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Lilypadesigns Lanai Wireless Bra Pattern Review & Debug
Since its release, the Lanai by Lilypadesigns has been a wireless staple of the home bra making community. It’s frequently recommended for larger busts due to its size range (28-44 A-DD, DD-GG, GG-KK). I’ve never owned a wireless bra, so I wanted to learn more about fitting them – and answer the question: Can wireless…
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Not all power bars are created equal: which patterns will give you the best side support, and why
Why do some power bars fit snugly into lower cups and some don’t? If you have ever made a bra with a power bar or attempted to add a power bar to a bra yourself, you may have noticed that not all power bars behave the same way. Some push your breasts forward nicely, while…
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Altering your bra cup to fit a smaller wire (aka the omega alteration) – a more accurate way
The “omega alteration” is an alteration that aims to fit a bra cup into a smaller wire by shaving length off the wireline seam (distributed across the cup pattern pieces). The standard omega adjustment This is what it looks like, and you may know this is something I have written about before, although I always…
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Tutorial: how to increase wire spring in your cradle
I’m here with an actual tutorial for once so get your drafting stationery ready! It is my personal belief that a lot of us struggling bra makers should be increasing the spring on our bras, especially in larger wire sizes. Spring is, in short, the distance between the wire at rest and the cradle the…
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Control Your Flat Spot: Learn how to direct strap tension to get the cup shaping you want!
I have spoken before about how there are regions of flatness in a bra cup, but I think the topic needs another visit, as I’ve found people sometimes underestimate how much flatness caused by the strap can impact the shaping of the cup – especially in large cups. By the end of this post you…
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The relationship between horizontal hemisphere and bottom cup depth, and how to maintain balance as you move the apex
Using different sizes for the bottom cup depth and horizontal hemisphere (BCD and HH) of your bra cups has become a popular alteration, with some pattern makers going as far as to suggest making these changes before sewing up a single bra, instead considering it as part of an overall sizing system. A little while…
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