High Neck Sleeveless Asymmetric Peplum Blouse

Name: High Neck Sleeveless Asymmetric Peplum Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2557
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2557

A sleeveless women's blouse with a high round neckline, a princess-seamed lined bodice with curved front yokes, and an asymmetric peplum whose two front pieces overlap on a diagonal. It closes with an invisible zipper in the centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

High Neck Sleeveless Asymmetric Peplum Blouse

When To Wear

Tucked under a jacket or worn on its own with a pencil skirt or slim trousers for the office.
On its own in warm weather: the armholes are cut away and there are no sleeves.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted bodice shaped by princess seams, joined at the waist to a peplum that ends below the hip.

Neckline: High round neckline without a collar, finished by the lining and reinforced with fusible interfacing.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; the armholes are finished with the lining in two steps, front first, then back.

Front: Centre front panel and two side front panels joined by princess seams, with curved yokes set in above them from the shoulder to the armhole.

Back: Princess seams from the armholes and a centre back seam with an invisible zipper; the back peplum is cut in two halves.

Skirt: Peplum with separate right and left front pieces; the left lies over the right. The diagonal centre edges are interfaced; these edges and the hem are turned in 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Lining: The bodice (upper part) is lined; the peplum is unlined.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams and set-in yokes, a lined bodice with the neckline and armholes finished by the lining, an overlapping peplum on the bias, and an invisible zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric
Invisible zipper
Fusible interfacing (back and front neckline edges, bias edges of the front peplums)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Upper center back - 2 pieces
Upper side back - 2 pieces
Back peplum - 2 pieces
Front yoke – 2 pieces
Upper center front - 1 piece
Upper side front - 2 pieces
Right front peplum – 1 piece
Left front peplum – 1 piece

From lining fabric:

Upper center back - 2 pieces
Upper side back - 2 pieces
Upper center front - 1 piece
Upper side front - 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Reinforce the neckline edges of the back and front, and the bias edges of the front peplums with fusible interlining.
Stitch the princess seams of the upper back, press allowances towards the center.
Stitch the princess seams of the upper front, press allowances towards the center. Attach the yoke to the front. Clip allowances and press towards the yoke.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams of the upper, clip allowances and press open.
Stitch seams on lining fabric pieces. Place the main garment and lining right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn the piece right side out, straighten, press. Finish the armhole with lining in two steps: first the front armhole, then the back armhole. Clip allowances, turn right side out and press. Secure the lining to the main garment at the bottom edges and center back edges.
Stitch the side seams of the peplums. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Overlock the center edges of the front peplums and bottom edges, fold inwards, and topstitch. Overlap the left peplum over the right, secure the upper edges.
Stitch the upper and lower parts of the garment, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Overlock the center back edges separately on each piece. Stitch the center back seam from the mark to the bottom edge, press allowances open. Insert the zipper.