Round Neck Cinched Puff Sleeve Blouse

Name: Round Neck Cinched Puff Sleeve Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2719
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2719

A women's hip-length blouse with a round neckline, a back keyhole closed with a rouleau loop and one button, and short puff sleeves gathered at the cap and drawn in by a band wrapped through a slit in the sleeve seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Puff Sleeve Blouse

When To Wear

In spring and summer with skirts, jeans or trousers.
At work under a sleeveless dress or with a pencil skirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, hip length; bust darts on the front.

Neckline: Round neckline finished with interfaced front and back facings.

Closure: Slit at the centre back neckline, faced together with the neckline, with a bias rouleau loop and one button.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves cut in two parts, front and back. The cap is gathered. The seam between the parts is left open between two marks to form a slit, and a fabric band passes through it, wraps around the lower sleeve and is hand-stitched, gathering the sleeve.

Back: One piece cut on the fold.

Finishing: Sleeve hems turned and topstitched; garment hem 1.2 cm, overlocked, turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A faced back slit with a rouleau loop, gathered sleeve caps, and sleeves with a slit and a hand-finished wrapped band.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back neckline facings)
1 button

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 on fold
- Front Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Strap – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece
- Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
Stitch the darts on the Front. Press the darts upwards.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press the allowances towards the back and serge them.
Serge the joining edges and the lower edges of the Front Sleeve and Back Sleeve. Stitch the Front Sleeve to the Back Sleeve from the top to the upper slit mark and from the lower slit mark to the hem. Press the allowances open, pressing the slit edges under as well. Topstitch around the slit 0.1 cm from the edge. Run a gathering stitch (loosened upper thread) along the sleeve cap and gather. Stitch the underarm sleeve seam. Serge the allowances and press them towards the Back Sleeve. Turn up the sleeve hem and topstitch. Set the sleeve into the armhole, press the allowance and serge.
Fold each Strap in half lengthwise and stitch the long edges. Turn the Strap right side out, smooth and press. Serge the short ends. Wrap the Strap around the lower part of the sleeve, turn in the Strap allowances and hand stitch.
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 the allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and straighten the rouleau. Adjust the loop length.
Stitch the Front Neckline Facing to the Back Neckline Facing at the shoulders. Press the allowances open. Serge the outer edge. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and baste along the neckline. Slash the Back and the Back Neckline Facing along the marked line. Stitch around the neckline and the back slit, tapering to nothing at the end of the slit and catching the loop in the seam. Clip the allowances and into the corner at the back. Turn the facing to the wrong side and press.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment, press the hem to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew the button to the back neckline.