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QB-100 – Bra-makers Manual Volume 1

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Bra-makers Manual Volume 1

The Bra-makers Manual Volume 1 is your complete guide to everything you need to know about making bras. This is the original and first book of its kind, written as a textbook for the custom or beginner bra-maker. English or German

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Bra-makers Manual Volume 1

The Bra-makers Manual has everything you have wanted to know about making bras but didn’t know where to look. This is the original and first book of its kind, written as a textbook for the custom bra-maker. Home sewers up for a bit of a challenge will find this book a complete reference on bra design, draft, fit, and construction. Even if you never sew a bra for anyone else, you will thoroughly enjoy making your own well-fitting and supportive bras.

Author Beverly Johnson explains how to obtain the pattern for your bra (there are many sources) and how to change that one basic pattern into a library of bra styles and designs. You will learn to fit like a pro, how to choose and control fabric, and how to duplicate all of the professional techniques you see in ready to wear – including strapless, nursing, and mastectomy bras. There are optional patterns to purchase that were developed for use with this book. Please see the pattern section for the new Classic Bra pattern. The book is 240 pages with 4 in colour pages of pictures.

Second Edition: Now includes BCD Method of Bra Sizing

  1. History of the Bra…………………..1-12
    The Bra Family Tree
    So Who Invented the First Bra?
    The Twenties and Thirties
    The Rise of Elastic
    Wartime and the Boomer Years
    Burn That Bra!
    That 70’s Look
    The Feminine Mystique of the 1980s
    The Return to Cleavage – 1990s
  2. Terms and Definitions……………..13-23
    Parts of a Bra
    Types of Bras
    Cups
    Frames
    Bridges
    Straps
    Bra Findings
  3. What is Good Fit?…………………..24-33
    What “is” Good Fit?
    Characteristics of a Well-fitting Bra
    Measuring for Ready-to-wear (N. American)
    Measuring for Ready-to-wear (International)
    Calculating Bra Sizes by Measurement
    The BCD Method of Bra Sizing (Second Edition Only)
    The Underwire System (First Edition Only)
    International Bra Sizing Conversion Chart (First Edition Only)
  4. Making Fabric Choices……………34-50
    Knits or Wovens
    Knit terms
    Percentage and Direction of Pull
    Beefing up the Fabric
    Fibre Content
    Fabric Pull and How it Affects Design
    Fabric Quantities
    Elastic Terms
  5. Obtaining the Pattern……………….51-73
    Home Sewing Patterns
    Cloning a Ready-to-wear Bra
    Breast Moulds
    Bra Drafting Software
    Drafting a Bra Pattern from a Sloper
    Professional Bra Blocks
    Terms used in Bra Design
    Relating the Bra to the Pattern Pieces
    Evaluating a Bra Pattern
    Observations about Bra Grading
    An Easy Way to Grade a Bra Pattern
    Grading One Size Larger
  6. Birth of a Bra………………………………74-88
    Tester Cups
    Designing a Bra One Piece at a Time
    Fabric Selection
    Framework
    Closure
    Seamline Variations
    Bridge and Band Detail
    Straps
    Bra Design Sheet
  7. The Construction Process………….89-122
    Setting Up to Sew
    The Equipment
    The Tools
    Preparing the Fabric Before Cutting
    Construction Sequence of a Full Band Bra
    Construction Sequence of a Partial Band Bra
    Alternate Methods of Construction
    Alternate Methods of a Front Strap Attachment
    Alternate Methods of a Back Strap Attachment
    Choices for Wire Line Treatments
    Alternate Band Construction
    Common Mistakes Everyone Makes
  8. Fitting to a Live Model……………123-145
    Fittings Prior to Sewing
    Assessing the First Fitting
    Alterations to the Straps
    Alterations to the Band
    Alterations to the Bridge
    Alterations to the Cups
  9. Style Changes for Fashion………..146-182
    Minor Style Changes
    Major Style Changes
    The Strapless Bra
  10. Style Changes for Special Needs…183-222
    Support Challenges
    Support Bras
    Nursing Bras
    Mastectomy Bras
  11. Appendix…………………………223-230
    Suggested Futher Reading
    Wire Chart
    Client Information and Design Sheet
    Fitting and Style Change Drawings
    List of Sample Providers
  12. Index……………………231-235

Languages Available:

Bra-makers Manual spiral bound book – Volume 1 – English, German

Volume 2

We also recommend the follow up to the Bra-makers Manual, Volume 2.

Author Beverly Johnson, undeniably the Wizard of Bras and your very own Fairy Bra Mother, has written more of what she knows about bra design, draft, fit, and construction – packed into a her second book. Nothing from the Bra-makers Manual Volume 1 has been repeated in this all-new material collection of professional construction techniques, advanced fitting challenges, and more. This book details drafting a bra from 6 body measurements, grading a bra into multiple sizes, working with lace, and a huge chapter on working with foam bra cups. There is even a chapter on machine know-how and how to use the attachments particular to bra-making. It is 185 pages with full-colour photographs.

  1. Style, Size & Shape Revisited……..……………….……….1-21
    Classifying Bra Styles
    Ready-to-wear Sizing Primer
    How does RTW measure its bras?
    Breast Contour
    Minimizers
    Petites
    Looking at Breasts
  2. Drafting a Bra Pattern………………………………….…22-49
    Drafting a Bra Block
    Drafting the Frame
    Drafting the Lower Cup
    Drafting the Upper Cup
    Modifying Cup Style Lines
  3. Grading Bra Patterns………………………….…………50-61
    How the Body Grows
    Two Sets of Grade Rules?
    Cross Grading
    Frameless Bra Band Grade
    Frameless Bra Cup Grade
    Cup Grade in the Larger Cup Sizes
    Frame Bra Band Grade
    Sports Bra Grade
  4. Complex Fitting Techniques…………………….….….…62-75
    Thoracic Shaping
    The Flat Spot
    The 5 Body Types
    Fitting Petites
    Fitting the Low Contour Breast
    Back To The Wall
    Fitting The Omega Shape
    Increasing lift
  5. Loving Lace……………………………………………76-94
    Working with lace Edging
    Ideas for Lace application
  6. Photo Gallery
  7. Advanced construction …………………..…….….…….95-112
    Alternative Channeling Applications
    Using Sliders instead of Rings
    Front Strap Connectors
    Changing the Construction Order
    Nursing Bra Clips
    Slide Lock Adjusters
    Separators
    Using Continuous Wires
    Using Adhesives
  8. Cut-and-sew Foam Cups…………………..……………113-120
    Cut-and-sew?
    Contour Foam Cups
    Cut-and-sew Foam
    Seam and Topstitch
    Butt and zig-zag
    Mold Your Own Foam?
  9. Molded Foam Cups………….…………………………121-162
    Birth of a Foam Cup
    Foam Footprints
    Foam Cup Sizing
    Bullet Molding
    Drafting a Frame for Foam Cups
    Covering Molded Foam Cups
    Finishing the Cup Edges
    Making Foam Cup Bras
  10. Tools of the Trade………………..……………………163-177
    Machines for Bra-making
    Feeders, Folders, Binders and Hemmers
    Other Useful Accessories
  11. Chapter of Charts……………….………………..……178-184
    Suggested Further Reading
    Ready-to-wear Bra Sizing Chart
    Ready-to-wear Standards (inches)
    Ready-to-wear Standards (metric)
    Wire Schematic
    Using the Underwire Schematic
    Arc Length Chart
    Strap Patterns
  12. Index……………………………………………..…185-188

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