Asymmetrical Pleated Long Sleeve Top

Name: Asymmetrical Pleated Long Sleeve Top
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4105
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4105

A women's long-sleeve top for knit fabric with an asymmetric front: a diagonal seam joins the upper front to a pleated lower front and is covered by a narrow decorative strip running from the left side seam over the neckline. Gathered hem band and deep cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-stretch knit fabric of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Asymmetrical Pleated Long Sleeve Top

When To Wear

With jeans or trousers for everyday wear and at the office.
In autumn and winter, worn alone or under a jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose through the body, gathered into a band at the hip so the top blouses slightly above it.

Neckline: Wide boat neckline; the neckline allowances are turned and topstitched.

Front: Two pieces joined along a diagonal seam; even pleats are laid along the bias edge of the lower front. A strip sewn as a tube, seam centred, starts in the left side seam, covers the diagonal seam and passes over the neckline, secured on the inside.

Sleeves: Long, full, set into an open armhole; gathered into deep cuffs sewn as folded rings.

Back: Plain one-piece back; the back neck allowance wraps the shoulder seams.

Waist: Hem gathered into a folded band, with the band seam at the left side.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Pleating along a bias edge, inserting the strip into the side seam, gathering knit fabric into a band and cuffs.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-stretch knit fabric of natural or blended fibres. Sew with a stretch or narrow zigzag stitch, or on a 3- or 4-thread overlocker.

Additional Supplies

None besides fabric and thread.

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: Back and front neckline allowance – 1.5 cm; decorative placket short edge allowance – 2 cm; other seams 0.7 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. Markings on the patterns are on the right side!

From main fabric:
- Back — 1 piece
- Front – 1 piece
- Upper front – 1 piece
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Bottom placket – 1 piece
- Decorative placket – 1 piece

Tip: Cut pieces from knit fabrics are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. The hem allowance is topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine to maintain elasticity. You can also stitch pieces directly on a 3- or 4-thread overlocker.

Sewing Instructions

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

Overlock, press to the wrong side, and topstitch the neckline allowance of the front and upper front.
Along the bias edge of the front, create even pleats according to the technical drawing, aligning the front edge with the bottom edge of the upper front. Stitch the front and upper front, overlock the allowances.
Overlock the back neckline allowance. Fold the shoulder edges of the back and front, enclose them with the back neckline allowance, and stitch. Press and overlock the allowances. Turn out the shoulder seams. Topstitch the back neckline allowance.
Set the sleeves into the open armholes, press and overlock the allowances.
Fold the decorative placket wrong sides together and stitch the long sides. Turn the placket right side out and press, positioning the seam in the middle of the placket. Overlock the upper short edge.
Stitch the bottom edge of the sleeve and the side edge in one continuous seam, inserting the bottom edge of the decorative placket into the left side seam. Press the allowances towards the back and overlock. Flip the placket over the neckline, covering the seam joining the front pieces, and secure from the wrong side.
Stitch the bottom placket into a loop. Turn the placket right side out and press. Fold the placket in half, wrong sides together. Stitch along the bottom edge of the garment with loosely tensioned stitches and gather. Attach the placket to the bottom edge, press and overlock the allowances. The placket seam is located at the left side seam.
Stitch the cuff into a loop, turn right side out, and press. Fold the cuff in half, wrong sides together. Stitch along the bottom edge of the sleeve with loosely tensioned stitches and gather to the length of the cuff. Attach the cuff to the bottom edge of the sleeve, press the allowances.