How to Make a Super-Easy Triangle Halter Top
Make this tie top in less than an hour. Make it today; wear it tonight!
Apply the binding without stretching it so the triangle will lie flat.
Pin in the ditch parallel to the edge to hold it in place while you are sewing.
Make this tie top in less than an hour. Make it today; wear it tonight!
A square of fabric, cut on the diagonal to make a triangle, makes a clever tie top. You can use a knit fabric or a woven, even a pretty scarf. Either way, bind the edges to finish them nicely. Tie two ends around your waist and slip a tie through a casing at the top point to tie around your neck. This project takes less than an hour to make. Make it today; wear it tonight.
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What You'll Need:
1 yard fabric, knit or woven or a 36-inch-square scarf
1/4 yard contrasting knit fabric for the binding
1-1/2 yards narrow braid, ribbon, or a shoestring
Safety pin
Thread
Sewing machine
Preparation:
Cut one piece of fabric 36 inches x 36 inches.
Cut the above square on the diagonal from corner to corner to make two triangles. Use one triangle.
At the top point, chalk-mark a horizontal line from edge to edge that is 3 inches long.
Cut two pieces of knit binding on the cross-grain 1-1/4 inches wide x 36 inches long.
Cut one piece of knit binding on the cross-grain 1-1/4 inches wide x 54 inches long.
Construction:
1. With right sides together, sew the long binding strip to the bottom edge of the triangle using a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
| Apply the binding without stretching it so the triangle will lie flat. |
2. Press the binding strip away from the garment. Wrap the strip to the wrong side, encasing the raw edge. Stitch in the well of the seam, catching the binding on the wrong side. Trim the ends of the binding even with the triangle fabric.
| Pin in the ditch parallel to the edge to hold it in place while you are sewing. |
 | Trim the ends to be even with the triangle fabric. |
3. Repeat step 2 to bind the remaining two sides of the triangle.
 | Bind the other two sides of the triangle. |
4. Fold 3/4 inch to the wrong side at the top edge. Topstitch 1/2 inch from the folded edge to form a casing.
 | Fold your top edge down 3/4 inch. |
 | Adjust the width of the casing according to the width of the tie. |
5. Attach a safety pin to one end of the tie. Feed the pin and tie through the casing, keeping an even amount of tie extending from each end of the casing.
6. Wear the top by tying the triangle ends around your waist in back and the tie around your neck.
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