
Ladies – we have your nudes!
When looking for a bra that is virtually invisible under any clothing, lingerie shopping experts advise buying a “nude” colour; in other words, a colour that matches your skin tone. But there are dozens of skin tones from very light to…

Move the Apex on Your Bra Cup
If the bra you made seems to push your breasts in an east/west direction instead of straight ahead, you might want to move the apex of the bra cup to create the illusion of a more forward appearance. In this drawing, I've exaggerated the difference…

Happily Ever After – How to Sew a Nursing Bra
Happily Ever After - How to Sew a Nursing Bra
In this post, I will go through how to sew a nursing bra the construction steps on . In my last post, I showed you how to draft a pattern with the same look as a vintage nursing bra, on that I thought…

Happily Ever After – How to Draft a Vintage Nursing Bra
Happily Ever After - How to Draft a Vintage Nursing Bra
In a earlier post, I showed you the Vintage Nursing Bra in my Once Upon a Time series. In this post, I'll show you how to draft a Vintage nursing bra made of modern bra-making materials,…

Once Upon a Time – Vintage Nursing Bra
Once Upon a Time - the Vintage Nursing Bra
Once upon a time, nursing bras were limited to two choices - take it...or leave it. Or were there other nursing bras we just didn't get to see? Maybe so. A little while back, I found a wonderful…

Once Upon a Time – The White Vintage Bra
The White Vintage Bra
Recently a student brought in a white vintage bra, so we'll take a bit of a breask from the blog posts on Behind the Seams of the Craftsy bras. It is very enlightening to see how far we've come in bra-making, so I appreciate…

Once Upon a Time – Waist Management
Once Upon a Time - Waist Management
Today Judy, Rochelle and I went on a road trip to see an exhibit called Waist Management - a history of unmentionables showing at the Peel Region Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) in Brampton. We…

Blast to the Past – Slipcovers
Blast to the past
Last week I experienced a blast to the past of my former life. Years ago, I was a drapery and slipcover maker, and when my friend Rochelle heard that, she asked me to "help her" make slipcovers for her hide-a-bed. These…

Once Upon a Time and Far Far away – Sew it Was
Once Upon a Time and far far Away - Sew It Was
Today was one of the days that will be held in my memory as a really, really good day. We went to Sew It Was, and in my opinion, anyone who is connected to the needle trades owes themselves a…

Happily Ever After – Sharon’s Corset
Happily Ever After - Sharon's Corset
My Once Upon a Time posts are geared toward showing some incredible vintage apparel. Happily Ever After is about being inspired by a vintage photograph or garment, and re-creating it in today's fabric. Today's…

Once Upon a Time – 1934 Bra Advertisement
1934 Bra Advertisement
Woohoo! Look what I found - a genuine 1934 bra advertisement - a full page ad from the Montgomery Ward catalogue! (We would call it an "ad" today but our short word comes from the longer word "advertisement") You can…

Once Upon a Time – Overwire Basque
Once Upon a Time - Overwire Basque
Here's a great vintage find - an OVERwire garment (as opposed to an UNDERwire garment) that one of my students brought in to a class. The length goes past the waist to the hips, so is it corset, a basque,…

Once Upon a Time – Vintage Gold Swimsuit
Once Upon a Time - Vintage Gold Swimsuit
Today we had a real treat in the Swim Masters Class. One of my students brought in a vintage gold swimsuit for us to see and examine. Little did she know, that peering into vintage apparel is a passion…