Halter Neck Lace Flounce Crop Top

Name: Halter Neck Lace Flounce Crop Top
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5302
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5302

A women's halter-neck crop top with triangular darted cups and a wide lace flounce below the bust. The cups are lined with satin, and the armholes and back edge are bound with bias binding. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: lace or guipure, with silk fabric for the cups.

Tech. Description

Halter Neck Lace Flounce Crop Top

A women's halter-neck crop top with triangular darted cups and a wide lace flounce below the bust. The cups are lined with satin, and the armholes and back edge are bound with bias binding.

When To Wear

In hot weather and on holiday, with high-waisted skirts, trousers or shorts.
For summer evening events, worn with a matching skirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted at the bust, with a flounce falling loosely below.

Length: Cropped, the flounce ending at about the waist.

Neckline: Deep V between the cups; halter straps tie at the back of the neck.

Front: Two triangular cups with bust darts, made of lace over the main fabric and faced with lining along the front edges. A lace piece over the cups is joined to the flounce with a blind stitch.

Back: Open back. The flounce is cut in two pieces and opens at the centre back.

Finishing: Bias binding cut 5 cm wide, folded in half and sewn to the armholes and back edge so that 0.75 cm shows on the garment, then turned inside and topstitched.

Lining: The cups are lined with satin lining; the lace and main fabric are basted together and handled as one layer.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Working with lace and guipure, layering lace over a base fabric, lined darted cups, narrow bias-bound edges.

Fabric Recommendations

Lace or guipure, with silk fabric for the cups. With sheer fabric, do not transfer markings with carbon paper, as the lines show through on the right side.

Additional Supplies

Satin lining

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

Bodice – 2 pieces
Bodice, from guipure – 1 piece
Peplum – 2 pieces

From lining fabric:

Bodice – 2 pieces

Cut bias strips 5 cm wide for the binding.

Working with sheer fabrics. Do not transfer the outlines and markings to the cut pieces with carbon paper, as all the lines would show on the right side of the garment. The simplest way is to cut all pieces with equal seam allowances and stitch all seams at the same width.

Sewing Instructions

Stitch the bust darts on the main fabric bodice pieces.
Stitch the bust darts on the lining bodice pieces.
Stitch the main fabric bodice pieces together.
Stitch the lining bodice pieces together.
Face the lower edge of the bodice with the lining bodice.
Join the guipure bodice to the peplum with a blind stitch.
Place the main fabric pieces under the guipure pieces, baste them together and from then on handle them as one layer.
Face the front edges of the guipure-covered bodice with the lining bodice and turn the cups right side out.
Fold the bias binding for the armholes and the back edge in half lengthwise and press. Stitch the folded binding to the armhole edges so that the fold lies 0.75 cm onto the garment. Trim the seam allowances to 0.5 cm. Turn the binding to the wrong side and topstitch along the armholes and the back edge.