Twisted Front Blouse

Name: Twisted Front Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4556
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4556

A women's sleeveless blouse with extended shoulders and a stand collar. A cut-on extension of the right front is pleated and wrapped around the collar stand to form the twist, and the stand fastens at the back with two buttons and rouleau loops. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics with good drape, in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Twisted Front Blouse

When To Wear

In summer, on its own with trousers or a skirt.
At the office under a jacket: the high stand collar sits neatly at the neck.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, straight through the body, hip length.

Collar: Stand collar, open at the centre back, with two rouleau loops cut from a 3 cm bias strip inserted into its short ends.

Front: Left and right fronts joined by a centre front seam. The left front neckline is gathered into small pleats; the extension of the right front is pleated, wrapped around the stand and secured on the inside.

Sleeves: Sleeveless with extended shoulders; armholes finished with bias binding turned to the inside and topstitched.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam and a short slit below the stand, its edges topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold.

Finishing: Hem overlocked, turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Free pleating and wrapping of the front extension, a stand collar with rouleau loops, bias-bound armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics with good drape, in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing
2 buttons

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: hem allowance - 1.5 cm; other 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:

Back – 2 pieces
Left Front – 1 piece
Right Front – 1 piece
Collar Stand – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the center back seam from the mark to the bottom edge. Press seam allowances open, pressing the slit, and overlock. Topstitch the edges of the slit 0.1 cm from the fold.
Stitch the center front seam. Press seam allowances to the right side and overlock simultaneously with the protruding of the right front (up to the neckline corner). Clip the neckline allowance of the right front at the corner. On the left front, along the neckline edge, create and secure arbitrary pleats, evening out the length of the left front neckline with the trimmed pattern piece.
Stitch the shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a bias strip 3 cm wide and 7 cm long. Fold the strip in half lengthwise and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim seam allowances and turn the piece right side out. Adjust the loop length.
Fold the collar stand piece in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short edges, inserting the rouleau loops. Attach the outer side of the collar stand to the neckline: right back, right front up to the corner, then left front, left back. Press seam allowances towards the collar stand. Fold the raw edge of the inner collar stand inwards and topstitch in the ditch of the seam. On the free section of the collar stand, topstitch them onto each other.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length + 5 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the armhole edge right sides together and stitch. Clip seam allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Stitch the side seams, press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
On the protruding of the right front, create arbitrary pleats, wrap it around the collar stand, and secure it on the wrong side.
Overlock the bottom edges of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the collar stand.