Sleeveless V-Neck Blouse Shoulder Pleats

Name: Sleeveless V-Neck Blouse Shoulder Pleats
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2577
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2577

A sleeveless women's blouse with a V-neck formed by two fronts lapped right over left, pleats laid at each front shoulder and a neck edge that rises into a low stand at the back. Invisible zipper at the centre back, rounded hem. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: well-draping blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Sleeveless Blouse with Shoulder Pleats

When To Wear

In summer with skirts or trousers, tucked in or worn loose.
Under a jacket at the office.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Gently shaped through the side seams, with soft fullness from the shoulder pleats.

Length: Hip length, with a rounded hem.

Neckline: V-neck where the fronts overlap; the neck edge continues into a low stand at the back. Finished with front facings and a back neckline facing, interfaced.

Front: Two fronts with pleats at the shoulder seam. The right front lies over the left and is held by topstitching along its edge from a mark to the hem, and around the neckline and the left front edge; no buttons.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes bound with bias binding 4 cm wide, folded in half and topstitched along the fold.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam.

Closure: Invisible zipper in the centre back seam.

Finishing: Front edges and neckline topstitched; hem turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Shoulder pleats, facings sewn in one around the front edges and back neck, an overlapped front fixed by topstitching, bias-bound armholes and an invisible zipper in a soft fabric.

Fabric Recommendations

Well-draping blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibres with added elastane.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front facings, back neckline facing)
Invisible zipper
Bias binding 4 cm wide, if not cut from the blouse fabric

Cutter's Must

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

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
Bias strips for the armholes, 4 cm wide × armhole length + 4 cm – 2 pieces (if not using ready-made binding)

From fusible interfacing:

Center Front Facing – 2 pieces
Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Center Front Facing and Back Neckline Facing.
Serge the center back edges separately. Stitch the center back seam from the top to the zipper mark and from the zipper mark to the bottom. Press seam allowances open, insert the invisible zipper.
Lay the pleats at the shoulder edge of each Front and baste them in place. Stitch the shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back, serge.
Cut (if not using ready-made) a bias strip 4 cm wide and equal to the armhole length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding on the armhole edge, right side to right side, and stitch. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Center Front Facing and Back Neckline Facing, clip and press the seam allowances open. Serge the outer edge. Place the facings on the right side of the garment and stitch the right front edge from the center back seam to the bottom. Stitch the left front edge from the center back seam to the mark. Clip seam allowances at the mark. Clip seam allowances at curves, turn the facings to the wrong side and press. Serge the seam allowances of the left front edge from the mark to the bottom.
Overlap the right front over the left front, align the center lines, and topstitch along the right front edge from the vertical mark to the bottom. Topstitch from the vertical mark of the right front, along the neckline, and along the left front edge.
Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back, serge.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.