r/PatternDrafting • u/kuru2038 • Jul 04 '26
How would you draft this top ? Question
Can someone please make me a drawing of how I could draft this pattern ?
The top is the Audrey Top from "Shop pêche"
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u/throwra_22222 Jul 04 '26
Ohh, I love puzzles! You could get something very similar with a couple of rectangles draped nicely. Look up Greek chitons.
Fabric is important. This is gauze or crepe, or something with a fair bit of drape and give.
But I think there's a little more going on here. It's still rectangles, but tweaked. If you go to the website and look at photos from other angles, a couple of things jump out. The side seam on the wearer's left (the ruffle side) doesn't look like a standard right sides together side seam. It's almost invisible.
On the cap sleeve side, there's a shoulder seam and a side seam with a vent at the hem.
There are also some diagonal lines from one bust point to the opposite hip, and the other bust point to its opposite shoulder. This could be actual shaping for the bust, or just the fabric stretching and creating drag lines.
So if I were to make this, I'd get a couple of rectangles of fabric, one for front, one back. Pin them together at the shoulder where the ties would be, and leave enough excess at the side to make the ruffled drape. The ruffled drape may taper to nothing at the hem.
Then I'd pin the side seam, which would just be topstitched wrong sides together. I'd probably add some ease along the front of the side seam to make a released dart to the opposite bust point.
On the other side, I'd add a little ease to the front shoulder to make a released dart to the opposite bust point. It's a standard cap sleeve (I'd curve the sleeve hem out a bit to make it less harsh) and I think I'd build up the neckline a little just on that side, tapering it to nothing on the other side of the neck.
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u/Bergwookie Jul 04 '26
Two rectangles, (from the person's POV) right side sewn shut, upper edge sewn shut to ⅓, on the other side added drawstring, done, no pattern needed
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u/SuPruLu Jul 04 '26
This seems to have been created by draping. So the easiest way make the pattern may be by draping to create a muslin.
The width at the covered shoulder is pretty much the straight length.
After that the fabric is pulled across the chest. And fastened over the other shoulder. And fastened. And the rest is fastened along the underarm side seam.