Lace Yoke Blouse

Name: Lace Yoke Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4573
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4573

A women's hip-length blouse with a square neckline, lace yokes that end in a point at the centre front and centre back, and set-in sleeves with lace inserts at the top, gathered at the lower edge and closed with a button and loop. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres, with lace in a matching colour for the yokes and sleeve inserts.

Tech. Description

Lace Yoke Blouse

When To Wear

For evenings out and celebrations, with a pencil skirt or tailored trousers.
In the office in spring and autumn, with plain skirts and trousers.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, shaped with darts on the front; straight hem.

Neckline: Square, formed by the finished edge of the lace: the lace yokes and sleeve inserts are cut along the lace's finished edge, so their upper edges need no finishing.

Front: Cut on the fold, with a lace yoke ending in a V at the centre and front darts below it.

Back: Cut on the fold, with a lace yoke ending in a V at the centre.

Sleeves: Set-in, with a lace insert at the top of each sleeve continuing the line of the yokes. The lower edge is gathered and bound with bias binding; a bias-bound slit at the lower edge closes with a button and a rouleau loop.

Finishing: Hem turned twice by 1 cm and topstitched; seams overlocked.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Cutting lace along its finished edge and joining it to the main fabric, a bias-bound sleeve slit, gathering into a bias-bound edge and a rouleau loop.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics from natural or blended fibres, with lace in a matching colour for the yokes and sleeve inserts.

Additional Supplies

Lace with a finished edge
2 buttons
Bias binding (or cut from the main fabric)

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 – 2.0 cm; upper edges of lace details – 0 cm; sleeve hem allowance – 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. Attention: Lace fabric details are cut along the finished edge!

From main fabric:

Back – 1 piece on fold
Front – 1 piece on fold
Sleeve – 2 pieces

From lace:

Front yoke - 1 piece
Back yoke – 1 piece
Sleeve insert – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Stitch the yoke to the back. Overlock the allowance and press it down.
Stitch the darts on the front pieces. Press the dart depths upwards. Stitch the yoke to the front. Overlock the allowance and press it down.
Make a slit on the sleeve along the marked line. Cut a bias strip from the main fabric, 4 cm wide and with a length equal to twice the slit length + 4 cm. Fold the bias strip in half lengthwise and press. Press the outer allowances towards the center. Finish the sleeve slit with the bias strip. Stitch the insert to the sleeve. Overlock the allowance and press it down.
Set the sleeve into the armhole of the front and back. Press the allowances away from the sleeve and overlock.
Stitch the side seam simultaneously with the sleeve seam. Press the allowances towards the back and overlock.
Along the lower edge of the sleeve, stitch with a loosely tensioned thread and gather. Cut a bias strip 2.5 cm wide and 5 cm long for a loop. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim the allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out, and straighten the rouleau. Adjust the loop length. Sew the loop to the bottom of the sleeve. Finish the sleeve hem with bias binding.
Press the bottom edge of the garment twice by 1 cm to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the sleeves.