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. In June, we brought you Summer Melodies; now we bring you Summer Harmonies! This tulle lace has the same floral embroidery pattern, but in a different colorway, on a wider tulle, in a slightly larger scale. Support this beauty with Midnight, while accenting it with special colors Willow, Coral Bells, or Minty Fresh! This bra kit features your choice of Microduoplex, Tricot, Sheer Cup Lining, Bra Tulle or Microlycra as the base fabric. Please note that Super Simplex is not available in Midnight, therefore not an option for this kit, but Tricot is a lovely alternative, and wide enough to self-line. 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 Summer Harmonies Lace Bra Kit contains: Color Quantity Cup Fabric- Microduoplex Tricot Sheer Cup Lining Bra Tulle Microlycra Midnight Kit Cut (18" x 30") with option to increase to 1/2-yard Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm, or Tech Sheen Midnight 28" x 14" (Band Cut) Tulle Lace Summer Harmonies 1 1/2 yards Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot Matches Strap 1 1/2 yards Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot Matches Strap 1 1/4 yards Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" Midnight or Coral Bells, Minty Fresh, or Willow (dyed accent carries a small fee) 1 1/2 yards with rings and sliders -or- 6" plus interfacing for self strap Hook and Eye- 2, 3 or 4 hook Midnight 1 Plush Channeling Midnight 1 yard Twill Tape (if requested) Midnight 18" Underwires 1 pair Add-on a Matching Panty Kit Smaller Larger Midnight Fabric (Microlycra, Microlycra Air, Stretch Mesh) Fat 3/8 yard 3/4 yard Strap-Matching Elastic(s) 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.
