Naomi - Wrap top
This cute top is perfect for the beginner, with the hemming of the top and sewing of the sleeves being the most difficult part of the project. No buttons or zippers! I really enjoyed making this top, I’ve also made one for a friend of mine and have worn it tons of times. I hope you will to!
For this project you wil need :
– 1,5 meters of light flowy fabric
– yarn
– Iron and a Iron board
– and of course the pattern
Find your size in the chart below and download the corresponding FREE PDF to get started.
If you’d prefer a written tutorial over the video, this is for you:
1. Download the free pattern and print at 100% scale. (if you forgot it’s not a really big deal, the pages just don’t allign as well)
2. Tape the pages together, if done correctly it should look like the sketch on the right (the pages are in order though when printed out)
3. Transfer the cut-out to your fabric.
Each pattern piece has a grainline, which also indicates the direction in which the pattern needs to be laid onto the fabric. All grainlines should be placed parallel to the selvedge on the fabric.
Pattern pieces A and D need to be cut out twice (A needs to be mirrored so not either you cut out twice seperatly but the second time you flip the pattern over so you get a mirrored piece, or you fold the fabric over and this be automatically the case). Piece B and C (C 2X) need to be cut on a fold (B could also be cute twice mirrored but than you’ll have to sew these two together so why go through that hassle?)
4. Sew the two front pieces (A) to the backpiece (B).
use a straight stitch at 1 cm from the edge whereafter a zig-zag stitch on the edge to battle fringing.
5. lie the bodice aside and grab the two rectangle pieces (D)
put a thread of yarn in the middle of both rectangles (making sure its big enough to poke out of both ends). Fold the rectangle in half trapping the yarn in the middle.
pin the fold over edges together and create a triangle at the right side of the rectangle for on the two exemplaren and for the other one you should create a traingle on the left side.
You should catch the yarn in the pinned triangle but not any other pins!
6. Now sew along these pinned lines, again with straight sitch one cm from the edge and a zig-zag stitch at the raw edge to catch fringe.
Again: Watch out not to sew in the yarn, expect for the triangle at the end!
7. Pull very slighty and carefully on the yarn while loosly holding the other end (with the cut out triangle), allowing the fabric the be pulled in the tubed whereafter the tube will be pulled inside out.
8. Iron the tubes flat.
9. grab the bodice and connect the tubes to front bodice. (straight sitch –> zig-zag stitch)
10. to hem de bodice fold the fabric inward twice and sew in place with a straight stitch.
use an iron the press in the fold while folding, this will make it al a lot easier.
11. set aside and grab the sleeves.
12. hem the sleeve by folding the bottom edge inward twice just like for the bodice.
13. now sew the edges contra to the bottom together to create a sleeve.
14. attach de sleeve to bodice by turning the bodice inside out and inserting the sleeve in the armhole, pin the sleeve to the armhole all the way around, now sew these together using a straight stitch and zig-zag stitch.
15. If needed cut of excess fabric
16. Voila!