Since I’ve fallen down the bra sewing rabbit hole, I’ve started following Bra Builders to see what new supplies and kits they have on offer each month. While I was checking out the November kits, I saw that they had a BRAdvent box. I always loved doing advent calendars as a kid, and I knew I would … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Happy BRAdvent!
During most of November I was working to get some new bra patterns fit to myself and create an expanded bra pattern library. I have been collecting a lot of materials and kits over the past year, and I wanted to be able to have more pattern options to showcase some of the beautiful laces I’ve … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: B, Wear Margareta Pattern Review
I have been obsessively working on fitting a bunch of the B, Wear patterns over the past month, and I felt like I had finally gotten a good enough fit to try making some full bras. While I was originally planning to make some “plain” bra sets to test out the patterns, when my Black Friday … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: B, Wear Jessica’s Twin Pattern Review
As soon as I finished my bralette patterns I immediately set to cutting out my full Sahaara Bra kit from Bra Builders. I ordered this kit shortly after the Bra Bee and I’ve been waiting to sew it up. Now that I feel I’ve gotten a decent fit on the Sahaara pattern, it seemed like … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Sahaara Pattern Review
I’ve been working quite a bit the past month to expand my bra sewing pattern library by fitting lots of patterns to my self-drafted band. I’m about to dive into some of those projects, but this past weekend the BJ’s Bralette I had sewn up a while ago had a bit of a fabric fail. … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Battle of the Bralettes: Sahaara vs. Mysa
November has been a busy month! Most of my sewing progress has been pattern drafting and alteration work, so there hasn’t been a ton of finished projects to show off on the blog, but I feel like I’ve been making a lot of progress in a “behind the scenes” sort of way. Sewing Progress Because … More Monthly Sewing Review – 2023 November Wrap Up
Although I have been really enjoying my recent projects with the self draft bra band with the Cashmerette Willowdale cups, I wanted to branch out and try some new patterns, just to have options and variety in my pattern library. I’ve been testing a few new brands, and it’s been really interesting to compare the … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Testing New Patterns
After my recent “Vanilla Latte” self-drafted test, I was really happy with how my self-drafted band pattern was fitting, but I did want to make some minor fitting tweaks to really nail it down. I felt confident enough though that I thought I would break out some of the laces I have been accumulating since … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Fall Florals Set
For those following along on my Bra Sewing Adventures, I recently experimented quite a bit with self-drafting some bra patterns. I was really excited to try making a bra using my self drafted band pattern to see if I could reduce some of the fitting issues I was dealing with after working through the Bravo … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Vanilla Latte Self-Draft + Willowdale Set
So when I last left off on my bra pattern drafting adventure, I had done a second draft using the Porcelynne Bare Essentials method but I was still having quite a few issues with the cup draft. Since then I’ve done quite a bit more exploration into the world of bra pattern drafting and I … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: Part 12 – Comparing Drafting Techniques
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