Hello, here I am back with you; the week is almost over and I hope you are having a great time. Lately I've been on the intimate apparel wave, so today I bring you a sewing project, of that style, which at least for me represented a challenge. I had never made a bra, at least in this style, but I decided to venture to make one for my eldest daughter, who is a teenager.

As always, the first thing to do is to get a pattern to work with, in my case I got an intimate apparel pattern magazine. I looked for a pattern that fit what I needed and of course, that was in the size that my daughter wears, which is 32. Once I had an idea of what I had to do, I looked for the materials I needed, I like cotton underwear, I have read that it is more recommended for the skin. So, I used flannel fabric, really for a bra you don't need much fabric, with ¼ of a meter is more than enough, in fact, in my case I had some scraps and that's what I used. The rest of the other materials I needed are detailed in the image above.

Already with the materials at hand, I started by tracing the pattern pieces on the fabric, taking care that those parts that needed to have elasticity should be placed in the direction of the stretching fabric. After that, I just had to cut and make sure to place some signage on the pieces, indicating how to join them, usually the patterns already tell you where to place it.

The next step was to shape the bra cup, for this, as you can see in the picture, I made a straight seam to join the clamp that would be under the breast. Then, of course, I sewed an overlock seam to finish off the edge of the fabric.

Once the two cups are formed, join the three pieces that will support the bra cups and cover the back. You can see how to join them in the image above.

Before proceeding with the assembly, I decided to place a lace lace trim on the cups, in the neckline area, you can place any other type of lace or you can even use an embroidered strip or torchon.

Now it was time to assemble the bra, with pins I pinned the cup to the place of the base indicated in the pattern, remember that I told you that you should remember to place a mark in the places indicated in the pattern. After pinning, I proceeded to sew first a straight seam and then a seam to finish the seam, and finally a last zic-zac seam, but this time on the right side. In the pictures you can see the process in detail.

Let's start the process of gluing the elastic, the first thing to do is to glue it, in the area where the cup is placed, under the armpit and in the back up to the point where the straps will be placed. Remember that the elastic is always glued with a type of elastic stitch, in the form of zic-zac.

Before continuing with the elastic, as you can see in the picture, we put the rings on the front part where the straps will go through. Next, I assembled the straps, and then pass them through the rings and with this I am ready to glue the straps and cover the last part of the upper part of the bra.

Now we will glue the elastic on the bottom of the garment as shown in the image, as we always must do in the case of underwear, we use a zic-zac elastic stitch.

Finally, we come to the last step, we must place the clasps or bra badges, for this we use special ones that are sold in haberdasheries, they come ready. They are very easy to glue, just put the ends of the back of the garment in some kind of little pockets that bring the two pieces and then pass a straight seam, followed by a zic-zac to finish.

Well, we have reached the end of this project, in the image you can see how it turned out, my first bra, I hope you like it and I encourage you to make it. At first it was a little intimidating, I confess, but, at this point, I must accept that it was not as complicated as I expected. It only remains for me to say goodbye, wishing you a happy weekend, I send you many blessings and see you next time.

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