This bra kit features a half yard of our brand-new Poppy stretch silk satin. One kit contains all the fabrics and findings 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.
Georgia O'Keefe is surely a name you know. Her paintings are famous across the world and across the decades. The brilliant, exaggerated blooms along both edges of this bright Poppy orange lace brought her flower paintings to mind instantly. The O'Keefe kits are designed with a Frost cup (and channeling, when applicable) and supported by Poppy for all other elements, except the silk kit, which features Poppy silk.
O'Keefe is a tulle lace, with give but no stretch, and measures 11"
A Tulle Lace Bra Kit contains:
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Quantity |
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Cup Fabric- Poppy Silk |
1/2-yard Silk |
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Power Net- Regular, Firm or Stabilized Firm, |
28" x 14" (band cut) |
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Tulle Lace |
1 1/2 yards |
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Upper Band Elastic- 3/8" picot in Poppy |
1 1/2 yards |
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Lower Band Elastic- 1/2" or 5/8" Picot in Poppy |
1 1/4 yards |
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Strap Elastic- 1/2" or 3/4" in Poppy |
1 1/2 yards with rings and sliders -or- 6" plus interfacing for self strap |
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Hook and Eye- 2, 3 or 4 hook in Poppy |
1 |
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Plush Channeling in Poppy |
1 yard |
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Twill Tape (if requested) in Natural |
18" |
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Underwires |
1 pair |
Your panty fabric will match your cup/band unless you specify otherwise. If you choose to add stretch lace, this will match your elastics, unless you request 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.
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Add-on a Matching Panty Kit |
Smaller |
Larger |
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Matching Fabric |
27"x30" (panty cut) |
3/4 yard |
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Elastic (option to double) |
2 1/2 yards |
5 yards |
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Coordinating Stretch Lace |
choice |
choice |
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Cotton Jersey (option to double) |
9" x 9" |
9" x 9" |
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.