Nothing but blue skies....

'Cause that's what the colors on this set reminds me of.  Carolina blue skies with big fluffy clouds.  These are made with some of my favorite material - the Victoria's Secret Stretch Satin - purchased here.

The patterns are my favorites - the Sewy Rebecca bra and the panties are from the Ottobre Women 5/2009.  There were not any changes made from the previous makes except that I went up a size in the underwire.  Since I've had a weight gain, the cups seemed to still fit fine on my previous makes, but the underwires were poking slightly.  So I ordered one trial pair in a size larger and gave the bra a trial run the other day, everything felt great.  Maybe I've been using the wrong size underwire all along, since the larger size fit in the same cup/band size??

The color is a little off in the first picture, but it is closer than the pictures I was getting inside.  On the second picture the color is pretty accurate and I liked the juxtaposition of the rough decking against my silky lingerie.  One of the nice things about living out in the middle of nowhere is you can carry out your lingerie to make pictures on the deck and there is no one to give you funny looks except the local wildlife.

Happy Sewing, Suzanne

I'm a pretty princess!

OK, so the fabric says sweet princess, but have I mentioned how much I really like alliteration. And I have to include DD - she's a sweet princess too.  We have the lingerie that says so.  I made 2 bras and 3 pairs of underwear from .5 yards of fabric and 1.5 yards lace, through creativity (snort), ingenuity (snort) and genius luck. I am pleased with how they turned out and DD says that hers are the most comfortable ever.

I used the Danglez DB5 for DD's bra.

I used the Sewy Rebecca pattern for mine.

Sorry for the blurry pictures - operator inefficiency

And there was one more pair of panties for DD.  All panties are from my Ottobre pattern, no real changes to that except for where the lace was added.

The lace was pieced to get enough height for the back of this pair, but luckily the seam is not obvious.

So I'll remember I got the tape measure out and did some comparisons - my Kwik Sew 3300 does the best job of keeping the girls hoisted and front & center.  For the next renditions, I will be doing some adjusting on my Sewy and Danglez patterns to move the apex a little closer to the center.  Beverly Johnson's Bra-Making Manual has excellent instructions for this.  I will also tighten up the band slightly.

I am also going to trace a pattern piece specifically for the fashion fabric that is approximately 1/8" smaller so that it will stretch over the inner lining piece.  Trying to do it as I sew and baste is not working as well as I would like.

Happy Sewing, Suzanne