Flounce Blouse with Sheer Upper Bodice

Name: Flounce Blouse with Sheer Upper Bodice
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 4685
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #4685

A women's fitted hip-length blouse with a chiffon upper part and short chiffon sleeves. A wide flounce, cut in one piece, is sewn in all around at the yoke seam and covers the chest and upper arms. Concealed zip at the centre back. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres for the body and the flounce; chiffon for the upper part and the sleeves.

Tech. Description

Flounce Blouse with Sheer Upper Bodice

When To Wear

In summer with skirts or trousers, for the office or a day out.
For evening dinners and celebrations, with a pencil skirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting body; the flounce adds width at chest level.

Length: Hip length.

Neckline: Round, bound with bias tape.

Sleeves: Short chiffon sleeves set into the upper part of the armhole; the armhole allowances are bound with bias tape.

Front: Chiffon upper front cut on the fold; lower front in main fabric, also cut on the fold, with bust darts.

Back: Chiffon upper back and main-fabric lower back, each in two pieces, with a centre back seam and a concealed zip running through the flounce.

Finishing: Flounce hem turned under twice by 1 cm and topstitched; blouse hem turned under and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Sewing chiffon, bias binding, setting a flounce into a seam, a concealed zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres for the body and the flounce; chiffon for the upper part and the sleeves.

Additional Supplies

Chiffon (upper part and sleeves)
Concealed zip
Bias tape

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 – 2 cm. Allowance for the lower edge of the flounce – 2 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).

From main fabric:
- Lower back - 2 pieces
- Lower front – 1 piece on fold
- Flounce – 1 piece on fold
Chiffon:
- Upper back – 2 pieces
- Upper front – 1 piece on fold
- Sleeve – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Stitch darts on the front, press depths upwards.
Stitch shoulder seams. Overlock allowances and press towards the back. Set in sleeve into the upper of the armhole. Bind the allowances of the upper armhole with bias tape. Bind the neckline with bias tape.
Stitch side seams of the lower parts. Overlock allowances and press towards the back.
Hem the lower edge of the flounce twice by 1 cm and topstitch. Align and secure the upper edges of the lower parts and the flounce. Place the upper front onto the blouse and stitch. Overlock allowances and press upwards. Secure the center back edges and the center flounce edges.
Overlock center back edges separately. Stitch seam from zipper mark to bottom. Press allowances open, pressing the slit for the zipper. Insert the zipper.
Overlock the lower edges of the blouse. Fold allowance inwards and topstitch.