Sleeveless Blouse with Shoulder Flounce

Name: Sleeveless Blouse with Shoulder Flounce
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4292
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4292

A sleeveless, hip-length women's blouse with a wide gathered flounce around a low, wide neckline, princess seams at the front and back and a button front with a cut-on placket. Unlined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless Blouse with Shoulder Flounce

A sleeveless, hip-length women's blouse with a wide gathered flounce around a low, wide neckline, princess seams at the front and back and a button front with a cut-on placket. Unlined.

When To Wear

In summer with jeans, shorts or skirts.
For holidays and warm-weather daywear.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close to the body, shaped by princess seams at the front and back.

Length: Hip length, straight hem.

Neckline: Wide, low neckline across the front, back and shoulders, covered by a gathered flounce. The flounce is stitched to the upper edge, turned down and held with elastic over the shoulders; its long edges are finished with a rolled hem.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a 4 cm bias strip folded in half and topstitched to the inside.

Front: Button closure on a cut-on placket, interfaced, turned to the inside and topstitched 0.2 cm from the edge; buttonholes on the right front. Seven buttons.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams.

Finishing: Hem turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Princess seams, a cut-on placket, bias-bound armholes and a gathered flounce with elastic; no collar, sleeves or lining.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

7 buttons
Elastic, 1 cm wide (approximate length for each shoulder is marked on the flounce pattern piece)
Fusible interfacing for the placket

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Center Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Center Front – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Flounce – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Placket – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse the interfacing (Placket) to the cut-on placket area of each Center Front.
Stitch the princess seams on the front and back. Finish seam allowances and press towards the center. Stitch the center back seam. Finish seam allowances and press to the left side. Stitch the side seams. Finish seam allowances and press towards the back.
Fold the cut-on placket to the wrong side, turn the seam allowance under, and topstitch 0.2 cm from the edge.
Cut bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 6 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding on the right side of the armhole, raw edges aligned, leaving tails, and stitch. Turn the binding to the wrong side, clip the seam allowances, and topstitch along the fold to the garment. Press the seam. Finish the upper seam allowances of the front and back.
Finish the long edges of the Flounce with a rolled hem. Along the marked line, stitch with a loosened thread. Fold the Flounce along this stitching and gather it. Place the Flounce right side down on the wrong side of the blouse and stitch it to the upper edge along the gathering line. Turn the Flounce to the right side. Stitch the short ends of the Flounce. Stitch the elastic in the shoulder area (approximate length per shoulder is given on the Flounce pattern). Turn the Flounce downwards and stitch a securing line 1 cm from the top, stretching the elastic at the gathered section.
Finish the bottom edge of the garment. Fold the seam allowance to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right front and sew buttons on the left front.