This December Kit of the Month featured bra is a tribute to Annie & Myras newest pattern: "Dinner at Eight" Bra, from our friend Jennie. Our Lace Bra Kits take the guesswork out of bra building by putting together everything you'll need to make a beautiful bra using the Dinner at Eight Pattern.
December demands red, and we are meeting that demand with stunning Scarlet. Our red lace offering this month resembles the angular petals of an amaryllis flower; the amaryllis is said to symbolize beauty, love, determination, passion, desire, renewal, rebirth, admiration, pride, overcoming challenges, and success! What better sentiments for wrapping up the end of the year? Nikki has sewn up the brand-new "Dinner at Eight" bra pattern in this vibrant guipure with Scarlet sheer cup lining and Flame Red silk satin accents. Leave us a note if you'd like your fabrics (and matching panties) in a contrasting color rather than all red. Rings and slides will color-match your elastics.
This bra kit features your choice of Stretch Silk Satin (with Sheer Cup Lining), 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.
Amaryllis Lace Bra Kit contains:
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Color |
Quantity |
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Cup Fabric-
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Scarlet (silk is Flame Red) |
Fat Quarter (Silk kits receive 1/2 yard silk and fat quarter of sheer cup lining.) |
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Lining Fabric - Sheer Cup Lining |
Scarlet |
Fat Quarter |
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Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm |
Scarlet |
28" x 14" |
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Lace (Guipure) |
Amaryllis - 9" |
1 1/2 yards |
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Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot |
Scarlet |
1 1/2 yards |
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Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot |
Scarlet |
1 1/4 yards |
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Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" |
Scarlet |
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 cup |
1 yard |
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Fold Over Elastic (Fancy Foldover is an option) Narrow Clear Elastic |
Scarlet |
1 yard
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Underwires |
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1 pair |
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Add-on a Matching Panty Kit - Charlotte Knickers |
Smaller |
Larger |
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Matching Fabric (Tulle Lace or Silk Satin - 30% Stretch for Front/Back Panels) |
Fat 3/8 yard |
3/4 yard |
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Stretch Mesh, Microlycra or Microlycra Air (side panels) |
Kit Cut |
Kit Cut |
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Waist Elastic Leg Elastic |
2 yards 3 yards |
2.5 yd 3.5 yards |
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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 (we 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 our testing, the So Fine thread and Microtex 80/12 won the challenge of the nicest stitch on microduoplex, and as long as the presser foot completely covered the seam allowance, I found it just as easy to sew as quilting cotton. Move the needle to the right to set your seam allowance at 1/4" since they presser foot is a bit wide. We 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 it's washed 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.