Color Block Cold Shoulder Top
Introducing a stylish women's top pattern featuring a unique asymmetrical color block design, a flattering V-neck, and modern cold-shoulder cut-outs.
When To Wear
This top is designed for versatile wear, offering modern comfort for various settings:
- Casual Outings: Perfect for relaxed daytime wear, offering comfort and modern style.
- Warm Weather Events: Its open shoulder design makes it ideal for spring and summer gatherings or vacation wear.
- Contemporary Chic: Easily dressed up or down for a fashion-forward look suitable for various social occasions.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, straight-fit silhouette that drapes comfortably over the body, ending at hip length.
Neckline: a distinctive V-neckline with an asymmetrical crossover front panel, creating a stylish overlap detail.
Closure: Features decorative buttons arranged along the diagonal front seam, enhancing the unique color-block design.
Sleeves: Short sleeves with trendy cold-shoulder cut-outs and a rolled-cuff appearance for a casual, effortless look.
Back: a clean, plain back panel ensures versatility and comfort.
Hem: a straight, simple hem finishes the garment.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires working with knit fabrics, precise assembly of asymmetrical panels and facings, and creating cold-shoulder details.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose knit fabrics that offer comfort and drape, suitable for the design's flexibility:
- Soft knit fabrics with medium stretch
- Natural fiber knits (e.g., cotton jersey, rayon jersey)
- Blended fiber knits (e.g., cotton-modal blends, polyester blends)
- Fabrics in contrasting or related colors for the color block effect
Additional Supplies
- Knitted fusible interfacing
- 5 buttons
Cutter's Must
If the patterns have a double contour, the patterns include seam allowances. If the contour is single, the patterns do not include seam allowances. Seam allowances: all seams 1.0 cm; hem allowance - 2 cm. Attention! First of all, 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. When stitching pieces, pay attention to the notches - they must match!
- From main fabric:
- Back – 1 piece on fold
- Left front – 1 piece
- Back sleeve – 1 piece
- Front sleeve – 1 piece
- Back neckline facing – 2 pieces
- Right front neckline facing – 2 pieces
- Left front neckline facing – 2 pieces
- From main fabric 1:
- Right front – 1 piece
- Back sleeve – 1 piece
- Front sleeve – 1 piece
- From fusible interfacing:
- Back neckline facing – 1 piece
- Right front neckline facing – 1 piece
- Left front neckline facing – 1 piece
Tip: Cut pieces from knit fabrics are stitched with a special elastic or narrow zigzag stitch. When serging, trim seam allowances to 0.8 cm. The hem allowance is topstitched with a twin needle or on a coverstitch machine to maintain elasticity. You can also stitch pieces directly on a 3- or 4-thread overlocker.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the designated pieces.
- Fold facing pieces in pairs right sides together and stitch the neckline edge. Clip seam allowances at curves, turn facings right side out, smooth, and press.
- Stitch facing to the back, press seam allowances down and serge. Stitch facing to the left front, press seam allowances down and serge. Stitch facing to the right front, press seam allowances down and serge.
- Overlap the right front over the left and stitch along the bias edge, serge seam allowances. Lay the front flat and topstitch the right facing into the joining seam, securing it to the left.
- Stitch the back sleeve parts to the back, press seam allowances and serge. Stitch the front sleeve parts to the back, press seam allowances and serge.
- Stitch the side seams, simultaneously with the sleeve seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
- Cut (if not ready-made) a bias binding 4 cm wide and a length equal to the armhole length and the upper and lower sleeve edges + 5 cm. Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise right side out and press. Place the binding along the armhole and sleeve edge on the right side and stitch. Clip seam allowances. Fold the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the fold to the main piece. Press the seam.
- Stitch the shoulder seams, press seam allowances towards the back and serge.
- Serge the hem allowance, fold to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Sew buttons onto the right front facing. Secure the front and back sleeve parts with a button, butting them together.
