Knit Crossover Placket Décolleté Top

Name: Knit Crossover Placket Décolleté Top
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5668
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5668

A women's fitted knit top with long set-in sleeves, a wide front neckline and a deep scooped back. Two narrow plackets cross over each other inside the back opening and are stitched into its edge. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: knit fabric with medium to high stretch, from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Knit Crossover Placket Décolleté Top

A women's fitted knit top with long set-in sleeves, a wide front neckline and a deep scooped back. Two narrow plackets cross over each other inside the back opening and are stitched into its edge.

When To Wear

For evenings out with trousers or skirts, where the open back is on view.
In spring and autumn as a long-sleeved top with a closed front.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, hip length.

Neckline: Wide, shallow front neckline; deep U-shaped back décolleté. Both edges are turned to the wrong side and topstitched.

Sleeves: Long, set-in, with turned-up hems.

Back: One piece with the deep décolleté. An upper and a lower placket, each folded lengthwise, stitched and turned, are crossed and topstitched into the décolleté seam from the wrong side.

Front: One piece, plain, no seams or darts.

Finishing: Hem and sleeve hems turned to the wrong side and topstitched, with a twin needle to keep the stretch.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Straight knit seams and set-in sleeves; the only detail work is making the two narrow plackets and placing them crossed in the back opening.

Fabric Recommendations

Knit fabric with medium to high stretch, from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

None besides fabric and thread.

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:

1. Back – 1 piece
2. Front – 1 piece
3. Sleeve – 2 pieces
4. Lower placket – 1 piece
5. Upper placket – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Stitch shoulder seams of back and front. Serge seams and press towards the back.
Fold plackets lengthwise in half, right sides together, and stitch longitudinal edges. Turn plackets right side out and press. Serge short edges of plackets.
Serge the neckline edge of the front and the back décolleté. Fold to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.
Topstitch the upper placket into the back décolleté seam from the wrong side.
Cross the lower placket with the upper placket, as shown in the illustration, and topstitch into the back décolleté seam from the wrong side.
Stitch side seams of back and front. Serge seams and press towards the back.
Stitch sleeve seams. Serge seams and press.
Set sleeves into armholes, matching notches. Serge seams and press.
Serge the bottom edge of the garment and the bottom edge of the sleeve. Fold to the wrong side, press, and topstitch.