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Lingerie Essentials:: Bralettes
Lingerie Essentials:: Bralettes
Essentials:
BRALETTES
with Alison Smith
LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
Resources
Canada
• Bramaker's Supply: braandcorsetsupplies.com
Instructor Website
Visit Alison Smith's websites at
schoolofsewing.co.uk and sewwardrobe.co.uk
for patterns, workshop schedules and more.
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Notes
• Pattern pieces for bralette, knickers and suspenders are on pages 6-22.
• Lace should have at least 30% stretch (e.g. 10" of lace stretches to at least 13").
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Order of Construction
Notes 5. Baste the lower band to the cups and Upper Band,
right sides together, stretching to fit.
• All seam allowances are ⅜" inch.
6. Place the straight edge of a piece of 12mm picot
• Use a zigzag stitch unless directed otherwise
elastic along the tack line, so that the cups and
(recommended: stitch width 0.5 and stitch Upper Band are to the wrong side of the picot.
length 2.5) Stitch close to straight edge with the slight zigzag
stitch, stretching slightly as you stitch.
Order of Construction: Bralette 7. On the right side, press picot down toward the
1. Complete the cups. You have the option of band. Finish with a three-step zigzag.
lace cups without underlining, lace cups with 8. Stitch the two Back Triangle pieces with right sides
underlining, or jersey cups; stitch as shown in class. together and a ⅜" seam, leaving lower edge open;
2. Stitch the upper back. Attach either fold-over turn and topstitch on right side.
elastic or picot-edge elastic at 90 percent (i.e., the 9. Cut two lengths of strap elastic, each about 16½"
elastic should be about 10 percent shorter than the long. Stitch to triangle. Stitch triangle to upper
edge; pin evenly and stretch as you sew to fit). back band. Try on and fit straps to front cups, and
3. Attach the upper back to the side cups with a ⅜" stitch to secure.
seam. Press the seam allowances toward the upper
back and using a zigzag stitch (2.0 W, 1.5 L) zigzag
the seam allowance to the upper band.
4. At the center front (CF) overlap the front cups
right over left as worn, matching the notch to
indicate CF. Pin.
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Order of Construction
Order of Construction:
Knickers
1. Join center front and center back
seams of Pant pieces with a ⅜" seam
allowance and narrow zigzag stitch.
Press open and topstitch.
2. Join Crotch in lace to Crotch in
lining fabric at the sides. Trim back,
turn and press.
3. Zigzag the center front and
center back of crotch section.
4. Match crotch section to pant
pieces and topstitch in place.
5. Attach picot elastic at waist edge.
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1 2 in.
1 2 3 4 5 cm
Cut 2 Lining
sizes 32-42
Cut 2 Lace
(optional)
42
40
38
36
34
32
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Place on edge of lace
42
40
38 Eva Bralette
sizes 32-42
36 SIDE CUP
Cut 2 Lace
34
Cut 2 Lining
32 (optional)
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42
40 Eva Bralette
38
36 sizes 32-42
34 BACK TRIANGLE
32 Cut 2 Lace
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LOWER BAND
Eva Bralette
(part 1 of 4)
sizes 32-42
Cut 1
32
34
36
38
40
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42
LOWER BAND
(part 2 of 4)
Eva Bralette
sizes 32-42
Cut 1
Direction of Greatest Stretch
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LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
(part 3 of 4)
Eva Bralette
sizes 32-42
Cut 1
(cuthere
(cut hereandand
match to
match tolower
part 2)
band part 2)
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LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
42
40
38
36
34
32
LOWER BAND
(part 4 of 4)
Eva Bralette
sizes 32-42
Cut 1
cut
Cut here,and attachtoto
here, and attach
part 2, matching
next page, matchingthe
the
dashed greyline
dashed grey line
( ( ). ).
Cut 1
34 32
38 36
42 40
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38 40 42
42
32 34383640
36
34 32
- Part 2
32-42 BAND
Eva Bralette
sizes 32-42
UPPER BAND Cut 1
Eva Bralette
sizesUPPER
Cut 1
Direction of Greatest Stretch
Direction of Greatest Stretch
cut
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here,and
and attach
attach toto
part 2, matching
previous page, the
dashed
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matching theline
here, and ( ).to
dashed
attach
grey line ( ).
previous page,
matching the dashed
grey line ( ).
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1 2 in.
1 2 3 4 5 cm
L
M
S
CB
Eva Knickers
Cut 1 Lining
sizes S-M-L
Cut 1 Lace
CROTCH
Part 1
Direction of Greatest Stretch
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LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
CB
Eva Knickers
Cut 1 Lining
sizes S-M-L
Cut 1 Lace
CROTCH
(cut here and match to
crotch part 1)
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LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
Eva Knickers
Cut 2 Lace
PANT
CB
L
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CF
S
(part 3 of 3)
sizes S-M-L
Cut 2 Lace
PANT
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LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
(part 2 of 3)
sizes S-M-L
Cut 2 Lace
PANT
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1 2 in.
1 2 3 4 5 cm
S M L
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M S
L
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Direction of Greatest Stretch
LINGERIE ESSENTIALS: Bralettes with Alison Smith
S
M
L Place on edge of lace
S
M
L Place on edge of lace
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