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

From fusible interfacing: back facing, front facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the back facing and front facing.
Stitch the front side piece to the front center piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the front center.
Stitch the shaped front insert to the lower front piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the lower front piece.
Stitch the front yoke to the lower front piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the lower front piece.
Stitch the back side piece to the back center piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the back center piece.
Stitch the shaped back insert to the lower back piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the lower back piece.
Stitch the back yoke to the lower back piece. Overlock the seam allowance and press towards the lower back piece.
Overlock the side edges of the front and back. Stitch and press open the side seams of the top, leaving an opening in the left side seam for the zipper. Press the zipper opening. Stitch and press open the shoulder seams of the top.
Stitch and press open the shoulder and right side seams of the front and back facings. Overlock the inner edge of the facings.
Insert the zipper into the left side seam of the top. Place the front and back facings right sides together with the top, aligning the neckline and shaped cutout edges. Stitch the armhole edge, the front and back neckline edge, and the shaped front cutout, leaving openings for the ring. Understitch the armhole and neckline seam allowances of the top to the facings at 0.2 cm from the seam, stopping 5 cm before the left side seam. Turn under the left side edge of the facing and stitch to the zipper allowance. Turn out and press the left side seam of the top. Topstitch 1 cm from the edge of the shaped front cutout. Insert the ring.
Overlock the lower edge of the top, fold up, press and topstitch.