I was chatting to a friend who reads my blog posts when they pop up on Facebook, and he wanted to know why I’d been making such a lot of underwear recently. There are two reasons, really. When my latest work contract came to an end, I thought that making simple little knickers would be [...]
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Cupcake Knickers
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2011
I thought these might be an improvement on the teeny-tiny strawberry shorts, but they’re not. They’re bunchy between the legs, the satin bias tape is stiff and horrible, and the elastic’s all rolled up inside the casing. Very disappointing. I was hoping that these would work in the organic cottons, which are a similar weight to quilting [...]
I’m afraid it’s all underwear around here at the moment! I’m in the middle of working on a couple of larger projects (an Edwardian-ish blouse and the prototype shoes), so these are little things than I can make when I don’t have time to get stuck in to something else. These are made from the [...]
I made these over the weekend, despite the best efforts of my sewing machine and overlocker. I don’t know why both of my machines are still playing up, but it’s driving me mad. The top thread keeps snapping on the overlocker every time I come to sew across a seam, and my ordinary machine has [...]
Remember the black silk knickers I made back in January? Well, they were gratefully received, but unfortunately they turned out not to fit terribly well. So, despite the best efforts of both my sewing machine and my overlocker (which I think are both overdue for a service), I made another pair. I made some changes [...]
Today I have been mostly trying to remember my technical drawing lessons, and drafting a pattern for french knickers. This pair are made from spotty jersey (t-shirt weight), with frilly legs and an elasticated waist. They’re quite high-waisted, they should come up to your bellybutton, pretty much. They’re designed to be a close fit to [...]
This is the fourth and final bra from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. It’s made from a pattern that I drafted from one of my own bras, which sadly had to be sacrificed for the occasion. Each of us had to unpick a bra in our own size, writing down the [...]
This is the third bra from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. As you can see, this one is a much fuller style than the previous two. Despite also being an “industry standard” 34B, the cups were slightly roomier than the other styles. This bra isn’t underwired – instead it has a [...]
This is bra number two from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. The cups on this one are made from foam, a couple of millimetres thick, to make something resembling a t-shirt bra. You can’t easily buy the foam moulded cups that these are made from (unless you’re Marks & Spencer and [...]
At the beginning of April I went to London for a week, to do the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. The aim of the week was to make three bras of differing styles, to an industry-standard size (34B). After that there would be the opportunity to take apart a bra of [...]