Draped Halter Wrap Top

A halter-neck wrap top with six gathered sections and two front panels that cross over each other at the waist. Seven pattern pieces, every one cut singly, with a 10 mm strap slider behind the neck as the only piece of hardware.

Pattern specification

Size range

XS–XXL

Skill level

Intermediate

Recommended fabric

A soft, fluid stretch knit with good recovery. Rayon, modal or bamboo jersey. Nothing stiff and nothing thick, because it has to gather softly.

Colours shown

White.

Yardage

1.5 m of 150 cm wide fabric for XS to M, 1.8 m for L to XXL. Every piece is cut singly, so there are no layout shortcuts.

Notions required

One 10 mm strap slider, the flat three-bar tri-glide sold for bra and swimwear straps. Optionally 60 cm of 6 mm clear elastic, to stop the straps growing.

Stretch required

At least 30% across the width.

Seam allowance

1 cm throughout. Hem 2 cm. Both are already included on the pattern. Binding strip cut 4.0 cm wide.

Format

PDF — print at home or copy shop

Size chart

Finished garment, measured flat. Hem is half the measurement all the way round. Back edge across is the width of the back at its top edge. Inches / centimetres.

Key details

• The strap slider is a haberdashery trip most buyers will not expect from a knit top. The two straps meet at it behind the neck, one stitched to it permanently and the other running through and held by friction. That is the only adjustment the top has.
• The two front panels are not a mirrored pair. Front right is the long one and runs all the way to the hem. Front left is 12 to 14 cm shorter and stops just below the waist, where the long panel has already wrapped across the whole front. It is deliberate, not a misprint.
• Six gathered sections, each with a printed finished length. Both armhole edges gather from 11 cm down to 5 cm, both front side edges from 13 cm down to 7 cm, and both back side seams from 6.8 cm down to 5 cm. Every section is bounded by notches, and you gather between the marks and never past them.
• Nothing else on this top is gathered, pleated or eased.
• Nothing is folded and nothing is symmetrical. Single layer, right side up, every pattern piece printed side up. A piece laid face down gives you two lefts.
• Pick your size on the hem, not the bust. The wrap looks after the bust by itself and the slider sets the strap length, so the hem, which sits at the top of your hip, is the measurement that has to be right.
• The strap is 21.7 cm on every size. It does not grade.
• This is the largest print job in the range. The A0 runs to two sheets and the tiled file to 41 pages, so copy-shop printing costs about double what the other patterns do.
• The fits-bust ranges are 82 to 88, 87 to 93, 92 to 98, 97 to 103, 103 to 109 and 111 to 117 cm, XS to XXL, matching the Draped Cowl-Neck Shell.

Pattern pieces

• Front right (cut 1)
• Front left (cut 1)
• Front right facing (cut 1)
• Front left facing (cut 1)
• Back (cut 1)
• Back facing (cut 1)
• Arm binding and halter strap (cut 2)

In the download

• A0 copy-shop file — 2p
• US Letter / A4 print file — 41p
• Construction workflow — 11p

This is a digital pattern. Nothing ships — your download link is emailed the moment you check out, and stays in your order confirmation.

Licensed for personal use only. Files may not be resold, redistributed, shared or used for commercial production without written permission from Kissing Parasites.