Plus Size V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice

Name: Plus Size V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 902310
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #902310

A women's plus-size hip-length blouse with a V-neck, a gathered upper front joined to a lower front with princess seams, and a front fastened with twelve buttons and bias rouleau loops. Long sleeves are gathered into buttoned cuffs. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

V-Neck Button-Front Blouse Gathered Bodice

When To Wear

Office and daytime wear with trousers or a straight skirt.
Spring and autumn, worn untucked or tucked in.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted below the bust through princess seams on the front and back; fullness above the horizontal seam on the front only.

Length: Hip length, hem turned up 2 cm and stitched.

Neckline: V-neck without a collar, finished with front facings and a back neck facing.

Front: Upper front gathered along its lower edge and joined to the lower front by a horizontal seam under the bust; the lower front is divided into central and side panels.

Closure: Twelve buttons on the left front and twelve loops made from a bias rouleau strip stitched to the right front edge, caught between the front and the facing.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves, gathered at the lower edge into a cuff, with a slit in the sleeve seam stitched 0.1 cm from the fold. Each cuff fastens with two buttons.

Back: Upper back yoke cut on the fold over a back with princess seams; the central back is also cut on the fold, so there is no centre back seam.

Finishing: Seam allowances overlocked; facings interfaced and tacked to the shoulder seams.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Making and spacing rouleau loops, joining a gathered upper front to a panelled lower front, sleeve slits and cuffs, and facing a V-neck.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (cuffs, front facings, back neck facing)
16 buttons (12 for the front, 2 for each cuff)

Cutter's Must

When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!

From main fabric:
- Upper back – 1 piece on fold
- Central back – 1 piece on fold
- Side back – 2 pieces
- Upper front – 2 pieces
- Central front – 2 pieces
- Side front – 2 pieces
- Sleeve – 2 pieces
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
From fusible interlining:
- Cuff – 2 pieces
- Front facing – 2 pieces
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interlining to the corresponding pieces.
Stitch the back princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock. Attach the upper back to the lower, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch the front princess seams, press allowances towards the center and overlock. Along the lower edge of the upper front, make a gathering stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Stitch the upper and lower front parts, press allowances upwards and overlock.
Stitch side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and overlock.
Cut a strip about 50 cm long and 2.5 cm wide at a 45-degree angle for the loop fasteners. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch 0.3 cm from the fold. Trim allowances close to the stitching, turn the strip right side out and straighten the rouleau. Cut into 12 pieces. Adjust the length of the loops. Stitch the loops onto the right front (folds facing away from the edge).
Stitch the shoulder seams of the front facings and back neckline facing, press allowances open. Overlock the outer edge. Place the front facings with the garment right sides together and stitch along the front edges and the neckline edge of the back and front. Clip allowances at curves, trim at corners, turn the front facings with the facing to the wrong side, straighten, and press. Secure to the garment at the shoulder seams.
Along the lower edge of the sleeve, make a gathering stitch with loosened upper thread and gather. Overlock the sleeve edges separately. Stitch the sleeve seam from the armhole to the slit mark, press allowances open. Stitch the slit 0.1 cm from the fold. Set sleeves into armholes, press allowances and overlock.
Place cuff pieces right sides together and stitch the side and lower edges. Start and end stitching precisely at the marked seam line for attaching the cuff. Turn the piece right side out, press. Attach the outer side of the cuff to the sleeve, fold the allowance of the inner side of the cuff inwards and stitch into the seam of attaching the outer cuff.
Overlock the hem allowance, press to the wrong side and stitch.
Sew buttons onto the left front. Make buttonholes and sew buttons onto the cuffs.