Pattern

Name: Sewing Pattern #4557
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4557
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4557

A women's blouse with a stand collar split at the front, a double placket down the centre front that opens into a V slit at the neck, and short sleeves gathered at the cap. It closes with a concealed zipper in the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres, or shirting.

Tech. Description

Darted Split Neck Blouse

When To Wear

At the office with a pencil skirt or tailored trousers.
In spring and summer, tucked in or worn loose.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped with darts on the front and back, hip length.

Collar: Interfaced stand collar, cut in two pieces and open at the centre front.

Front: Neckline darts on each side of the centre front. Two plackets, each of two layers, are attached with the seam on the right side; the fronts are joined along the placket seam from the hem up to a mark, leaving a V-shaped opening above. The loose placket is tacked to the front with blind stitches in two or three places.

Sleeves: Short cap sleeves gathered along the sleeve cap; the lower part of the armhole is finished with bias binding.

Closure: Concealed zipper in the left side seam.

Back: Centre back seam and darts.

Finishing: Sleeve and garment hems overlocked, turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A double placket with a split neckline, a gathered sleeve cap with a partly bound armhole, a concealed side zipper.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres, or shirting.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, outer collar stand)
Concealed zipper

Fabric & Materials

For the best drape and finish, select light to medium-weight fabrics that offer a soft hand and fluid movement:

Blouse fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
Shirting fabrics

Additional Supplies:

Fusible interfacing
1 hidden zipper closure

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: all seams 1 cm. Hem allowance for the bottom of the garment and sleeve hem – 1.5 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90cm to 150cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Placket – 4 pieces
Sleeve - 2 pieces
Collar stand – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Placket – 2 pieces
Collar stand – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Interface the plackets and the outer collar stand with fusible interfacing.
Stitch the darts on the front and back. Press the dart allowances towards the center. Stitch the center back seam. Overlock the allowance and press to the left side.
Fold the plackets in pairs right sides together and stitch along the outer edge. Turn the pieces right side out and press. Fold the front and placket wrong sides together and stitch (stitching seam on the right side). Turn the placket to the right side, overlock the seam and press the placket. Fold the fronts wrong sides together and stitch along the placket attachment seam from the bottom to the mark.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse, press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Fold the collar stand pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge, starting and ending the stitching exactly at the collar stand attachment line. Turn the collar stand right side out, press.
Stitch the outer collar stand to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the inner collar stand and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Stitch the right side seam, press the allowances towards the back and overlock. Overlock the allowances of the left side seam separately. Stitch the left side seam from the mark to the bottom. Insert the concealed zipper.
Overlock the sleeve hem allowance, fold it to the wrong side and topstitch. Along the sleeve cap, stitch with a loosened upper thread and gather. Set the sleeves into the armholes. Overlock the allowance.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide, with a length equal to the length of the lower of the armhole + 4 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place the binding along the armhole edge right side out and stitch, then fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece.
Overlock the bottom of the garment, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Attach the loose placket to the front in two to three places with blind stitches.