Blouse with Tie-Bow Collar & Shirred Lowered Waist

Name: Blouse with Tie-Bow Collar & Shirred Lowered Waist
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5858
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5858

A women's sleeveless blouse in fine silk with a tie-bow collar, a V-shaped front opening and a separate full-length button placket with six buttons. The bodice is joined at a lowered waist to a gathered lower part shirred with rows of elastic thread. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fine silk fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Blouse with Tie-Bow Collar & Shirred Lowered Waist

When To Wear

Summer office days, with straight or wide trousers or a pencil skirt.
Under a jacket in spring and autumn, with the bow tied over the lapels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, loose bodice that blouses over a shirred band at the lowered waist, with a gathered frill below it.

Length: Hip length.

Collar: Bow collar cut as one long piece folded in half: a band around the neck that continues into ties knotted at the front. The ends are stitched from the notches, turned, and the collar is set into the neckline with the inner layer topstitched into the seam.

Closure: Separate interfaced button placket on each front (outer and inner layers), running from the V of the neckline to the hem; 6 buttons, buttonholes on the right front.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a 4.5–5 cm self-fabric bias strip folded in half and topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold.

Waist: Lowered waist seam joining the bodice to the lower front and lower back; several rows of elastic-thread shirring stitched along the markings gather the top of the lower part into a band.

Back: One piece with shoulder darts; bust darts on the fronts.

Finishing: Hem turned under twice and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A bow collar in fine silk, separate button plackets, bias-bound armholes and even rows of elastic-thread shirring.

Fabric Recommendations

Fine silk fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets)
6 buttons
Elastic thread

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 1 piece
Front – 2 pieces
Bow-Collar – 1 piece
Lower Back – 1 piece
Lower Front – 2 pieces
Placket – 4 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Placket – 4 pieces.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Placket pieces.
Fold the Bow-Collar right sides together and stitch the short sides and tie edges from the notches to the ends. Clip seam allowances at the notches, trim corners, turn the collar right side out, and press.
Stitch darts on the back. Press dart depths towards the center back. Stitch darts on the front. Press dart depths upwards.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the blouse. Press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a bias binding from the main fabric, 4.5 – 5.0 cm wide and equal to the armhole length. Press the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, align with the right side of the armhole, and stitch. Fold the bias binding to the wrong side and topstitch onto the front 0.1 cm from the fold.
Stitch the side seams of the blouse. Press seam allowances towards the back and overlock.
Stitch the side seams of the Lower Front and Lower Back. Press seam allowances towards the back and overlock. Stitch rows of shirring with elastic thread along the markings. Stitch the lower part to the bodice. Press seam allowances upwards and overlock.
Place the Placket pieces right sides together in pairs and stitch along the outer edge. Turn the plackets right side out and press. Attach the outer placket piece to the front, press seam allowances towards the placket. Fold the raw edge of the inner placket inwards and topstitch into the placket attachment seam.
Stitch the outer layer of the Bow-Collar to the neckline, turn under the open edge of the inner layer and topstitch it into the seam.
Turn the hem allowance twice to the wrong side and topstitch.
On the right front, make buttonholes; on the left front, sew on buttons.