Plus Size Ruffled Flounce Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse

Name: Plus Size Ruffled Flounce Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 905827
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #905827

A women's plus-size fitted blouse with a shirt collar on a stand, a buttoned front with separate plackets and cascading flounces running from the shoulders down both sides of the placket. Instead of sleeves, flounces are set into the armholes. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural or blended fibres that drape well.

Tech. Description

Plus Size Ruffled Flounce Sleeve Stand Collar Blouse

When To Wear

Office wear in summer, under a jacket or on its own with a pencil skirt or trousers.
Daytime events and dinners in warm weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped with bust and waist darts on the front and waist and shoulder darts on the back.

Length: Hip length, straight hem turned up 1.5 cm and topstitched.

Collar: Shirt collar on a separate stand; upper collar and outer stand interfaced.

Front: Separate interfaced plackets, faced from the wrong side and turned to the right side, then topstitched to the front; buttonholes on the right front.

Flounces: Front flounces, lightly gathered, are slipped under the edge of each placket and caught into the neckline and shoulder seams. Outer edges of all flounces are finished with a narrow rolled hem.

Sleeves: No sleeves: flounces are stitched into the armholes, seam allowances pressed towards the bodice and topstitched 0.1 cm from the seam.

Back: Centre back seam, pressed to the left.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Collar on a stand, topstitched plackets with flounces caught underneath, a rolled hem on long curved edges and flounces set into the armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural or blended fibres that drape well.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets, upper collar, outer stand)
8 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Back – 2 pieces
Front – 2 pieces
Placket – 2 pieces
Sleeve Flounce – 2 pieces
Front Flounce – 2 pieces
Collar – 2 pieces
Stand Collar – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
Collar – 1 piece
Stand Collar – 1 piece
Placket – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Plackets, the upper Collar and the outer Stand Collar.
Place the upper and under Collar pieces right sides together. Stitch the ends and the outer edge of the collar. Trim the seam allowances. Turn the collar right side out, shape, and press. Place the Stand Collar pieces right sides together, insert the prepared collar between them, align the notches, and stitch, simultaneously stitching the ends of the collar stand. Start and end the stitching precisely at the marked seam line for attaching the collar stand. Turn the prepared collar right side out and press.
Stitch the waist, bust, and shoulder darts on the back and front pieces. Press the darts towards the center of each piece. Trim the bust dart allowance to 1 cm and serge.
Stitch the center back seam of the back. Press the seam allowances to the left and serge.
Finish the outer edges of the Front Flounces and Sleeve Flounces with a narrow rolled hem.
Place each Placket with its right side against the wrong side of the Front and stitch along the front edge. Turn the placket to the right side of the front, baste and press. Turn under the raw edge of the placket, slip the slightly gathered Front Flounce underneath it and topstitch the placket to the front. Secure the flounce to the front along the neckline and shoulder seam.
Stitch the shoulder seams, press the seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Stitch the outer Stand Collar with the collar to the neckline, turn under the raw edge of the inner stand and topstitch it into the seam.
Stitch the Sleeve Flounces into the armholes. Press the seam allowances towards the armhole, serge, and topstitch 0.1 cm from the seam.
Stitch the side seams, press the seam allowances towards the back and serge.
Serge the hem of the garment, press to the wrong side, and topstitch.
On the right front, make buttonholes; on the left, sew on buttons.