Pleated Neck Blouse with Wide V-Neck Collar

Name: Pleated Neck Blouse with Wide V-Neck Collar
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4662
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4662

A hip-length women's blouse with a wide two-part flat collar that crosses into a V at the front, pressed pleats laid at the centre front neckline and below-elbow sleeves gathered at the cap and into a narrow cuff. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres, such as chiffon.

Tech. Description

Pleated Neck Blouse with Wide V-Neck Collar

When To Wear

In spring and summer, on its own with a skirt or trousers, worn out or tucked in.
At the office under a jacket, with the collar laid over the lapels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Semi-fitted, straight through the body.

Length: To the hip.

Collar: Wide flat collar in two halves, each made of an upper and an under collar with interfaced upper pieces. The halves cross at the front into a V and overlap right over left at the centre back. The neckline seam is topstitched 0.1 cm from the seam.

Front: Cut in one piece on the fold, with a group of vertical pleats folded and secured at the neckline and running down the centre front. No fastenings.

Sleeves: Set-in, below elbow length, gathered at the sleeve cap and at the lower edge into a folded cuff interfaced on the outer side.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, with no centre back seam.

Finishing: Shoulder and side seams pressed towards the back; hem overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Only six piece types and no fastenings; the main tasks are laying the front pleats to the markings, gathering the sleeve caps and attaching a two-part collar.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres, such as chiffon.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (upper collars, cuffs)

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, the patterns 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 blouse bottom – 2 cm. Attention! First of all, 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 consider paired and symmetrical parts). When stitching parts, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Back — 1 piece on fold
- Front - 1 piece on fold
- Collar — 4 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff — 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Collar — 2 pieces
- Cuff — 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the upper collars and cuffs.
Place the upper and lower collars in pairs, right sides together, and stitch the ends and outer edge. Trim the seams. Turn the collar right side out, straighten, and press.
Fold, press, and secure the pleats on the front neckline.
Stitch the shoulder and side seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Overlap the right of the collar onto the left and secure along the back edge. Attach the collar to the neckline, aligning it with the right side of the garment. Serge the allowances and topstitch onto the main garment 0.1 cm from the attachment seam.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances towards the back and serge. Stitch along the sleeve cap and lower edge with a loosened thread and gather.
Set the sleeves into the armholes, press allowances and serge.
Stitch the cuff into a loop, press allowances open. Press the cuff lengthwise in half, right side out. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the bottom of the sleeve. Fold the inner side of the cuff and topstitch into the attachment seam.
Serge the hem allowance of the blouse bottom, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.