Pattern: copy of a RTW bra
Fabric: interlock knit
Cost: $5
Last week I showed you my vintage bra, and today I'm back with my copy of a ready to wear bra. And let me tell you, it was a disaster!
Have you ever seen those tutorials online that make it seem so easy to copy RTW or just draft your own pattern (as Amy can tell you, it's not). Well, I decided to give one of those a go using this little snippet from Pinterest - you just shape pattern paper over your bra cup, and voila, bra pattern! Well, as I learned, RTW bras, with their foam cups and padding, are really quite different than my little bralettes, and I ended up with a cup that was way too short and shallow. Here's what I did, but don't copy it!
I'm sure I did a ton of things wrong drafting-wise, but the real lesson here is that sometimes it's best to use a pattern until you've got the hang of it. On to the next one - KwikSew 3300!
Fabric: interlock knit
Cost: $5
Last week I showed you my vintage bra, and today I'm back with my copy of a ready to wear bra. And let me tell you, it was a disaster!
Have you ever seen those tutorials online that make it seem so easy to copy RTW or just draft your own pattern (as Amy can tell you, it's not). Well, I decided to give one of those a go using this little snippet from Pinterest - you just shape pattern paper over your bra cup, and voila, bra pattern! Well, as I learned, RTW bras, with their foam cups and padding, are really quite different than my little bralettes, and I ended up with a cup that was way too short and shallow. Here's what I did, but don't copy it!
I'm sure I did a ton of things wrong drafting-wise, but the real lesson here is that sometimes it's best to use a pattern until you've got the hang of it. On to the next one - KwikSew 3300!
Learn from your mistakes. That's what I've been doing the past year with my bras.
ReplyDeleteoh god, a year! yes i'm beginning to think i will need to make 100 before i have what i want (i think i'm up to about 15 now... posts to come)
ReplyDeleteOh dear, well, now you know what not to do! Pinterest tutorials can be so simplistic and misleading, I never trust any of them to actually work.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to copy a ready-to-wear bra, see "Clone a Favorite Bra," in the February/March 2002 issue of Threads (#99). It works! I did not see the article free online but I am sure it can be purchased via Threads magazine.
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