Campsie Top Sewing Pattern PDF

The Campsie Top is a simple, relaxed woven top. It features a jewel neckline, set in sleeve, button and loop closure at the back of the neck, and a neck facing for a clean finish. It is a great beginner project designed to teach you a variety of sewing skills. The top features different cup sizes and bicep widths to ensure a perfect fit for your body. Sew it up in linen to elevate a casual look or in silk for a luxe addition to your work wardrobe.

Fit Intent
This pattern is designed to be loose fitting and features elements specifically designed for
plus size bodies.
• The shoulder seam should hit about 1/2” (1.3cm) outside of the acromion (point of the shoulder) to allow for better sleeve hang
• The dart apexes are placed further away from the bust point than in straight sizes

Difficulty 1/5

Sizes Available:

Sizes A-M

38"-66" (97-168cm) Bust

41.5"-71.5" (105-182cm) Hip

If our sizes are too small to include you, we will grade our patterns up for you. Please get in touch with us here.

Finished Garment Measurements:

Fit Intent
This pattern is designed to be loose fitting and features elements specifically designed for
plus size bodies.
• The shoulder seam should hit about 1/2” (1.3cm) outside of the acromion (point of the shoulder) to allow for better sleeve hang
• The dart apexes are placed further away from the bust point than in straight sizes

Selecting your size
This pattern has different cup sizes to choose from. Because of the confusion between ready to wear bra sizing and sewing cup sizing, we have chosen to express our cup sizes as measurement-based descriptors. 2+ indicates a 2” difference between the upper bust and full bust measurement, 4+ is a 4” difference, and 6+ is a 6” difference.

Please select your size primarily based on your upper bust measurement and then choose the corresponding cup size in the shaded area of the size chart. You can blend the bust size to a different hip size, if required. If your waist measurement is larger than your hip, use your waist measurement to select the hip size.

Selecting your sleeve width
This pattern includes a “regular” and a “narrow” sleeve option, however both are generously cut and designed for large bodies. There is approximately 3/4” (2cm) difference between bicep measurements and the sleeve head is about 1” (2.5cm) higher in the narrow option. This difference in shaping in the narrow option achieves a blended fit for people with relatively narrow arms compared to their bodies. If you often have to do a full bicep adjustment, select the “regular sleeve” option, and if you rarely need to do an adjustment, the “narrow sleeve” is likely right for you. As always, please compare your bicep measurement with the finished measurement chart in images.

Suggested Fabric:

This pattern is designed to be sewn with woven fabrics without stretch and is designed for use with a wide variety of light-medium weight woven fabrics. We suggest light-medium weight linen, cotton lawn, silk noil, silk satin, crepe, crepe de chine, tencel, cupro, viscose/viscose blends, or rayon challis. 

As with most garment sewing, we do not recommend the use of quilting cotton

Fabric Yardage:

Both Views

Sizes A-F
• 1.8m/2yds (150cm/60” wide)
• 2.4m/2.7yds (115cm/45” wide)

Sizes G-M
(sizes L and M, 150cm/60” wide only)
• 2.3m/2.5yds (150cm/60” wide)
• 3m/3.3yds (115cm/45” wide)

If you’re using a patterned fabric with a repeat that you’d like to match, you may need more fabric than what is suggested above.

Ensure your fabric is washed and pre-shrunk before cutting.

Notions:

All Views

• 8” (20cm) lightweight fusible interfacing
• Matching all purpose thread
• 1, 1/2” (13mm) button (can substitute with smaller)

Sew-along Videos:

Sewing the darts

Inserting the sleeve

Campsie Top inspo:

Check out the hashtag, #CampsieTop

The Campsie is a great look for work- pair it with our fanciest elastic-waist pants, the Willandra Pants, or our wide-leg Glebe Pants in a drapey fabric. A french tuck into our Whitlam Skirt would also be a fancy look suitable for work or going out!