Ruffled Button Front Sleeveless Blouse

Name: Ruffled Button Front Sleeveless Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4560
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4560

A women's fitted sleeveless blouse with a V-neck, a button front on plackets, and a ruffle with a rolled-hem edge running along both front edges and around the back neckline. Bust, waist and shoulder darts on the front and back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Ruffled Button Front Sleeveless Blouse

A women's fitted sleeveless blouse with a V-neck, a button front on plackets, and a ruffle with a rolled-hem edge running along both front edges and around the back neckline. Bust and waist darts on the front, shoulder and waist darts on the back.

When To Wear

At the office under a jacket or cardigan.
In summer, with trousers or a straight skirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped with darts, hip length with a curved hem.

Neckline: V-neck, finished with interfaced plackets in front and a back neck facing.

Front: Plackets cut double, joined to the back neck facing at the shoulders; five buttons, buttonholes on the right placket.

Finishing: Ruffle of two pieces joined at the centre back, its outer edge finished with a narrow rolled hem and caught into the placket seam; hem overlocked, turned up 1.2 cm and topstitched.

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

Back: Centre back seam; shoulder and waist darts.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Fitting with three sets of darts, a ruffle with a rolled hem set between blouse and placket, buttonholes, bias-bound armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, back neck facing)
5 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 – 1.2 cm, allowance along the outer edge of the ruffle – 0 cm, 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 (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces).

From main fabric:

Back - 2 pieces
Front - 2 pieces
Placket – 4 pieces
Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
Ruffle – 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Placket – 2 pieces
Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

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

Fuse interfacing to the plackets and back neckline facing.
Mark and stitch the bust and waist darts on the front and the shoulder and waist darts on the back. Press bust darts upwards, and waist and shoulder darts towards the center of the pieces.
Stitch the center back seam. Press seam allowances towards the left side seam and overlock.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch ruffle pieces along the short edge, press allowances open, overlock. Overlock the outer edge of the ruffle with a thin rolled hem. Place the ruffle on the blouse wrong side to right side and secure along the placket edges and back neckline.
Stitch shoulder seams of back neckline facings and plackets, press allowances open. Fold placket pieces right sides together and stitch along the outer edge. Clip allowances at curves, turn the piece right side out, smooth, and press.
Attach the outer placket to the blouse, press allowances towards the placket. Fold the inner placket inwards and topstitch into the seam of the outer placket attachment.
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 allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
Overlock the bottom edge of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
Make buttonholes on the right placket. Sew buttons on the left placket.