Flutter Sleeve V-Yoke Blouse

Name: Flutter Sleeve V-Yoke Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2614
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2614

A women's hip-length blouse with a pointed front yoke, a straight back yoke and short two-layer sleeves. The front and back are gathered into the yokes; the back neck opens with a slit closed by a rouleau loop and one button. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: soft blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Flutter Sleeve V-Yoke Blouse

When To Wear

In summer with jeans, shorts or a skirt.
With trousers for the office in warm weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, straight body with gathered fullness under the yokes.

Length: To the hip, with a straight hem turned twice and topstitched.

Neckline: Round, finished with a bias strip turned to the right side and topstitched, or bound with bias tape.

Front: One-piece yoke ending in a V point at the centre front; the front below it is cut on the fold and gathered.

Back: Straight yoke cut in two halves with a centre seam and a slit at the neck; the back below it is cut on the fold and gathered.

Closure: A bias rouleau loop on the left back yoke and a button on the right.

Sleeves: Short, set in, made of an upper and a lower layer with hemmed edges; the upper layer is gathered at the cap and laid over the lower one.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering into a shaped yoke, a bias-finished neckline, a rouleau loop and a two-layer sleeve.

Fabric Recommendations

Soft blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

1 button

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: Hem allowance – 2.5 cm; all other seams – 1 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Back yoke - 2 pieces
- Back - 1 piece with fold
- Front yoke - 1 piece
- Front - 1 piece with fold
- Upper sleeve – 2 pieces
- Lower sleeve – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Serge the center edges of the back yoke separately. Stitch the center seam of the back yoke from the slit mark to the bottom. Press seam allowances open. Stitch a reinforcing line along the slit.
Stitch the shoulder edges of the back and front yokes, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long for the loop. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and straighten the loop. Adjust the loop length. Sew the loop to the left side of the back yoke.
Cut a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge on the wrong! side, leaving tails, and stitch. Fold the binding to the right! side, clip the seams, and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam. Alternatively, the neckline can be finished with bias binding (binding length is indicated on the back pattern piece). In this case, the neckline seam allowance should be trimmed to 0 cm.
Along the upper edges of the back and front, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Attach the back and front to the yokes, press seam allowances upwards and serge.
Stitch the side edges, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Serge the lower edges of the upper and lower sleeve parts, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Along the sleeve cap of the upper sleeve, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Place the upper sleeve over the lower, matching notches, and secure along the sleeve cap. Stitch the sleeve seam, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, matching marks. Press and serge seam allowances.
Fold the bottom hem of the garment inwards by 1 cm, then by 1.5 cm, and topstitch.
Sew the button to the right side of the back yoke.