Tie Neck Halter Button Front Top

Name: Tie Neck Halter Button Front Top
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5174
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5174

A women's fitted halter top with princess seams front and back, a deep V front closed with seven buttons, and straps cut in one with the fronts that tie in a bow behind the neck. The upper back and armholes are bound with bias. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: dense fabrics of natural and blended fibres; the sample is made in silk.

Tech. Description

Tie Neck Halter Button Front Top

When To Wear

In summer with high-waisted trousers or a skirt.
Under an open jacket in warm weather.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting, shaped by princess seams on the front and back.

Length: Short, ending just below the waist.

Neckline: Deep V. Each front continues into a strap faced with a tie facing; the straps tie behind the neck. A pleat is stitched along its fold on the right side of each strap.

Closure: Seven buttons, buttonholes on the right front; the front facing is cut in one with the front and interfaced.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams; the back is open above a straight upper edge.

Finishing: Front neckline, armholes and upper back edge finished with bias strips folded in half and turned inside. Front edges, neckline, ties and upper back edge topstitched a presser-foot width from the edge; hem turned under and topstitched 1 cm from the fold.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Princess seams, straps faced and turned through, bias strips sewn together with facings in one seam, buttonholes.

Fabric Recommendations

Dense fabrics of natural and blended fibres; the sample is made in silk.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (cut-on front facings)
7 buttons

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front (with cut-on facing and strap) – 2 pieces
Side Front – 2 pieces
Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Tie Facing – 2 pieces
Bias strips for the upper back edge and armholes – 2 pieces (no pattern piece)
Bias strips for the front neckline – 2 pieces (no pattern piece)
From fusible interfacing: the cut-on front facings.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the cut-on front facings.
Stitch the center back seam and the back princess seams (Back to Side Back). Serge the seam allowances. Press the center back seam to the left and the princess seams towards the center.
Stitch the front princess seams (Front to Side Front), serge and press towards the center.
Stitch the side seams, serge and press towards the front.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, turn under the raw edge and topstitch 1 cm from the fold.
Serge the edges of the front facings and the straight edges of the Tie Facings. Fold the front facing to the right side and pin. Place the Tie Facings on the straps, right sides together, and pin.
Join the bias strips for the upper edge. Press all bias strips in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Place the strips on the right side of the top along the corresponding edges so that their ends extend onto the front facing and the Tie Facings. Stitch the Tie Facings, front facings and bias strips in place; trim the seam allowances, clip the curves and trim the strap corner diagonally close to the seam.
Turn the straps right side out and turn the facings and bias strips to the wrong side. Baste the edges and press. Topstitch a presser-foot width from the edge along the front edges, neckline, ties and upper back edge.
On each strap, form a pleat on the right side, pin and stitch along the fold.
Work buttonholes on the right front and sew the buttons on the left front.