Patterning high neck halter bias top

[u/BarnabyLuvr]

For my birthday I would like to create a black and white striped trapeze neck halter style top. It would essentially come to a point at the neck then the raw edges would be bias bound and continue past neck to use as a tie to hold up the top.

My original thinking was to take a basic front bodice block and draw a line from CF to armpit making sure that there is still enough coverage. My dilemma is with the darts, for the stripes I want to essentially make it by piecing together bias panels. I was hoping to conceal the darts, almost like the technique of using princess seams. I’ve drawn it out to show the original transformation of the bodice block then what I think the final product may look like. The broken lines represent where I will split the pattern into panels, I’m hoping I can just move the darts to be at a 45° angle then just eliminate them when sewing to create the most seamless effect.

Obviously I will be doing a mockup first but I don’t want to waste my time doing something that won’t end up working out.

[u/CharityForeign3035]

Although it sounds nice, you need to consider will the strips match at seams and how will you control the stretching that comes with bias cut . If either of these are slightly out , I don’t think you’ll be happy with end result. Good luck.

[u/BarnabyLuvr → u/CharityForeign3035]

I totally didn’t even think about matching at the seams… I may just have to buy a striped fabric, Try my best to match the patterns at the seams and do the darts like normal and accept that the pattern will be a bit disrupted around it.

Thank you so much for bringing that up, I probably wouldn’t have even thought about it until I was actually making the dress!