Flutter Sleeve V-Neck Romper

Name: Flutter Sleeve V-Neck Romper
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4049
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4049

A women's playsuit with shorts, a deep V-neck at the front and back, and flutter sleeves made of two overlapping parts. The upper front is gathered into a horizontal seam under the bust, the waist is elasticated, and a zipper sits in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: silk fabrics of natural or blended fibres, preferably with added elastane.

Tech. Description

Flutter Sleeve V-Neck Romper

When To Wear

Hot summer days, in town or on holiday.
With flat sandals or espadrilles; with heeled sandals for a summer evening out.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Bloused bodice falling over an elasticated waist, straight shorts below.

Length: Short, mid-thigh shorts with a 3 cm turned hem.

Neckline: Deep V at the front and an even deeper V at the back, both finished with a narrow double-turned (Moscow) hem.

Sleeves: Flutter sleeves cut as a front and a back part, joined at the underarm and only partly along the shoulder, so they open over the arm; edges finished with a narrow rolled hem.

Front: Two upper front pieces gathered between notches onto a one-piece lower front.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam; two narrow ties attached at the shoulder seams.

Closure: Zipper in the left side seam, which is reinforced with fusible tape.

Waist: The bodice is joined to the shorts with a French seam that forms a channel for 0.7 cm elastic, inserted through a hand-finished buttonhole.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Fine fabric, Moscow and rolled hems, a side zipper, gathering and an elastic channel in the waist seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Silk fabrics of natural or blended fibres, preferably with added elastane.

Additional Supplies

Elastic, 0.7 cm wide
Fusible stay tape
Zipper

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: neckline allowance for back and front – 1.5 cm; hem allowance – 3 cm; upper edge of front and back shorts halves, and also lower edge of back and lower of front – 2 cm; lower edge of front and back sleeve parts – 0 cm; shoulder seam of sleeve at armhole allowance 1 cm and smoothly tapers to zero at the lower edge. 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.

Back – 2 pieces
Upper front – 2 pieces
Lower front – 1 piece
Front sleeve – 2 pieces
Back sleeve – 2 pieces
Front half of shorts — 2 pieces
Back half of shorts — 2 pieces
Ties — 2 pieces (3.7 cm * 70 cm each)

Tip: when overlocking the sleeve insertion seam, trim with an overlocker to 0.5-0.7 cm

Sewing Instructions

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

Stitch shoulder seams. Overlock seams and press towards the back.
Finish the neckline of the back and upper front with a "French seam" (also called "Moscow seam"). To do this, press the allowance to the wrong side by 1.5 cm, stitch 0.1-0.2 cm from the fold. Trim the allowance close to the stitching. Fold the allowance again and stitch along the previous line. Press the seam. Stitch the center back seam. Overlock seam and press open. Place a bar tack at the top of the seam, securing the allowance.
Stitch with loosely tensioned stitches 0.5 cm from the edge along the lower edge of the upper front. Gather between the notches. Stitch the upper and lower front parts. Press seam downwards and overlock.
Reinforce the left side edge of the back with fusible interfacing tape. Overlock the edges of the left side seam separately. Stitch the left side edge from the armhole to the notch. Press seam open, pressing the slit for the zipper. Insert the zipper. Stitch the right side edge. Overlock seam and press towards the back.
Stitch the center seams of the front and back shorts halves. Overlock seams and press towards the right half. Stitch the side seams of the shorts. Overlock seams and press towards the back.
Fold bodice and shorts wrong sides together. Stitch 0.7 cm from the edge. Turn pieces to the wrong side, press, and stitch again 1.3 cm from the seam. Press seam downwards. Topstitch the allowance onto the shorts.
Stitch the lower edge of the sleeve. Overlock seam and press towards the back. Finish the sleeve hem and sleeve shoulder edges from the armhole to the sleeve hem with a narrow rolled hem. Stitch the section of the shoulder seam on the sleeve from the armhole to the notch.
Set sleeves into armholes. Overlock seam and press.
Stitch the inseam, overlock, and press towards the back half.
Press the lower edges first by 1 cm, then by another 2 cm, and topstitch.
Carefully cut a buttonhole for inserting the elastic and overlock by hand. Insert the elastic and secure.
Cut the ties. Press the pieces in half lengthwise. Unfold the pieces and press the longitudinal edges towards the fold. Stitch the pieces. Attach the ties to the shoulder seam.