Ruffled V-Neck Tie-Front Blouse

Name: Ruffled V-Neck Tie-Front Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4056
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4056

A women's button-front blouse with a V-neckline edged by a gathered ruffle, a drawstring threaded through a casing at the neckline and tied at the front, and short sleeves finished with a gathered frill band. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres, shirting fabrics, including those with added stretch fibres.

Tech. Description

Ruffled V-Neck Tie-Front Blouse

When To Wear

Spring and summer days, tucked into a skirt or worn loose over trousers or jeans.
Under a cardigan or jacket for the office.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped by waist darts on the front and back.

Neckline: V-neck finished with a 3 cm bias binding. A ruffle, folded double and gathered, is caught in the binding seam and runs to the front edges. The lower edge of the binding is stitched down to form a casing; the drawstring exits through two buttonholes on the front and ties in a bow, drawing the neckline into soft gathers.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves, each finished with a folded band gathered and stitched to the sleeve edge.

Front: Cut-on button plackets, interfaced, with buttonholes on the right front and buttons on the left.

Back: Centre back seam and waist darts.

Finishing: Narrow 0.7 cm seam allowances at the neckline and ruffle edges; hem turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Gathering a ruffle and setting it into a bias-bound neckline, forming a casing, turning a narrow drawstring, and making cut-on plackets with buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres, shirting fabrics, including those with added stretch fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front plackets and the buttonhole area at the neckline)
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: Hem - 1.5 cm, neckline edge of front and back, long edges of ruffle - 0.7 cm. All other seam allowances - 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Front – 2 pieces
- Back – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Ruffle – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve placket – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- integrated front placket.

Sewing Instructions

Interface the integrated front plackets and the buttonhole area near the neckline edge with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the waist darts on the back and front. Press the dart allowances towards the center.
Stitch the center back seam. Serge and press to the left side.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams. Serge and press towards the back.
Cut a bias binding strip 3 cm wide and equal to the length of the neckline.
Fold the ruffle lengthwise in half, right sides together, and stitch the short sides. Turn right side out and press. Along the outer edge of the ruffle, stitch with loosely tensioned stitches to gather. Make 2 buttonholes on the front (for later threading of the drawstring). Place the bias binding on the neckline and stitch, inserting the ruffle between them (the ruffle extends to the edge of the placket). The short edge of the bias binding extends to the edge of the placket. Fold the lower edge of the bias binding inwards and press.
Serge the lower edge of the blouse.
Press the placket inwards first by 1 cm, then again by the width of the placket. Fold the placket to the right side and stitch the upper and lower corners.
Turn the placket to the wrong side and topstitch. Along the lower edge of the bias binding, stitch to form a casing. The stitching starts at the placket topstitching.
Fold the sleeve placket lengthwise in half, right sides out, and press. Stitch with loosely tensioned stitches along the placket allowance. Gather. Stitch the placket to the sleeve. Serge the seam and press upwards. Set the sleeves into the armholes. Serge the armhole edge. Fold the allowances of the lower of the armhole inwards and topstitch.
Cut a drawstring 2 – 2.5 cm wide. Fold lengthwise in half, right sides out, and press. Unfold, press the side edges towards the center, and fold in half. Stitch 0.1 cm from the edge.
Fold the lower edge of the blouse to the wrong side and topstitch. Press the seam.
Make buttonholes on the right front. Sew buttons on the left front. Thread the drawstring through the casing.