Can you even see my latest creations…? Not really? Well, that’s because it’s all so perfectly and beautifully camouflaged in the deepest, darkest, greenest depths of my garden I mean… the jungle, of course!!
So it’s January, and I’d begun to notice a few jungle-y things popping up on my IG feed… oh, it’s that time again…? well alrighty then!!! hurrah! Jungle January! the brainchild of Anne of Pretty Grievances I LOVE sewing challenges!
I’m continuing on with my tradition of making a new set of bra plus undies for my thing. The last two years I’ve taken the humble frog as my inspiration, firstly here and secondly here… this time I wanted something different, and by that I meant a creature other than a frog. I had a few different ideas… but nothing jumped out at me… finally I just thought; I’m going to google “jungle” and select the top rating picture as my inspiration, no further argument. I did, it, held my breathe, what creature was I going to have to “interpret”…? and this is what came up…
source, kingofwallpapers.com/jungle
THE JUNGLE ITSELF. OF COURSE!!! #facepalm
Truly magnificent, yes? Nature at its most glorious.
First impression; well, just GREEN. How extravagantly, intensely, and totally green it was. Fabricwise, I was immediately reminded of a length of stretch stuff that Mum had tossed out and that I had immediately squirrelled away, it has a random painterly print on it; predominantly green with some blobs of other colours subtly melting all together; I think it was originally from Fabulous Fabrics. I dug it out, positioned my pattern pieces on it strategically so as to include as much of the greenery bits as possible, emphasise the “jungle-y” parts of it as much as I was able.
There are even a few, almost snake-scale-y bits, ranging from mossy, yellow-y green…
right though to an almost aqua green
…and can you almost imagine here the golden sunlight breaking through the high-up leafy canopy, and maybe a bright scarlet flash of parrot’s wings, or a single jungle bloom…?
Patterns; my old favourite MakeBra bra pattern, and the two pairs of matching briefs are both cloth habit Watson. I used the makeBra instructional video on how to make a foam-lined bra to make mine; it’s a brilliant video, completely foolproof. Some of my materials like the foam and some of the elastics are from the MakeBra basic kits that I bought last year, though the underbust bra elastic is from Homecraft Textiles because the stuff in the MakeBra kit is not such good quality this time, unfortunately. The lingerie elastic on the undies is from Spotlight. I bought up a huge amount of this during a sale one time and am still using it up!
Ohhh those are so pretty!
thank you very much Mayrav! 🙂
So this is your green make – I had a feeling it was going to be something like this – or jungle shoes! Really lovely little set, with , of course, two sets of bottoms to one top, just the right sort of ratio. And so nicely made.
Gorgeous! Great colour!
Gorgeous undies, they look so well made like rtw. I have the urge to make undies (never thought I would) and found this pattern online a couple days ago, it’s great to know it’s a good pattern (used your links to check out the other times you made it), seeing this makes me think I need to just drive in and try it.
thanks Lynsey! They are both great little patterns, it’s easier than you might think and a lot of fun to make your own underwear 🙂 I highly recommend trying it out!
Another beautiful set 🙂 Really does look like the jungle that inspired you! I think I might need a green set now too 🙂
A genius idea, and a very pretty set.
These are gorgeous. Love the colour!
thanks Fiona! 🙂
Gorgeous colour, and that fabric looks very jungle inspired! I’ve always wanted an emerald set after seeing a gorgeous one in a magazine years ago, but it’s very rare!
I wish I could sew underwear, yours is always gorgeous and unique!
thank you! of course you can sew underwear, it’s a lot easier than you might think and actually lots of fun 🙂
I need to give my orange lingerie pattern another go, the first one was too small. Inspired again as ever! Jo x
thank you Jo! xx
Gorgeous set and amazing fabric! I always thought of trying this pattern but never did.
So maybe I will…
Love your set of lingerie. Using a photo for color selection was inspirational–I will be using that idea. Besides I need to look at photos that are not winter. The sky is blue but it’s not warm
I just order bra fabric from Bra makers Supply.
Happy sewing
thank you Annette! Usually the fabric itself inspires me all by itself, hehe, though it is fun to try and interpret something jungle-y to fit in with the challenge
How beautiful! Head to toe handmade garments.
thank you Tammy! Yes, THAT has been quite the challenge!
Very gorgeous set and the print and colour of the fabric look beautiful. It really looks jungle-inspired! I love the pictures!
Just gorgeous! I love those spectacular colors.
Initially I commented, simply, “So pretty!” But WordPress rejected my comment on the grounds that it was too short. Apparently they prefer verbosity … so here you go 🙂
Haha! I’m sorry! WordPress can be quite fickle when it comes to comments; I’ve had random rejections over the years too!
Gorgeous colours in your new set and jungle worthy they definitely are.
Love them! I need some of these…
What beautiful colours. These are lovely.
This set is fabulous Carolyn! Thanks for that Make bra link I’ve just completed my first sewn bra (Clothspot Harriet) and was wondering about foam as I prefer it shape wise. I love the jungle as inspiration, we visited Costa Rica for a short time on our honeymoon and it makes me think of that. I think I need to get me a jungle bra. Now where is Tarzan?