Blouse With Keyhole

Name: Blouse With Keyhole
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4570
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4570

A women's short-sleeved pullover blouse with a V-neckline and a centre front seam. Below the neck the front has a stepped cut-out whose edges are gathered and wrapped with a narrow fabric band, leaving keyhole openings above and below it. The front is lined. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Blouse With Keyhole

When To Wear

In summer with trousers or a straight skirt.
At the office or for dinner, under an open jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, slightly relaxed fit, hip length.

Neckline: V-neck at the front, finished with the front lining and stabilised with fusible stay tape; round back neck finished with an interfaced facing.

Front: Two pieces joined by a centre front seam. The edges of the cut-out are gathered and wrapped with a band folded and stitched into a tube, joined on the inside.

Closure: None; the blouse pulls on over the head.

Sleeves: Short set-in sleeves, hem overlocked, turned and topstitched.

Back: One piece cut on the fold.

Finishing: Seams pressed towards the back and overlocked; hem turned twice by 1 cm and topstitched.

Lining: Front only, cut from the front pattern.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Stitching a lined, stepped neckline with clipped curves, gathering and wrapping the cut-out with a band, and enclosing the front shoulder between the back and its facing.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric (front)
Fusible interfacing (back neck facing)
Fusible stay tape (front neckline)

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 – 2 cm, sleeve hem allowance – 1.2 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 (don't forget to account for paired and symmetrical pieces). When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:

Back - 1 piece on fold
Front - 2 pieces
Sleeve – 2 pieces
Bridge — 1 piece
Back neckline facing – 1 piece

From lining fabric:

Front - 2 pieces

From fusible interfacing:

Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse the back neckline facing with fusible interfacing. Apply fusible stay tape along the front neckline edge.
Stitch the center front seam, press allowances open. Stitch the center front lining seam, press allowances open.
Place the front with the lining right sides together and stitch the neckline edge from the shoulder seam to the end of the upper step and from the end of the lower step to the center seam. Clip allowances at curves, turn the lining to the wrong side and press. Secure the lining to the front along the edges and treat as one piece thereafter.
Stitch the front step edge with a loosened thread and gather.
Place the neckline facing with the back and stitch the neckline edge. Start and end the stitching strictly at the marked shoulder seam line. Clip allowances at curves.
Stitch the shoulder seams, placing the front shoulder edge between the back and facing pieces. Turn allowances, press towards the back and overlock. Stitch the side seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Overlock the lower edge of the sleeve, press to the wrong side and topstitch. Stitch the sleeve seam, press, overlock. Set sleeves into armholes. Press allowances and overlock.
Press the garment hem twice to the wrong side by 1 cm and topstitch.
Fold the bridge piece in half lengthwise right sides together and stitch along the long side. Turn the piece right side out, press. Wrap the bridge around the front step, adjust the length and stitch. Trim excess, overlock ends, positioning the seam on the wrong side.