Cascade-Flounce Halter Blouse

Name: Cascade-Flounce Halter Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5816
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5816

A sleeveless women's halter blouse in sheer fabric, with a spiral-cut flounce set into the centre front seam and a lower part shirred with elastic thread that flares below into a short peplum. The front and two back straps are attached to a doubled neckband that buttons at the back of the neck. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light sheer fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Cascade-Flounce Halter Blouse

When To Wear

Summer evenings and holidays, with trousers or a straight skirt.
Under a jacket for daytime events in warm weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose upper part with bust darts, bloused over a shirred band at the waist; the lower part flares below the shirring.

Length: Hip length, hem finished with a rolled hem.

Neckline: Halter neckline with cut-away shoulders. The fronts and straps are stitched to the inner neckband and the interfaced outer band is edgestitched over them.

Front: Two fronts joined by a centre front seam. A flounce cut as a spiral (coquille), its outer edge bound with bias binding, is caught into this seam from the neckline to 1 cm above the lower edge.

Back: One-piece back with the upper edge turned under over elastic between the centre notches; two straps run from the back to the neckband.

Closure: 2 buttons and buttonholes on the neckband at the back of the neck.

Waist: Lower part cut in two pieces, shirred with rows of elastic thread along the marked lines and joined to the upper part with the seam pressed up.

Finishing: Armholes and back edge turned under and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Sheer fabric, a bias-bound spiral flounce set into a seam, shirring with elastic thread and a rolled hem.

Fabric Recommendations

Light sheer fabrics from natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (outer neckband)
Bias binding
2 buttons
Elastic
Elastic thread

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 1 piece
Front – 2 pieces
Placket – 2 pieces
Strap – 2 pieces
Coquille – 1 piece
Lower Part – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
Placket – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the outer Placket (neckband).
Fold each Strap in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch along the long edge. Turn the strap right side out and press.
Stitch the dart on each Front. Press the dart upwards.
Cut the Coquille in a spiral. Bind the outer edge of the flounce with bias binding. Measure the length of the flounce along its open edge: it should equal the length of the center front edge minus 1 cm.
Place the Front pieces right sides together, insert the flounce between them from the neckline to 1 cm above the lower edge, align the edges, and stitch the center front seam. Serge the seam and press.
Stitch the side seams. Serge the seams and press towards the back. Serge the front armhole edges and the upper edge of the Back. Press the edges to the wrong side. On the Back, between the center notches, place elastic under the turned edge, stretching it slightly. Topstitch the edge in place. Attach the Straps to the Back, with the strap fold facing the center back.
Place the two Placket pieces together and stitch along the inner edge, stitching the short ends at the same time. Trim the seam allowances. Turn right side out and press. Press the lower edges inwards. Following the markings, attach the Straps and the upper edge of the Fronts to the inner placket. Topstitch the outer placket to the inner placket close to the edge. Press.
Stitch the side seams of the Lower Part pieces. Serge the seams and press towards the back. Stitch rows of elastic thread along the markings. Attach the Lower Part to the upper part. Serge the seam and press upwards.
Finish the hem of the blouse with a rolled hem.
Make buttonholes on the placket and sew on the buttons.