Plus Size Button-Front Blouse with Bias Neckline

Button-Front Blouse with Bias Neckline

A women's plus-size waist-length blouse with short cut-on sleeves, a V-neckline finished with bias binding and a five-button front whose lower ends are tied in a knot at the centre front. Only two pattern pieces: a back and two fronts.

When To Wear

• Summer days with high-waisted trousers, shorts or a skirt, the knot sitting at the waistband.
• Over a dress or a vest top as a light cover-up when tied loosely.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Loose, boxy body drawn in at the front by the tied ends.

Length: Back to the waist; the front extends into ties that are knotted at the centre front.

Neckline: V-neck at the front, shallow round neck at the back, bound with a 4 cm bias strip folded in half and topstitched along the fold.

Sleeves: Short cap sleeves cut in one with the front and back, hems turned up and topstitched.

Front: Cut-on button placket, interfaced and topstitched from the right side; five buttons. The placket corners are bagged out at the neckline and the hem.

Back: One piece cut on the fold, no seams; 2 cm hem turned up and topstitched.

Finishing: Shoulder and side seams overlocked and pressed to the back; front hem and ties turned under and topstitched; seam allowances 1 cm.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. No set-in sleeves or collar; the work is a bias-bound neckline, a cut-on placket with turned corners and five buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Blouse fabrics in natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

• 5 buttons
• Fusible interfacing (cut-on placket)
• Bias binding, 4 cm wide, neckline length plus 4 cm (ready-made or cut from the main fabric)