Sewing bras

 A long time ago, I thought, Well, I sew the rest of my clothes, including underpants,  and bras are expensive….

So I bought a pattern, watched a bunch of videos, looked at fabric sources, and figured out what size underwire I needed, and ordered a set. 

I had a couple of bras that needed repair, and immediately realized that my machine would not, could not sew close enough to the underwires to make a neat ( or even passable) row of stitching. 

Do all those people who make bras and post on Insta or on their blogs, have industrial machines, not wear underwires, or just don’t care?


Thus ends my saga of braking. Haven’t bought a bra that wasn’t on sale for years. Waiting for VS annual bra sale…

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