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The Sewing and Life Adventures of Emerald Erin. Sew Your Own Bra in Craftsy's Sewing Bras: Construction & Fit. Make the most supportive, comfortable bras you've ever owned.

Sew Your Own Bra in Craftsy's Sewing Bras: Construction & Fit

Get step-by-step guidance for sewing bras with a flawless fit. Create custom-fit bras with your home sewing machine alongside expert instructor Beverly Johnson. Choose the perfect fabric, pattern and size. Custom bras and lingerie in Calgary area. Bra-making Sew Along. During this sew-along, we walked through the process of fitting and sewing a basic underwired bra pattern.

Bra-making Sew Along

We took our time so we could get to know the patterns and learn how to make design and pattern changes for style. Please note: This sew-along ran in January 2013, so the Flickr group is now closed. All the tutorials and sew-along posts will still be here! Bra-making Sew Along: Measuring for Fit. Hello everyone and welcome to the first day of the Bra-making Sew Along!

Bra-making Sew Along: Measuring for Fit

I am so excited to have such a diverse group of women from all over the world joining along. And I’m glad you all share my enthusiasm for sewing lingerie. New Year, new skills, new bras! Bra Sewing Tutorial: Learn to Make Your Own Sassy Bra. It might feel intimidating, but branching out into sewing your own lingerie can be much easier than one might think.

Bra Sewing Tutorial: Learn to Make Your Own Sassy Bra

It’s really satisfying to have the secret of a cute handmade bra under your dress. And because it takes such little fabric, it’s a wonderful way to use up some favorite scraps or to splurge on something pricy, since the projects require so little fabric. Orange Lingerie. Demystifying Bra Fitting and Construction reveals the secrets of bra couturiers, teaching you what you have always wanted to know about fitting and sewing your own bras.

Orange Lingerie

With easy-to-follow instructions, color photos, and a guide to sourcing materials, this book has everything you need to make your own professional looking bras in no time at all. Whether you are a home sewer or an aspiring lingerie designer, this book is for you! Marlborough Bra in Wine and Black. Orange Lingerie. Press & Peel a new Bra! Here at the Saskatchewan Stitches Conference, we were lucky to have a student in our class who found a new way of cloning garments.

Press & Peel a new Bra!

When we combined that method with some bra-making ingenuity, the results were nothing less than spectacular! Traditional cloning is done with the bra cup pinned out to a foam core board. This takes time (about one hour) and the accuracy of the result is due largely to the accuracy and skill of the person doing the pinning. If she pulls too far, or not enough, the results can be less than perfect. In this new method, it is as easy as can be, thanks to some advances made in the KITCHEN!