I was so in awe of The Nanöo top—made by Debora—in my latest eye-catchers that I decided to sew one myself. Furthermore, I had some very soft green striped jersey in my collection that was perfect for this project. So, why wait?
Nanöo is a rather new Spanish indie sewing company with two patterns so far. They distribute the pattern both in paper and in PDF-format. The ordering and downloading of it goes very smooth.
The Nanöo Top pattern
The pattern has a clear design and exists out of three pieces. You only have to glue eight pieces of paper together but here I miss some connection marks. On top of that, the only measures indicated in the instructions are those of the finished garments, which are not specified. I assumed the largest are the hips. Based on these measurements I cut out the tallest size and did not make any alterations to it.
When you sew striped fabric the most difficult part is matching the seams. Especially when you use knit fabric. Taking extra care of the cutting is very helpful.
How to cut the front and backpiece in a single layer
* place and pin the pattern piece
* be sure you mark the center or your front or back on the fabric
* cut out, be careful not to cut beyond your marks
* flip the pattern, align on the marks you made on the fabric
* cut out the second halve of the front piece
* put the cut piece on the fabric, right sides together and cut the second piece
Now your patterns pieces lay already in place for sewing your shoulder seams.
The striped fabric
The fabric is a soft cotton jersey from Girl Charlee that I bought in November 2015! Sewing with knits can be a little tricky but this fabric is cooperative. The seams keep flat and the stretch is perfect for the neckband.
Due to the cutting of the pattern pieces single layered and stitching with a walking foot the seams came out perfectly matched!
The sewing proces
Sewing together the Nanöo top is rather easy. It only has only straight seams and a neck binding. Still, I did it all by instinct as the sewing instructions that come with the pattern are rather brief.
Conclusion
I am very pleased with my Nanöo top. Especially with how the stripes come out. For the next one, I will lengthen the sleeves to make them three-quarter.
My first striped top is spot on!
Great pattern matching!
Thanks Sarah! After cutting the pattern single layered it wasn’t that difficult!
Love the stripe matching and subsequent chevron creation!
Thanks, Kyle! As I wrote in my post, it is not that difficult to do!
Thank you for this tutorial re stripes. I’ve seen many variations of how to do this but I haven’t seen it done before where you cut half the pattern before flipping it and I like that! Beautiful striped top. I’m sure you’ll get loads of wear out of it!