Sleeveless Front Ruffle Blouse

Name: Sleeveless Front Ruffle Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4267
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4267

A sleeveless women's blouse with a button front, a collar stand and a single cascading flounce in companion fabric along the right front edge. The left shoulder carries a group of stitched pleats, and the back has a yoke with gathers. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres, chiffon; a companion fabric for the flounce and armhole binding.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless Front Ruffle Blouse

When To Wear

Office wear in summer, tucked into a pencil skirt or worn over tailored trousers.
Under a jacket or cardigan all year round.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped by bust darts on both fronts.

Length: Hip length, with a slightly curved hem.

Collar: Narrow collar stand cut on the fold, open at the front to a V.

Front: Asymmetric. The right front carries a flounce cut from companion fabric, its outer edge finished with a rolled hem and the lower part of its seam allowance with a narrow double-turned seam. The left front has pleats at the shoulder, stitched along their inner folds and pressed upwards.

Closure: Six buttons and buttonholes; front edges finished with front facings and narrow interfaced plackets turned to the right side.

Back: Cut on the fold, gathered into a shaped back yoke.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a 3.5 cm folded bias strip of companion fabric turned to the right side and topstitched.

Finishing: Front edges stitched 0.2 cm from the edge; bar tacks at the side seams at armhole level; hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Stitched pleats, a gathered yoke, a flounce with rolled and narrow double-turned edges in light fabric, a collar stand, bias-bound armholes and buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Light dress fabrics of natural or blended fibres, chiffon; a companion fabric for the flounce and armhole binding.

Additional Supplies

Companion fabric
Fusible interfacing (plackets)
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, seam allowances are not included. Seam allowances: allowance for the bottom edges of the front, back, and facing - 1.5 cm, outer edge of the flounce - 0 cm, all 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Right front – 1 piece
- Left front – 1 piece
- Yoke – 1 piece
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Front facing — 2 pieces
- Placket — 2 pieces
- Collar stand - 1 piece on fold
From companion fabric:
- Flounce — 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
- Placket — 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Interface the plackets with fusible interfacing.
Stitch darts on front pieces. Press seam allowances downwards. On the left front, create pleats. Stitch securing lines along the inner folds. Fold pleat depths upwards. Secure pleats with temporary stitches along the armhole and neckline edges.
Clip the flounce allowance at the mark. Finish the allowance from the mark to the bottom with a "French seam" (also called "Moscow seam"). To do this, press the allowance to the wrong side by 1 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. Overlock the outer edge of the flounce with a rolled hem. Place the flounce on the right front and align the edges. Secure with temporary stitching along the shoulder edge, neckline, and front opening. Stitch the placket to the front openings of the left and right front pieces. Turn the plackets to the right side. Press the seam allowance towards the placket.
Along the upper edge of the back between the marks, stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Stitch the yoke to the back. Overlock the allowance and press downwards.
Stitch shoulder seams. Overlock allowances and press towards the back.
Overlock the outer edge of the front facing. Place the front facing on the blouse and stitch the front opening. Turn the front opening to the wrong side. Stitch a securing line along the front opening 0.2 cm from the edge. Attach the shoulder seam allowance of the front facing to the shoulder seam. Align the neckline edges.
Fold the collar stand in half lengthwise, right sides together. Stitch the ends of the collar stand. Trim allowances at corners and turn the collar stand to the right side. Stitch the outer collar stand to the neckline. Fold the allowance of the inner collar stand inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer collar stand.
From companion fabric, cut a bias strip equal to the armhole length and 3.5 cm wide. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise and press. Place the bias strip on the wrong side of the armhole and stitch. Turn the bias strip to the right side and topstitch (on the right front, stitching and topstitching are done in two steps). Stitch side seams. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Place a bar tack on the side seams at the armhole level.
Overlock the bottom edge of the blouse. Fold to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.
Make buttonholes and sew on buttons.