Those who've been garment sewing know the name Cashmerette! Specializing in sewing for curves, Cashmerette has now expanded their sewing line of patterns to include a wider ranges of sizes and most recently, LINGERIE! We are offering kits for their new pattern, the Willowdale, and we couldn't be more excited!
Here in Wisconsin, January can be frigid, the perfect weather for nestling in and keeping warm. Brandywine may evoke thoughts of a snifter full of port, to warm the body and soul. Maybe it's your favorite variety of tomato, and helps you remember the warmth of summer. Perhaps it makes you think of one of the many places with the same name, and fills you with nostalgia, warming you with happiness. This stretch lace is a deep, jammy purple, and pairs beautifully with our Imperial, which you may remember from last January.
Brandywine is 8” wide, with a mirrored floral motif along one edge.
Our Willowdale Help Page contains all the info about selecting your kit size, your options, fabrics and lace. Its a great place to begin if you are newer to bra sewing or new to the Willowdale pattern- or both!
The Willowdale Pattern is available here from the Cashmerette website. The size chart is here, and the fitting guide is here.
The Brandywine Willowdale Bra Kit contains:
| Smaller | Larger | |
| All material and findings in Imperial | ||
| Tricot or Super Simplex | Fat 3/8 yard | Fat 1/2 yard |
| Bra Tulle | 3/4 yard | 1 yard |
| Lining Fabric for Super Simplex - Sheer Cup Lining | Fat Quarter | 1/2 yard |
|
Brandywine Stretch Lace for upper cup |
1 yards |
1 yards |
| -or- Brandywine Lace for full lace | 4 yards | 4 yards |
| Power Net in Brandywine | 14" x 28" | 14" x 28" |
| Plush Channeling matches cup fabric | 1 yard | 1 1/4 yards |
| Underwires | 1 pair | 1 pair |
| Upper Bra Band Elastic- 3/8" | 1 1/2 yard | 1 1/2 yard |
| Lower Bra Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" | 1 1/4 yards | 1 1/4 yards |
| Strap Elastic-1/2" or 3/4" | 1 1/2 yards | 1 1/2 yards |
| Rings and Slides | 1 set | 1 set |
| Hook and Eye | 3 or 4 hooks |
4 hooks |
| Add-on a Matching Panty Kit | Smaller | Larger |
| Matching Fabric (Microlycra, Microlycra Air, Stretch Mesh) | Fat 3/8 yard |
3/4 yard |
| Foldover Elastic | 2 1/2 yards |
5 yards |
| Matching Stretch Lace | choice |
choice |
| Cotton Jersey | 9" square |
9" square |
If you plan to make your matching panty with the Cashmerette Radcliffe, a smaller kit will use 1/2 yard and a larger kit will use 3/4 yard.
As always, feel free to choose your favorite elastics or narrow lace (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