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(Image source https://href.li/?https://sewwhatgilly.com/2021/06/12/vintage-jiffy-wrap-blouse/) [ID: four black and white photo’s of a person demonstrating how to wear a simple wrap top made out of a rectangle with a neckhole and straps at the sides.] Easy vintage wrap top

This vintage wrap top design is an easy beginners project: you don’t need a pattern, you can customise it to your own size, and despite lacking stretch it doesn’t require any zippers or buttons.

The top is made out of woven fabric https://wastelesscrafts.tumblr.com/post/657685954098757632/fabric-types and consists of a rectangle in which a hole for the head is cut. Straps are added to the short sides of the rectangle to tie the top around your body.

There’s a lot of variations on this top: to see examples, check out these written tutorials by Sew What Gilly https://href.li/?https://sewwhatgilly.com/2021/06/12/vintage-jiffy-wrap-blouse/, Freshly Given https://href.li/?https://web.archive.org/web/20130801222217/https://freshlygiven.com/blog/tutorial-grandmas-skirt-to-blouse/, Gina Michele https://href.li/?https://gina-michele.com/2018/03/22/how-to-sew-a-wrap-top-beginner-friendly-sewing-project/, Sadie the Sewing Machine https://href.li/?https://sadiethesewingmachine.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/vintagey-shirts/amp/, The Thread https://href.li/?https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2013/11/26/vintage-wrap-shirt/, and Mood Fabrics https://href.li/?https://www.moodfabrics.com/blog/mood-diy-retro-wrap-shirt/ .

AssunDIY on Youtube also has tutorials for two variations on this top: a rectangle shirt https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vytwO_LkACM version and a butterfly shirt https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3oYlUCGLc version.

Given the simplicity of this top, it’s a neat way to use up old bed sheets and such. Some examples:

(Image source 1 https://href.li/?https://sewwhatgilly.com/2021/06/12/vintage-jiffy-wrap-blouse/) [ID: a person standing in a kitchen while wearing a gray wrap top with t-shirt-like sleeves and a round neckline.]

(Image source 2 https://href.li/?https://sewwhatgilly.com/2021/06/12/vintage-jiffy-wrap-blouse/) [ID: a gray wrap top lying on a wooden floor. The top consists of a rectangle with a hole cut in the middle for the head. Two sets of straps, one thin and one thick, have been sewn to the sides of the rectangle.]

(Image source 1 https://href.li/?https://sadiethesewingmachine.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/vintagey-shirts/amp/) [ID: a person modelling a royal blue wrap top with large sleeves and a slot neckline.]

(Image source 2 https://href.li/?https://sadiethesewingmachine.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/vintagey-shirts/amp/) [ID: a royal blue wrap top lying on a tiled floor. The top consists of a rectangle with a hole and a slit for the head, and thin straps at one end of the rectangle and thick straps at the other end.]

(Image source https://href.li/?https://fabricartdiy.com/diy-one-piece-summer-wrap-top-free-sewing-patterns/) [ID: two photo’s. Photo one shows a person wearing a wrap top made from a dark blue fabric with white flowers. The top has very wide sleeves. Text: “Free pattern + video”. Photo two shows the same top lying on a white background. It has a drop-shaped neckhole, two sets of straps (one thin and one thick), and round bulging sleeves.]

I made one of these on a whim out of scrap fabric the other day. So comfy! So fast to sew! Definitely recommend as a casual project.

Easy vintage wrap dress

[ID: a set of Tumblr tags: “#!!! #is there a way to add a skirt onto this and have it be a dress? (quizzical emoji).]

There’s a type of wrap dress that uses the same principle.

(Image source https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55229489/f9.texteImage) [ID: a page from the French vintage magazine “Le Mode du Jour” from 1926 showing how to make a wrap dress out of five rectangles. The dress consists of a top and a skirt, but the sides are left open and can be tied at the waist to close the garment.]

(Image source http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2009/12/40s-precursor-to-walk-away-dress.html) [ID: a 1945 wrap dress made out of a large rectangle with a hole for the top and a wide rectangle for the skirt part, which is tied around the waist. Text: “Chicago Tribune 1945 Teen-Age Fashions Competition prize winner, Beauty #2002. Designed by Lola H. Brooks. Teen-age Fashions for 1946. The Chicago Tribune.”]

(Image source http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2009/12/40s-precursor-to-walk-away-dress.html) [ID: drawing of three women showing off three designs of a wrap dress made with the same sewing pattern. The dress consists of a yoke with a basic skirt in the front and a gathered skirt in the back. The sides are left open: the dress can be tied at the waist to close the garment. Text: “Butterick printed pattern. 6015. Bust 32. Size 14. 50c.”]

Butterick actually rereleased that last one recently, as part of their retro series. Same cover art and all. It might be still available. The pattern code is B4790. If it isn’t still available, you may be able to find one secondhand. I think Gertie might’ve posted about it on her sewing blog.

Word on the street (the sewing… street…) is that that Butterick walk-away dress pattern is a surprising pain in arse.

the walkaway dress is actually really easy to draft for yourself

it’s a long panel at the front, a back panel and a half circle skirt

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/71/a7/9971a7a43354c93b099cfaeb52c458ba.jpg

use a non stretch top you already have to mock up the top, draw around it and mark where any darts are [darts can be pinned in place, they are to shape the fabric into curves, so you lengthen the front piece so it reaches your knees, cut off the back piece at the waist and add the half circle skirt

https://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/easy-half-circle-skirt-sewing-tutorial.html

gather that into the waist band at the back

trim the lot in bias tape

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/bias-tape-qanda-2977495

and add the fastening of your choice

the butterick pattern is notorious for being a poor fit, they changed the pattern for modern sizing and it just went wonky somewhere, but you can draft it yourself,

https://littleoldladymakes.blogspot.com/2015/03/gbsb-walkaway-dress-butterick-b4790.html

to put this in perspective I sell a version of this pattern in 1/6, ¼ and 1/3 scale, when I said it’s easy to draft its experience talking

tinydooms https://tmblr.co/mlBS6AxghAm-BWObYi5qVmQ (Your picture was not posted)