DOTTY FOR YOU knicker sewing kit

My very first knicker sewing kit, everything you'll need apart from the thread and now available in my Etsy shop

Available in Australian sizes 8-14 and printed digitally onto 100% cotton voile using non toxic, solvent free, pigment based inks right here in Melbourne.  A size conversion chart can be found here and a knicker making sew-a-long is included here.

DOTTY FOR YOU baby!

Knickers, Bras & Briefs

Sunstroke inducing photo shoot for my Etsy shop all done.
 
Knicker making kits will be available in the next week.  Printed onto cotton voile and in my very own DOTTY FOR YOU design, an excellent gift idea if I do say so myself.   

 In the meantime variations on a theme; having a little bit too much fun with my new marketing toy.

You can find all of my lingerie patterns right here...

new pattern CAMISOLE

The CAMISOLE sewing pattern is now available from my Etsy shop in Australia sizes 8-14.  It's suitable for cup sizes A - C and international customers can find a size conversion chart right here.

You'll need to know how to attach knicker elastic and make basic bra straps but luckily step by step instructions for both can be found under the HOW TO section above.  A brilliant source for knicker and bra strap elastic is bra-makers supply so many colours and they just updated their website.  The printed cotton was found at Tessuti in Melbourne and for a total contrast I also quilted it and used it to line a HOOD HAT...never throw anything away!

Knicker making at the HANDMAKER'S FACTORY

Live in Melbourne?

Free on the 14th or 31st of July?

Always wanted to take a class in knicker making?

Well you're in luck!  I'm going to be running a couple of workshops on these very days at the Handmaker's Factory.

  

This beautiful creative space is run by the very talented Nichola Prested and includes workshops in screen printing, knitting techniques, stamp making, weaving, macrame and a whole lot more.   

Information about and bookings for the SEW YOUR OWN KNICKERS workshops can be found right here.

Day 29. All my pretty knickers

Day 29.

I did say knicker making was some of the best fun a girl can have with her sewing machine...

 

I've decided to take a little journal writing holiday for a couple of months but even though I'm putting my feet up, sewing patterns and GIFT SHOP items will be shipped as normal.  

Undies, knickers, panties, briefs...bottoms up!

Day 27. HOW TO attach adjustable bra hooks

Day 27.

A little detour for a couple of days into the wonderful world of bra making.  To complement the LITTLE 'GIRLS' TRIANGLE BRA a new soft cup bra pattern called the BRALETTE has just been released.  Once again it's designed for smaller women with A and B cup busts.

If you're making bras you'll need to know how to attach the adjustable bra hooks at the back.

1.  First It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the bra hook.  Lay it down so the parts are facing in the direction they will be in when it's on the body.  For a reference pull out one of your existing bras and take a look.

 

This is what it looks like from the wrong side.

 

2. I always attach the hooks last, that way I can fit my bra onto the body and check that the underbust measurement is correct.  Starting with the left side run a line of stitching 5mm from the edge and trim away the excess elastic

3. Open up the two layers on the left hand side and insert the end of your bra in between. Pin in place and then using a zig-zag stitch secure in place, I like to go back and forth a few times.

 

4. Prepare the right hand side in the same way as the left, trimming away the excess elastic and running a line of stitching 5mm from the edge.

Keeping the right side hooks flat pin evenly to the end of your bra and using a zig-zag stitch secure in place.

5. Flip the bra to the wrong side and fold the end of the hook attachment along it's fold line so it encases the end of the bra completely.  Slip stitch in place and you're all done.
   

Hopefully you end up with something that looks like this.

I purchased my hooks, rings and bra strap elastic from an online store called Bra Makers.  The narrow knicker elastic and underbust elastic came from Lindcraft in Malvern.