Wrap Top with a Side Tie

Name: Wrap Top with a Side Tie
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5620
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5620

A women's sleeveless wrap top in light silk or viscose, with a round neckline that opens into a small V at the centre front and a curved wrap edge running down to the side. Two ties sewn to the front edges go around the waist, one through an opening in the right side seam, and knot at the left side. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin silk and viscose fabrics.

Tech. Description

Wrap Top with a Side Tie

When To Wear

Summer office and daytime wear, with trousers or a pencil skirt.
Evenings out with a skirt, or under a light jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted, shaped by bust darts on the fronts and princess seams on the back.

Length: Short, ending a little below the waist.

Neckline: Round, with a small V-shaped opening at the centre front where the wrap begins; finished with an interfaced facing joined at the shoulders.

Sleeves: Sleeveless; armholes bound with bias binding folded in half.

Front: Right and left fronts lap over each other, each with a side bust dart. A tie made of two stitched layers is sewn to the end of each front edge, with the neckline facing and the hem allowance folded over it in the same seam.

Back: Centre back seam and princess seams from the armholes, pressed towards the centre.

Waist: The ties wrap around the waist; the right side seam has an opening, topstitched around, for one tie to pass through.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Fine, slippery fabric, bias-bound armholes, a shaped facing, a topstitched opening in the side seam and ties caught into the front edge together with the facing and hem.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin silk and viscose fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
Bias binding for the armholes

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:
Right Front – 1 piece
Left Front – 1 piece
Back – 2 pieces
Side Back – 2 pieces
Left Waistband – 2 pieces
Right Waistband – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 1 piece
Front Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Back Facing, Front Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Facing and Front Facings.
Mark and stitch the dart on the left and right fronts. Trim the bulk and overlock.
Stitch the princess seams joining the Back and Side Back pieces. Overlock the princess seams and press towards the center.
Stitch the shoulder seams. Overlock the seam and press towards the back.
Fold the bias binding in half lengthwise and press. Bind the armhole edges with bias binding.
Stitch the facing pieces at the shoulder seam. Overlock the seam and press towards the front. Overlock the outer edge of the facings.
Attach the facing to the neckline edges of the front and back. Turn the seam and press.
Overlock the side edges of the top. Stitch and press open the side seams of the top, leaving an opening in the right seam. Topstitch along the opening in the side seam.
Stitch each pair of Left Waistband and Right Waistband pieces together around the edges, leaving the attaching end open. Turn the ties right side out and press.
Overlock the bottom edge of the top. Press the seam allowance to the wrong side.
Place the tie on the right side of the front edge. Fold the neckline facing and the hem allowance over the tie. Stitch the tie to the front in one seam (Right Waistband to the Right Front, Left Waistband to the Left Front). Overlock the seam, turn and press.
Topstitch the hem. Press the seam.