Sleeveless Blouse with Cascading Ruffle

Name: Sleeveless Blouse with Cascading Ruffle
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 2737
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #2737

A women's sleeveless hip-length blouse with a round flat collar whose right half is extended into a cascading ruffle down the front edge, double cap pieces at the shoulders and a five-button front. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless Blouse with Cascading Ruffle

A women's sleeveless hip-length blouse with a round flat collar whose right half is extended into a cascading ruffle down the front edge, double cap pieces at the shoulders and a five-button front.

When To Wear

In summer with skirts and trousers, or under a jacket at the office.
Tucked into a pencil skirt for daytime events.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, semi-fitted, shaped with bust darts.

Collar: Round collar cut as separate right and left halves, joined with a centre seam. The right half is laid in a pleat at the neckline and continues as a long ruffle stitched to the front edge.

Front: Button closure with buttonholes on the right front, worked with the collar folded back; front facings and a back neckline facing finish the neckline and front edges.

Sleeves: No sleeves; double-layer cap pieces are set into the upper armhole, and the lower armhole is finished with bias binding.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, without a centre back seam.

Finishing: Hem turned 1 cm, then another 1 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. An asymmetric two-part collar with a pleat and a ruffle sewn into the front edge, facings, cap pieces set into the armhole and a bias-bound armhole.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (collar, front facings, back neckline facing)
5 buttons
Bias binding for the armholes (or cut from the main fabric, 4 cm wide)

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Front - 2 pieces
- Sleeve cap – 4 pieces
- Right collar — 2 pieces
- Left collar – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Right collar — 1 piece
- Left collar – 1 piece
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

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

Interface pieces with fusible interfacing.
Stitch bust darts, press seam allowances upwards.
Stitch shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch center seams of left and right collars. Press seam allowances open. Place upper collar with lower collar right sides together, stitch outer edge of collar and end of left side. Trim seams, turn collar right side out, shape and press. Create and secure a pleat at the neckline edge on the right side according to the technical drawing. Attach collar to neckline. Attach the right extended side to the front edge.
Stitch shoulder seams of back neckline facing and front facing, press seam allowances open. Serge outer edge. Place facing and front facing on the right side of the garment and stitch neckline and front edges. Clip seam allowances, trim corners, turn facings and front facing to the wrong side and press. Stitch facing to shoulder seams.
Place sleeve caps right sides together and stitch outer edges. Trim seam allowances, turn right side out and press. Attach sleeve caps to armholes. Press seam allowances and serge.
Stitch side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Cut (if not ready-made) bias binding 4 cm wide and length equal to the length of the lower of the armhole + 4 cm. Fold bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place binding with armhole edge right sides together and stitch. Clip seam allowances. Fold binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press seam.
Fold the bottom edge of the garment inwards by 1 cm, then another 1 cm and topstitch.
On the right front, serge buttonholes, folding back the collar, on the left – sew on buttons.