Fitted Sleeveless Button-Front Ruffle Blouse

Name: Fitted Sleeveless Button-Front Ruffle Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4017
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4017

A women's fitted sleeveless blouse with a sweetheart-shaped upper edge, a gathered upper front joined to a darted lower front, a six-button front placket and wide two-layer straps with gathered ruffles along their outer edges. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Fitted Sleeveless Button-Front Ruffle Blouse

When To Wear

In summer with a pencil skirt, wide trousers or jeans.
Under an open jacket or cardigan in spring.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting, shaped by front darts and back princess seams.

Length: Just below the waist.

Neckline: Sweetheart-shaped front edge and a straight back edge, both overlocked, turned in by 2 cm and topstitched.

Front: Upper front gathered along the centre front edge and joined with a horizontal seam to the lower front, which has vertical darts.

Closure: Fused button placket attached over the gathers, with 6 buttons and buttonholes on the right side.

Sleeves: Sleeveless. Wide straps of two layers (upper layer fused) with a ruffle sewn between them; the ruffle's outer edge is finished with a rolled hem and its inner edge is gathered.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams from the upper edge to the hem.

Finishing: Hem turned up 2 cm and topstitched; upper strap layer topstitched close to the edge.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering into a seam and a placket, a placket with turned corners, princess seams, and straps with an inserted rolled-hem ruffle.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, upper straps)
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, they include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: blouse hem allowance 2 cm, ruffle outer allowance 0 cm, upper edges of back and front pieces 2 cm, allowance for all other edges 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.

From main fabric:
- Upper front – 2 pieces
- Lower front – 2 pieces
- Center back – 2 pieces
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Strap – 4 pieces
- Ruffle - 4 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Strap – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Interface the upper plackets and upper straps with fusible interfacing.
Mark and stitch the darts on the lower front. Press the dart depths towards the center.
Overlock the upper edge of the upper front, fold inwards, and topstitch.
Stitch the upper and lower front parts together. Overlock the seam and press downwards.
Stitch the back princess seam. Overlock the seam and press towards the center back. Stitch the center back seam. Overlock the seam and press to the left. Overlock the upper edge of the back, fold inwards, and topstitch.
Stitch the side seam. Overlock the seam and press towards the back.
Stitch the side seams of the straps. Press allowances open. Overlock the outer edge of the ruffle with a rolled hem. Along the inner edge, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather. Attach the ruffles to the upper strap. Fold the upper and lower straps right sides together (so that the ruffle is inside) and stitch the inner edge. Clip the allowances and turn right side out. Attach the lower strap to the blouse. Fold the allowance of the upper strap inwards and topstitch close to the edge.
Overlock the blouse hem, fold the allowance to the wrong side, and topstitch.
On the upper front, along the front edge, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches and gather. Attach the upper placket to the front. Turn the lower placket to the right side and stitch the upper and lower corners. Trim the corners and turn right side out. Fold the allowance of the lower placket inwards and topstitch.
On the right placket, make buttonholes. On the left placket, sew on buttons.