Sleeveless V-Neck Top with Front Ring

Name: Sleeveless V-Neck Top with Front Ring
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5514
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5514

A women's sleeveless fitted top with a deep V-neckline joined at the bust by a decorative ring. A shaped band under the bust divides the yokes from the panelled lower front and back, and a 20 cm zipper closes the left side seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Sleeveless V-Neck Top with Front Ring

When To Wear

In summer on its own, with skirts or trousers.
Under an open jacket for the office or an evening out.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, with vertical seams on the lower front and back.

Length: Hip length, straight hem topstitched.

Neckline: Deep V formed by two front yoke pieces with a shaped cutout; the ring is threaded through openings left in the facing seam where the yokes meet. The cutout edge is topstitched 1 cm from the edge.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes and neckline finished with one-piece interfaced facings, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam.

Front: Front yoke, a curved shaped insert under the bust, and a lower front of a centre panel and two side panels.

Back: Back yoke, a straight shaped insert and a lower back of a centre panel and two side panels.

Closure: Zipper in the left side seam.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Several panel seams that must meet at the side seams, an all-in-one neck and armhole facing finished around a side zipper, and a ring set into the faced V-neck.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
1 decorative ring
Zipper, 20 cm

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:

1. Front Yoke – 2 pieces
2. Shaped Front Inset – 2 pieces
3. Center Front – 1 piece on fold
4. Side Front – 2 pieces
5. Back Yoke – 1 piece on fold
6. Back Shaped Inset – 1 piece on fold
7. Side Back – 2 pieces
8. Center Back – 1 piece on fold
9. Front Facing – 1 piece on fold
10. Back Facing – 1 piece on fold

From fusible interfacing: Back Facing, Front Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Facing and Front Facing.
Stitch the Side Front to the Center Front. Overlock the seam and press it towards the center front.
Stitch the Shaped Front Inset to the lower front. Overlock the seam and press it towards the lower front.
Stitch the Front Yoke to the lower front. Overlock the seam and press it towards the lower front.
Stitch the Side Back to the Center Back. Overlock the seam and press it towards the Center Back.
Stitch the Back Shaped Inset to the lower back. Overlock the seam and press it towards the lower back.
Stitch the Back Yoke to the lower back. Overlock the seam and press it towards the lower back.
Overlock the side edges of the front and back. Stitch the side seams of the top and press them open, leaving an opening in the left side seam for the zipper. Press back the zipper opening allowances. Stitch the shoulder seams of the top and press them open.
Stitch the shoulder seams and the right side seam of the Front Facing and Back Facing and press them open. Overlock the inner edge of the facings.
Insert the zipper into the left side seam of the top. Place the Front Facing and Back Facing on the top, right sides together, matching the neckline and shaped cutout edges. Stitch around the armholes, the front and back neckline and the shaped front cutout, leaving openings for the ring. Understitch the armhole and neckline seam allowances to the facings 0.2 cm from the seam, stopping 5 cm from the left side seam. Turn under the left side edge of the facing and stitch it to the zipper allowance. Turn the facings to the inside and press the left side seam. Topstitch 1 cm from the edge of the shaped front cutout. Thread the ring through the openings.
Overlock the lower edge of the top, turn up the hem, press and topstitch.