Interesting bralette patterns: sewing bras yourself

To make beautiful underwear, you need to know a few secrets of cutting and sewing. You should start with the simplest model, so you should find out how to sew a bralette. This type of bra has Brazilian "roots". It is usually sewn from lace, but at the same time it emphasizes all the nuances of the breast shape, making it sexy and attractive.

Materials and fittings

Bralette is underwear that is easy to sew with your own hands. It requires a few tools and materials that are easy to buy:

• The main material for sewing is lace, but you can also use other textiles - cotton.
• You will need a wide or narrow elastic band. The size is selected in accordance with the selected design of the model.
• Satin ribbon, which will match the color of the main textile.

• You will need sharp scissors and a steamer, a needle and thread, and safety pins.
• Measuring tape, chalk, pencil, chalk, awl, paper.
• Fittings in the form of fasteners and regulators.

Additionally, you can take other finishing materials and types of fittings.

Equipment, lines and seams

A lace bra pattern is not the beginning of work on making a thing. It is advisable to immediately select the necessary equipment, set up a sewing machine and decide on seams and stitches. A few recommendations:

• Before work, it is necessary to check the overlock settings on the lace from which the item will be made.
• When using a regular needle when sewing lace and elastic tape, the machine may skip stitches. It is recommended to immediately install a needle for knitwear.
• The tails from the overlock seam should be hidden under the line, pulling it through with a special hook, and the remaining threads should be carefully trimmed.
• According to the sewing technology, only an overlock is enough to connect the parts. But it is advisable to machine stitch the allowance along the face, slightly stretching the part during the sewing process so that the stitching retains elasticity.
• The elastic band should be basted first. This is necessary in order to, firstly, stitch it evenly, and secondly, check whether its tension corresponds to the required volume under the bust.
• A multi-puncture zigzag stitch is used to sew the elastic band. This provides additional seam strength and elasticity.
• In difficult thick places, for example, when sewing a side seam where there is a two-layer elastic band, the overlock may start to "slip". To help it, you need to pull the piece away from you a little.

This is enough to understand not only how to sew a bra correctly, but also how to make the underwear piece beautiful and comfortable.

Pattern

To make a bralette pattern neat and correct, you need to take measurements. It is worth using the following parameters:

• The distance from the middle of the shoulder to the bottom of the chest.
• Chest circumference under the bust.
• The circumference of the chest at its widest part.
• Distance between nipples.

Only after this can you cut and sew a product that will fit your figure perfectly.

Working with a pencil and compass

First, you need to build a base, which will then be adjusted to size and shape. The bra pattern begins with the construction of a regular circle, which is then transformed into a "triangle":

• Transfer the measurements onto paper that correspond to half the circumference of the body under the chest.
• Measure half of the line - this is the center of the product, relative to which the future "cups" will be placed.
• Then the centers of the breasts are determined on the line. To do this, transfer the length of the distance between the nipples so that the cm are divided in half by the central mark. Mark the position of the nipples.
• Transfer the measurement that determines the distance from the nipple to the edge of the chest. Do this on both sides of the marks.
• From the central points of the nipples, draw perpendiculars upward relative to the first line.

After these marks are made, you can begin sketching the shapes of the cups. They are usually triangles, but there may be other variations of shapes.

Rounding off pattern lines

The pattern of the bra made of lace will look more attractive and neat if you make the lines more rounded. You need to smooth out the lines of the triangles, and separate the previous blanks and process them separately. You can use this pattern:

The resulting parts need to be further adjusted to size and the ideal pattern is almost ready.

Adjusting the pattern to size

It is necessary to cut out all the parts of the patterns from paper. When the bralette pattern seems almost ready for further processing, it is necessary to specify the size of each part once again. It is worth rechecking each previously taken measurement. Sometimes it is necessary to try on even the paper base.

Otherwise, basic measurements and dimensions are sufficient to construct a garment that fits your size.

With a clasp on the back

Usually the problem with manufacturing is in forming the correct cups. If this stage is passed, you can think about how the bra will be fixed. The standard is considered to be a clasp on the back.

With closed back

You can also sew a bra with your own hands with a closed back. Then the thing will look more like a top, but with highlighted cups. As a base, you can use a mesh or the same lace as for making cups.

You need to create a bracelet base for the elastic band that will go under the chest. It is necessary to fix the item on the chest.

How to sew a bralette with your own hands without a cup

The pattern of a lace bodice is not as complicated as the simplest bralette. You can sew such a bodice using basic instructions. The master class on making a bra looks like this:

To avoid ending up with a “rug bra” without any clear details, you need to carefully prepare the pattern for the soft cup.

Bralette is considered a very comfortable and beautiful option for underwear. If you prepare it correctly, it will not take long to sew such a product. The necessary parts are usually made of lace. Such underwear will have a very attractive and sexy look.