Sleeveless V-Neck Center Front Drawstring Ruched Top

Name: Sleeveless V-Neck Center Front Drawstring Ruched Top
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5460
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5460

A sleeveless women's top for knit or stretch fabric, with a deep V-neck, a centre front seam gathered on a drawstring cord and shoulder seams gathered by cord in the same way. Neckline and armholes are bound with bias binding. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: knit fabric or thin fabrics with elastic fibres.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless V-Neck Center Front Drawstring Ruched Top

When To Wear

In summer with jeans, shorts or a skirt.
Under an open jacket or cardigan.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting, sleeveless; the front draws up at the centre when the cord is pulled.

Neckline: Deep V-neck with a rounded point, bound with bias binding folded in half lengthwise. The armholes are finished the same way.

Front: Two front pieces joined by a centre front seam. The seam is pressed open and the allowances are topstitched on both sides to form channels; the front hem is turned up before the seam is stitched. A cord threaded through the channels gathers the front from the hem to the neckline, with the ends hanging below the hem.

Sleeves: None. The shoulder seams are pressed open and topstitched on both sides, and a cord threaded through them gathers the shoulders, with ties hanging at the armhole edge.

Back: Two pieces with a centre back seam.

Finishing: Side seams pressed towards the back; back hem turned up and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. No darts and no fastenings. The work is bias binding on curved edges and drawstring channels made from seam allowances.

Fabric Recommendations

Knit fabric or thin fabrics with elastic fibres.

Additional Supplies

Decorative cord, 2.5–3 m
Bias binding

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
1. Back – 2 pieces
2. Front – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Overlock the center back edge. Stitch the center back seam and press it towards the right side of the back.
Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise and press. Finish with bias binding: the neckline edge of the front and back, the armhole edge of the front and back.
Overlock the hem seam allowances of the front and press them to the wrong side. Overlock the center edge of the front. Stitch the center edge of the front. Press open the center edge of the front and topstitch the seam allowances of the center seam of the front on both sides at an equal distance from the seam. (When stitching the center seam of the front, the hem is included in the center seam of the front.)
Overlock the edges: the bottom edge of the back, the shoulder edges.
Stitch and press open the shoulder edges. Topstitch the seam allowances of the shoulder seams on both sides at an equal distance.
Overlock the side seams and press them towards the back.
Fold and topstitch the bottom of the garment.
Thread the cord through the seam allowances of the center seam of the front and tighten. Thread the cord through the seam allowances of the shoulder seam and tighten.