Button-Front Silk Bastier Bralette

Name: Button-Front Silk Bastier Bralette
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5228
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5228

A women's cropped bustier with two-piece seamed cups, a centre front button placket with six buttons and front panels shirred with elastic thread. The straps are self-fabric, and the upper edge is trimmed with a ready-made frill. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: silk fabrics from natural or man-made fibres; batiste.

Tech. Description

Button-Front Silk Bastier Bralette

When To Wear

As a summer top with high-waisted skirts or trousers.
As lingerie or sleepwear.
Under an open shirt or jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting, ending above the waist.

Length: Cropped, covering the ribcage.

Neckline: Sweetheart-shaped upper edge formed by the cups, finished with a narrow double-turned hem and ready-made trim.

Front: Each half has a shirred middle panel and a plain side panel; the middle panels are cut 5 cm larger, gathered on rows of elastic thread zigzagged on 1 cm apart, then recut to the pattern. Cups in two parts (front and side) with topstitched seams.

Closure: Two folded plackets at the centre front, topstitched close to the edge; buttonholes on the right, six buttons on the left.

Back: Back in two pieces with a straight upper edge, trimmed like the front.

Finishing: Narrow straps folded and turned, topstitched close to the edge, length adjusted at fitting; hem double-turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Shirring with elastic thread, two-piece cups set into the front, button plackets and fitting the strap length on lightweight silk.

Fabric Recommendations

Silk fabrics from natural or man-made fibres; batiste.

Additional Supplies

Elastic thread
Elastic tape
Ready-made trim
6 buttons

Cutter's Must

Strap - 2 pieces
Placket – 2 pieces with fold
Back - 2 pieces
Side of front – 2 pieces
Middle of front – 2 pieces
Side of cup – 2 pieces
Front of cup – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Gather the fabric for the front parts into smocking. To do this, cut the middle parts of the front 5 cm larger along all edges. On the wrong side of the fabric, stitch elastic threads with a zigzag stitch at 1 cm intervals, without piercing them with the needle. Gather the fabric on the elastic threads, secure the ends of the threads. Place the pattern of the middle of the front on the piece and cut, taking into account seam allowances.
Stitch the side and middle parts of the front panels. Topstitch the seam.
Stitch the side and front parts of the cups. Topstitch the seam. Attach the cups to the front. Press the seam allowance of the upper edge of the cups to the wrong side, turn under and topstitch.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, turn under and topstitch.
Attach the plackets to the front pieces. Fold the plackets in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the upper and lower short sides. Turn the plackets right side out, turn under the open edge and topstitch into the attaching seam. Topstitch the plackets close to the edge. Make buttonholes on the right placket, sew buttons to the left.
Fold the straps in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the long sides. Turn the straps right side out, press, and topstitch close to the edge. Try on the bralette, adjust the length of the straps, and sew them to the upper edge of the bodice.