Plus Size Tie-Bow Collar Gathered Peplum Blouse

Name: Plus Size Tie-Bow Collar Gathered Peplum Blouse
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 905858
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #905858

A plus-size women's sleeveless blouse in fine silky fabric, with a stand collar whose long ties knot into a bow at a V-shaped front opening, and a separate button placket. The bodice blouses over a dropped waist where the lower part is shirred with elastic thread and flares into a gathered peplum. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin silk fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Plus Size Tie-Bow Collar Gathered Peplum Blouse

When To Wear

For the office in summer, with trousers or a straight skirt, or under a jacket.
For daytime events and dinners in warm weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Bloused, sleeveless bodice with front bust darts and back shoulder darts, gathered into a shirred band below the waist.

Length: Hip length; hem turned up twice and topstitched.

Collar: Bow collar cut as one piece: a stand at the back neck extending into long ties at the front, stitched and turned. The inner layer is stitched in the ditch of the neckline seam.

Front: V-shaped opening below the bow; separate double plackets, interfaced, with the inner layer stitched in the ditch.

Closure: Six buttons, buttonholes on the right front.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes finished with a folded self-fabric bias strip 4.5–5 cm wide, turned to the inside and topstitched 0.1 cm from the fold.

Back: One piece with no centre back seam, shaped by shoulder darts.

Waist: Lower front and lower back joined at the sides and shirred with several rows of elastic thread along the markings, then sewn to the bodice with the seam pressed up.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Fine slippery fabric, a turned bow collar set with stitch-in-the-ditch, a button placket, shirring with elastic thread and bias-bound armholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin silk fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (plackets)
6 buttons
Elastic thread for shirring

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.