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.
Sometimes you just need to take a walk on the wild side. Leone is here to strut along with you. Pair her with Amber to really showcase the glittering gold, or with Caramel for a slightly tamer look. If you prefer a different neutral or a flashy pop of color, leave us a note!
Our featured artist chose Amber Sheer Cup Lining and made a beautiful Devonshire (pattern by Orange Lingerie) with Amber elastics. For her undie she sewed up the Dylan by Petite Stitchery in all Amber as well, using more of the Stretch Lace as her waistband, and topped off the ensemble with gold rings and slides and a leaf charm. Isn't it purrrfect?!
This bra kit features your choice of Silk, Microduoplex, Super Simplex, Tricot, Sheer Cup Lining, or Bra Tulle as a 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.
A Leone Stretch Lace Bra Kit contains:
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Color |
Quantity |
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Cup Fabric-
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Silk- Amber Other Bases- Amber or Caramel |
Fat Quarter (Silk kits receive 1/2 yard silk and a fat quarter of sheer cup lining.) |
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Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm |
Amber, Caramel |
28" x 14" |
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Stretch Lace |
Leone- 7.25" |
1 1/2 yards |
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Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot |
Amber or Caramel |
1 1/2 yards |
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Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot |
Amber or Caramel |
1 1/4 yards |
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Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" |
Amber or Caramel |
1 1/2 yards with Gold 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.