Featuring: Very fitted medium impact athletic bralette with a regular, lower or deep neckline. Designed as a pull on bralette. Non adjustable straps. Bralette is fully lined and reversible. The seams are stabilized with 7 mm / 1/4 in clear or knitted elastic around the neckline, armholes and back. Finished with a bottom band stabilized with 3.2-5 cm / 1 1/4-2 in wide elastic. Back comes with a Full back, Racerback or a H-back designs.
Options for the back: Full Back / Racerback / H-back
Options for bust (cup volume):
* Regular bust (under 3.5 in upper bust/full bust difference)
* Full bust (3.5-6 in upper bust/full bust difference)
* Fuller bust (over 6 in upper bust/full bust difference)
The pattern offers the following options:
View A - A full back bralette with a regular, low or deep neckline
View B - A racerback bralette with a regular, low or deep neckline
View C - An H-back bralette with a regular, low or deep neckline
Techniques to master: serging, topstitching, attaching elastic, multiple burrito rolls. This pattern is designed to get professionally looking garment using a standard sewing machine.
Comes with a detailed tutorial with step by step instructions and photos.
WHAT'S INSIDE
1. PDF tutorial with pictures (25 pages)
2. A4/Letter layered multisided pattern in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height (20 pages)
3. A0/Copyshop layered multisized pattern in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height (1 page)
4. Projector multisized layered pattern with a calibration grid in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height
5. Email/Facebook group support
SIZING
The pdf pattern comes in REGULAR, PETITE and TALL with sizes from XXS to 4XL in Regular, Full and Fuller bust options
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PETITE 152-160 cm /5 1” - 5 3”
REGULAR 162-170 cm / 5 4” - 5 6”
TALL 170-178 cm / 5 7” - 5 9”
DIFFICULTY
The pdf pattern is a beginner (3/10) level and moderately easy to sew.
First bralette might take 3-4 hours. Once you are familiar with construction process it might take 2-3 hours to complete.
FABRIC
Medium to heavy weight, knit fabrics with excellent recovery and with at least 30-50% horizontal and 30-50% vertical stretch like performance/athletic/swim fabrics, performance Cotton Lycra/Spandex, Scuba. For the lining use the same fabric or power mesh/net, poly/nylon knit fabrics. You can find a detailed guide on how to choose a right fabric in the tutorial. Depending on your fabric choice you will get different support level for your bust.
MAIN FABRIC 45-60" / 115-160 cm - 0.45 m / 1/2 yards
LINING 45-60" / 115-160 cm - 0.45 m / 1/2 yards
NOTIONS
- Clear or knitted elastic 5-6 mm / 1/4 in wide - 4-5 m/ 5-6 yards
- Soft 32 to 50 mm / 1 1/4 - 2 in wide elastic for bottom band - equal to your underbust measurement plus 50 mm / 2 in
- Polyester / Cotton threads
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(optional) Matching overlocker threads, preferably wooly nylon stretch overlocking thread
The pdf pattern comes in REGULAR, PETITE and TALL with sizes from XXS to 4XL in Regular, Full and Fuller bust options
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PETITE 152-160 cm /5 1” - 5 3”
REGULAR 162-170 cm / 5 4” - 5 6”
TALL 170-178 cm / 5 7” - 5 9”