I’ve made some new lingerie… arranged here ever so prettily with some sweet little blooms gathered from my garden and scattered just so… doesn’t it look nice?
Patterns; ye olde favourites… MakeBra 2610 for le brassiere, and the two sets of matching knickers are the cloth habit Watson briefs modified so as to remove that awful front crotch seam. I’d bought 1.5m of the bra strap elastic, which turned out to be enough to make the shoulder straps as double straps. I’ve seen this done on a few of the more high end rtw bras around and I likey! so it was good I had enough to have a go at it!
Fabric; I bought this Liberty jersey from the Fabric Store in Melbourne, (NOT an affiliate link, just there for courtesy) during my trip away there with Mum, Cassie and Tiffany in March; such a fun trip with much shopping and chatting in a girly way there together. It is called Scilly Flora, in pink, and I immediately fell in love with its playfully naif flowers in a bright and cheerful kaleidoscope of red/pink/orange/mauve /green. Apparently it’s a reworking of a child’s hand-drawing, which is a really sweet idea.
White cotton jersey for the knicker lining, the cup foam is from my MakeBra basic black kit, still got lots of that left, yay! and I got the electric blue foldover elastic, bra straps and the red underbust elastic from Homecraft Textiles in Vic Park; really, they have the most wonderful and amazing range of elastics EVER!! I’m always blown away a bit every time I go in there. Sometimes I wish I could justify making a new set of undies every week, just so I can utilise all the colours they have there… but lately I’m aiming to only replace things as they wear out now… as in, one thing out, then a new thing in. A little restraint, please. Oh, I also got the black rings and sliders and the black hook and eye thing from there too.
It was a little bit of a pain changing threads a million times while making this set; I switched between blue, red, black and white threads AND bobbin threads MULTIPLE times, like I’m not even kidding I spent more time switching threads in my machine than I spent actually sewing… seriously! But I think it looks really pretty, and I love it. My underwear drawer has never looked so colourful!
Please elaborate about what you did with the front crotchseam on the Watson panties (my favorite panty pattern, but one can always improve).
Gorgeous! Would make a great bikini if it was Lycra.
Nancy; nothing very groundbreaking, I just splice the front pattern piece and the crotch piece aligning the cutting lines together so it is one piece with no joining seam. The crotch lining piece I cut as a separate piece and sandwich it in with the back/front joining seam as normal 🙂 It’s pictured in this post
Gorgeous!! What lovely fabric and elastic combination.
This is so gorgeous! I absolutely love the fabric and your bra and knickers! I am so tempted to try making lingerie myself….. Thanks so much for your inspiring blog!!
thank you so much Calina! 🙂
Your lingerie always looks so professionally made! Lovely colorful set!
So pretty and yet bold and colourful at the same time. I’d be wanting to flash my underwear at every opportunity!!
gorgeous, what an eye for detail, and I dont think my patience would have lasted changing the threads. that fabric is divine…….
Oh, this is so, so beautiful! I love pink cheery underthings and in floral is even lovlier. And Liberty! The combination with this bright blue elastic makes it interesting (I could by lovely elastics every day.) . I love colourful underwear drawers!
Absolutely beautiful 🙂 I am going start making my own lingerie pretty soon.
thank you Kay; I recommend it, it’s a lot of fun 🙂
Of course that fabric would be Liberty. So pretty, Carolyn!
Simply breathtaking!
thank you Kathleen! 🙂
Gorgeous set! Beautiful colour combo and love the double straps! Re: changing the thread so many times – sounds like you need a second sewing machine…
thank you Cindy!
I love the fabric! It’s beautiful!
so pretty! and fun to wear such spicy colors under a pair of jeans and a sweater
Another beautiful set! The fabric is gorgeous.
Too pretty for words!
This is soo pretty and does really make me look forward to spring.
Beautiful set and on an underwear theme – On Friday I cracked my best ever knicker pattern as a hack – it has only taken two years of experimenting! Jo x
Adorbs! Lovely work!
I would love to purchase the pattern if that is possible.
Tammy, you can buy the bra pattern here; and the knickers pattern here
Fantastic! These are the best
Awwww, how beautiful! Especially in arrangement with the flowers! Such a colorful set! And I can literally see the effort you’ve put into it.
Too pretty to hide! You will feel really good knowing that you have really pretty unders on – and nobody else knows why you will be smiling
Such a pretty set. You’ve inspired me to make more underwear and I’ve just cleaned out my drawer so now I have to!!