Tessel Top
Zero-waste top · Women's EU 34–52 · Beginner
A loose, boxy top cut from a single rectangle with no waste at all; a quick first garment.
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About the pattern
Tessel is a zero-waste top: the whole garment is one piece cut on the fold, with slits for the arms and three short seams marked on the pattern. Every scrap of the rectangle is used.
Women's sizes EU 34 to 52, with a deliberately relaxed, boxy fit.
Inside the pattern
- Pattern pieces in 10 nested sizes (34–52), each size on its own PDF layer
- Home-printing files for A4 and US Letter (21 and 21 pages, with 10 cm and 4 in test squares) and an A0 copy-shop file
- Instruction booklet: fabric amounts per size for 110 and 150 cm wide fabric, size chart, cutting layouts and 5 numbered steps
- 1 pattern piece; seam and hem allowances included (1 cm on most seams)
Drafted with FreeSewing’s Tamiko design (MIT licence).
Sizes, fabric & notions
| Skill level | Beginner |
|---|---|
| Sizes | Women's EU 34–52 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52) |
| Formats | A4 · US Letter · A0 copy shop |
| Suggested fabrics | Light to medium wovens with some drape: cotton lawn, double gauze, linen, viscose, silk noil or chambray |
| Fabric needed | 0.80–1.80 m at 150 cm wide; 0.80–1.80 m at 110 cm wide |
| Notions | Matching thread |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Seam allowance | Included, 1 cm on most seams |
Download & licence
This is a digital pattern: your ZIP is available immediately after payment, on the order confirmation page, by email and under Downloads in your account. Print at 100% (“actual size”) and check the test square before cutting.
Licence: personal use, and you may sell handmade items made from the pattern. Please do not share or resell the files. Faulty files are always replaced — write to support@notchandseam.com. Returns & withdrawal.


