Adventures in Bra Sewing: The Trials and Tribulations of Covering Foam

Because I’m me, I tend to be a bit impatient and stubbornly try to do what I want to do, when I want to do it. Of course, I eventually come around to the fact that all of the advice I ignored while being stubborn was probably correct, and had I heeded such advice, I’d have … More Adventures in Bra Sewing: The Trials and Tribulations of Covering Foam

Adventures in Bra Sewing: Testing New Patterns

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

Adventures in Bra Sewing: Vanilla Latte Self-Draft + Willowdale 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

Better Late than Never

September came and went with grand plans of entering the Pattern Review Mini Wardrobe contest fizzling out after many hours of pattern fitting muslins and resulting in only one knit shirt. October started with slightly less grandiose plans of completing just one pair of trousers in time for the Pattern Review Skills contest. I thought … More Better Late than Never