Our Lace Bra Kits take the guesswork out of bra building by putting together everything you'll need to make a beautiful bra using your own pattern. If you need a pattern, we have a great selection on our Patterns Page, both paper and downloadable.
As soon as I saw this lace I was reminded of the high ornamentation of the Victorian period. I was seeing a carousel by the seashore, harkening back to the turn of the 20th century with its wholesome fun. I almost called it Brighton Beach for the British tourist spot that was so popular back then. Brighton Beach is known for it's pretty colorful doors, with ice cream tones just like these. Our Featured Artist Clare F of @theprairiefox4 took her inspiration from the cartoon sequence in the movie Mary Poppins, and added a bit of a corset under the bra in the form of a longline, all riffed off of the Maya bra from AFI Atelier. She added the sweet ruffled cap sleeve to the strap. Isn't this perfect for underwear as outerwear? The colors here are Aegean, Bunny Pink and Chickie.
This bra kit features your choice of Microduoplex, Super Simplex, Tricot, Sheer Cup Lining, Bra Tulle or Microlycra as the base fabric. One kit contains everything that you need to make a bra and has enough fabric for 2 with many sizes if you pick up an extra bra finishing kit. To get the second bra with larger sizes, upgrade to the half yard of cup fabric and add a bra finishing kit.
An Ice Cream Sewcial Tulle Lace Bra Kit contains:
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Color |
Quantity |
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Cup Fabric-
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Aegean |
Fat Quarter |
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Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm |
Aegean |
28" x 14" |
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Tulle Lace |
Ice Cream Social-9" |
1 1/2 yards |
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Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot |
Aegean, Bunny Pink or Chickie |
1 1/2 yards |
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Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot |
Aegean, Bunny Pink or Chickie |
1 1/4 yards |
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Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" |
Aegean, Bunny Pink or Chickie |
1 1/2 yards with rings and sliders -or- 6" plus interfacing for self strap |
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Hook and Eye- 2, 3 or 4 hook |
Matches band |
1 |
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Plush Channeling |
Matches band |
1 yard |
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Twill Tape (if requested) |
Matches band |
18" |
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Underwires |
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1 pair |
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Add-on a Matching Panty Kit |
Smaller |
Larger |
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Matching Fabric (Microlycra, Microlycra Air, Stretch Mesh) |
Fat 3/8 yard |
3/4 yard |
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Foldover Elastic |
2 1/2 yards |
5 yards |
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Tulle Lace |
choice |
choice |
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Cotton Jersey |
9" x 9" |
9" x 9" |
Your panty will match your lace unless you specify otherwise. As always, feel free to choose your favorite elastics or narrow lace (please leave us a note if you don't see your choice!). You can also add a 9" square of absorbent fabric for your panty panel! You can find our collection of Waist Lace and Elastics here, and our collection of Leg Lace here.
Sewing Notes:
The strength of our microduoplex fabric, which makes it so wonderful for bras, also makes it hard to puncture with needles and pins. This is true with most duoplex fabrics. Use either fine silk pins or Wonder Clips to pin (I find Wonder Clips work best), and a Microtex 80/12 needle with a smooth thread like Superior Threads So Fine or Mettler Metrosene to make it easy to sew. In my testing, the So Fine thread and Microtex 80/12 won the challenge of the nicest stitch on microduoplex, and as long as my presser foot completely covered the seam allowance, I found it just as easy to sew as quilting cotton. I moved the needle to the right to set my seam allowance at 1/4" since my presser foot is a bit wide. I find it works well to saturate the lace with liquid starch and let it dry before laying out your pattern pieces and cutting your fabric. This stiffens the lace until you wash it and the lace has enough body to behave well in the sewing process.
We offer all these pins, clips, needles and thread here on our site.