt or tailored trousers.
Tucked into a high-waisted skirt for daytime events in spring and autumn.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted at the waist through princess seams on the lower front and lower back.

Length: To the hip.

Neckline: V-neck, finished with front facings joined to a back neck facing.

Front: A horizontal seam under the bust; the upper front is gathered into it. The lower front is cut as a centre front and a side front.

Closure: Buttons on the left front and 12 loops made from a bias-cut rouleau strip stitched into the right front edge, from the point of the V to the hem.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves, gathered at the lower edge into a cuff, with a slit at the sleeve seam topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold. Each cuff fastens with two buttons.

Back: Upper back cut on the fold, joined by a horizontal seam to a centre back and two side backs.

Finishing: Seams overlocked; hem overlocked, turned up 2 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering into a seam, princess seams, making and spacing rouleau loops, faced front edges and cuffs with sleeve slits.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (cuffs, front facings, back neck facing)
16 buttons

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:
- Upper back – 1 piece on fold
- Central back – 1 piece on fold
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Upper front – 2 pieces
- Central front – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
From fusible interlining:
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interlining to the corresponding pieces.
Stitch the back princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock. Attach the upper back to the lower, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the front princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock. Along the lower edge of the upper front, make a gathering stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Stitch the upper and lower front parts, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a strip about 50 cm long and 2.5 cm wide at a 45-degree angle for the loop fasteners. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and straighten the rouleau. Cut into 12 pieces. Adjust the length of the loops. Stitch the loops onto the right front (folds facing away from the edge).
Stitch the shoulder seams of the front facings and back neckline facing, press allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the front facings with the garment right sides together and stitch along the front edges and the neckline edge of the back and front. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners, turn the front facings with the facing to the wrong side, straighten, and press. Secure to the garment at the shoulder seams.
Along the lower edge of the sleeve, make a gathering stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Overlock the sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam from the armhole to the slit mark, press allowances open. Stitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Set sleeves into armholes, press allowances and overlock.
Place cuff pieces right sides together and stitch the side and lower edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked seam line for attaching the cuff. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and stitch into the seam of attaching the outer cuff.
Overlock the hem allowance, press to the wrong side and stitch.
Sew buttons onto the left front. Make buttonholes and sew buttons onto the cuffs.