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Dorothy Lace Bra Kit
Dorothy Lace Bra Kit

Dorothy Lace Bra Kit

Regular price
$60.00
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$60.00
Quantity must be 1 or more

Our Lace Bra Kits take the guesswork out of bra building by putting together everything you'll need to make a beautiful bra using your own pattern. If you need a pattern, we have a great selection on our Patterns Page, both paper and downloadable.

Dorothy is a sweet lace that was first used to create a bridal set for one young lady we love! In lovely shades of Frost and Sky, the delicate pattern is perfect for understated appeal. The fine edge also makes it suitable to work in many patterns. Our Featured Artist Jennie of Annie and Myra's made this beautiful Aries by Gravity by Grandy. You can catch her sew along in the '23 Bra Bee Vault! We love the simple elegance in the details like covered buttons (find them here) and the gathered wide straps. If you love a set, take a look at our Toto Bamboo Jersey Print!

This bra kit features your choice of Stretch Silk Satin, Microduoplex, Super Simplex, Tricot, Sheer Cup Lining, Bra Tulle or Microlycra as the base fabric. One kit contains everything that you need to make a bra and has enough fabric for 2 with many sizes if you pick up an extra bra finishing kit. To get the second bra with larger sizes, upgrade to the half yard of cup fabric and add a bra finishing kit.

A Dorothy Tulle Lace Bra Kit contains:

 

Color

Quantity

Cup Fabric-

  • Stretch Silk Satin
  • Microduoplex
  • Super Simplex
  • Tricot
  • Sheer Cup Lining
  • Bra Tulle
  • Microlycra
  • Frost (No Silk)
  • Sky 

Fat Quarter

Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm

Frost or Sky

28" x 14"

Tulle Lace

Dorothy-9"

1 1/2 yards

Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" Picot

Frost or Sky

1 1/2 yards

Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot

Frost or Sky

1 1/4 yards

Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4"

Frost or Sky

1 1/2 yards with rings and sliders

-or-

6" plus interfacing for self strap

Hook and Eye- 2, 3 or 4 hook

Matches band

1

Plush Channeling

Matches band

1 yard

Twill Tape (if requested)

Matches band

18"

Underwires

 

1 pair

Add-on a Matching Panty Kit

Smaller

Larger

Matching Fabric (Microlycra, Microlycra Air, Stretch Mesh)

Fat 3/8 yard

3/4 yard

Foldover Elastic

2 1/2 yards

5 yards

Tulle Lace

choice

choice

Cotton Jersey

9" x 9"

9" x 9"

Your panty will match your lace unless you specify otherwise. As always, feel free to choose your favorite elastics or narrow lace (please leave us a note if you don't see your choice!). You can also add a 9" square of absorbent fabric for your panty panel! You can find our collection of Waist Lace and Elastics here, and our collection of Leg Lace here.


Sewing Notes:
The strength of our microduoplex fabric, which makes it so wonderful for bras, also makes it hard to puncture with needles and pins. This is true with most duoplex fabrics. Use either fine silk pins or Wonder Clips to pin (I find Wonder Clips work best), and a Microtex 80/12 needle with a smooth thread like Superior Threads So Fine or Mettler Metrosene to make it easy to sew. In my testing, the So Fine thread and Microtex 80/12 won the challenge of the nicest stitch on microduoplex, and as long as my presser foot completely covered the seam allowance, I found it just as easy to sew as quilting cotton. I moved the needle to the right to set my seam allowance at 1/4" since my presser foot is a bit wide. I find it works well to saturate the lace with liquid starch and let it dry before laying out your pattern pieces and cutting your fabric. This stiffens the lace until you wash it and the lace has enough body to behave well in the sewing process.
We offer all these pins, clips, needles and thread here on our site.