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. Maybe you've heard it said, "Cold hands, warm heart!" Well, this month Lilith is here to prove that a seemingly icy facade can prove to be warm and loving given the right circumstances. In icy lavender, this 13" wide stretch mesh lace is embroidered along both edges with stylized lilies and self-mirrors. Pair with: London Fog for a near-perfect match to the cool embroidery Elderberry if you want to extend your capsule from last season or match our yummy stretch silk satin, or if you're looking for just a little contrast Carob for a chocolatey contrast that is unexpected yet lovely Frost for a next-to-neutral look Our Featured Artists made a wide variety of garments in a range of colors, so check out all the pics! 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. A Lilith Stretch Lace Bra Kit contains: Color Quantity Cup Fabric- Microduoplex Super Simplex Tricot Sheer Cup Lining Bra Tulle Microlycra Frost London Fog Elderberry Or Carob Fat Quarter Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm Matches cup 28" x 14" Stretch Mesh Lace Lilith- 11 1/2" 1 1/2 yards Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot or Foldover elastic Accent choice 1 1/2 yards Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot Accent Choice 1 1/4 yards Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" Accent Choic 1 1/2 yards with rings and sliders -or- 6" plus interfacing for self strap Hook and Eye- 2, 3 or 4 hook Matches band 1 Plush Channeling Matches band 1 yard Twill Tape (if requested) Matches band 18" Underwires 1 pair 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 Tulle Lace choice choice 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.
