Plus Size Square Neck Puff Sleeve Blouse with Box Pleats

Name: Plus Size Square Neck Puff Sleeve Blouse with Box Pleats
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 902446
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #902446

A hip-length women's blouse with a square neckline, a five-button front placket fastened with rouleau loops, and puff sleeves gathered into an elastic casing at the hem. Stitched-down box pleats on the front and back open below a bar tack and add fullness towards the hem. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: blouse or dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Square Neck Puff Sleeve Blouse with Box Pleats

When To Wear

Spring and summer, with skirts, jeans or straight trousers.
Tucked out over slim trousers for daytime events and the office.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Shaped through the body by vertical box pleats that are stitched closed down to a mark and released below it, so the lower part flares slightly.

Length: Hip length, hem turned up and topstitched.

Neckline: Square, finished with a folded bias binding turned to the inside and topstitched along the fold.

Sleeves: Set-in puff sleeves, gathered at the cap; the hem is turned up into a casing with elastic.

Closure: Centre front opening with interfaced plackets: five rouleau button loops are caught in the right front edge, five buttons are sewn on the left.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, with two box pleats secured by bar tacks.

Finishing: Side and shoulder seams pressed towards the back and overlocked; neckline seam allowances interfaced.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Turning and spacing rouleau loops, setting the plackets, binding a square neckline at the corners, gathering sleeve caps and making elastic casings.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse or dress fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, neckline seam allowances)
Elastic, 1 cm wide
5 buttons
Bias binding, 4 cm wide, for the neckline (or cut from the main fabric)

Cutter's Must

If the patterns have a double contour, seam allowances are included. If the contour is single, the patterns are without seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1 cm; hem allowance for the garment bottom and sleeve bottom – 1.5 cm. Attention! First, print out the paper patterns and lay them out on the fabric width (fabric width can be from 90 cm to 150 cm) to determine how much material you will need (do not forget to account for paired and symmetrical details).

From main fabric:
- Back - 1 piece on fold
- Front - 2 pieces
- Placket – 2 pieces
- Sleeve - 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
- Placket – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

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

Interface the plackets with fusible interfacing. Also interface the seam allowance of the back and front neckline.
Stitch the back pleat from the top to the mark. Spread the box pleat and press. Make a transverse bar tack at the mark level, securing the pleat depth. Stitch the front pleat from the top to the mark. Spread the box pleat and press. Make a transverse bar tack at the mark level, securing the pleat depth.
Stitch the side and shoulder seams, press allowances towards the back and serge.
Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the neckline length between the placket marks. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Place the binding with the neckline edge, right side facing, and stitch. Clip allowances at the marks. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold onto the main piece. Press the seam.
Cut a strip at a 45-degree angle, about 30 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, for the button loops. 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 5 pieces. Adjust the length of the loops. Topstitch the loops onto the right front along the edge of the front opening (folds pointing away from the edge).
Press the inner edge of the placket to the wrong side. Place the placket with the front, right sides together, and stitch the edge of the front opening and the upper corner. Turn the placket to the wrong side, straighten, and press. Topstitch the inner edge of the placket onto the front.
Stitch the sleeve seam, press allowances and serge. Stitch along the sleeve cap with a loosened upper thread and gather. Set the sleeves into the armholes, press allowances and serge.
Serge the hem allowance of the sleeve bottom, press to the wrong side and topstitch, forming a casing. Thread elastic tape through the casing, adjust the length and secure the ends.
Serge the hem allowance of the garment bottom, press to the wrong side and topstitch.
Sew buttons onto the left front.