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A Sewing Landmark – Bra Making

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If you told me this time last year I’d be sewing bras I wouldn’t have believed you. Too fiddly, too difficult to fit, too out of my skill range. But look! I did it!!

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I will unashamedly toot my own trumpet here and say I’m so proud of this. I took Beverly Johnson’s Craftsy ‘Sewing Bras Construction and Fit’ course, bought a kit for the Classic bra from B Wear  and got sewing. I went with my ready-to-wear size of 34G – the whole measure your upper bust, full bust and then subtract seems to fail on cup sizes any larger than a D – and after a bit of tinkering and advice from Beverly using the Q&A I think I’ve got the fit looking ok. I’ve signed up for Beverly’s second course ‘Sewing Bras – Designer Techniques’ as this covers extra elements of design including support to get those Setters into Pointers. Us big-bewbed ladies need them front and centre rather than trying to escape under our arms and I think with a bit more wearing and fiddling I’ll have the perfect bra pattern.

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I feel like this is a huge achievement in my personal sewing box of tricks. Before the days of Bravissimo shopping for underwear was a demoralising, hideous exercise that used to end in tears. The only styles for large sizes were awful granny boulder-holders in the dustiest corner of Debenhams or else the Marks and Spencer lady would chuck some 34D’s at you and run off to hide from your difficult boobs. UK bust sizes are increasing year upon year (yay boobs!), one theory I read suggests this is because as a species (in the First World, among the well-fed) we are at our optimum state for bodily development in terms of nutrition, therefore boobs are sprouting like nobodies business.

I sew because I want unique clothes I love, that fit my particular figure and that go some way to saving me money, either using bought or thrifted fabric, refashioning existing second-hand garments or finding a TNT pattern I can go back to again and again. Being able to sew my own underwear, when each bra alone can come in at £40, is fan-bloody-tastic. YAY GO ME!!

So tell me, are you on the bra sewing bandwagon yet? xxx

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