This week I’m showing you my third beige-ish bra and panty set. This one is the least of the not so basics. It’s actually copper duoplex with a gorgeous sheer lace with black roses. 
As soon as I saw this lace, I put the copper finding kit aside. I knew this bra needed black findings! And I love it. 
And you know I made a matching set, don’t you?
Here again, I had to use that not so perfect cotton Lycra. Still. I think it’s a great looking set. 
It’s interesting that the golden lace seemed to lighten the look of this CL. In the same way, the black lace seems to darken it as well.
What do you think? Is it just a trick of the eye? Or the lace? Does the one pair appear a bit lighter? 
Here is the set together. 
Lastly, here’s a collage of my three ‘beige’ bras and panties. 
It was fun to sew them all together and complete my bra wardrobe for 2023.
What plans do you have for 2024? I’m sure I’ll be making more bras, trying new patterns, and working on some pants fitting.
Happy holidays & happy creating! See you next year.
Oh, this lace! Love!!
I’ve decided I’m going to make a 
That lace trim is a really pretty golden color. The trim on the leg is actually the same lace trim that is at the waist – I just followed the curved design in the lace and made my own scalloped narrower lace for the leg openings.
Above you can see where I followed the design lines.
What do you think? Do you think the golden lace trim helps pull it all together?
I love this lace. It’s so pretty. So delicate. I think it’s lovely with beige duoplex too. 
A lovely new bra isn’t enough though, is it? I need some panties to match, am I right? 
Again, I’m using the House Morrighan Clover Boy Brief pattern. 
Here is my new beige set together. 
Next week I’ll share my next set.
I knew right away they’d match perfectly with that kit. 
The green is the perfect pop of color.
I chose to only use the Pistachio on the upper part of the bra. My frame is sheer cup lining and power net, so I wanted to keep it looking black. If I’d been using duoplex or nylplex the pistachio wouldn’t have shown through, but it really did show through the sheer cup lining.
This bra has such lovely rich fall colors. I’m very happy with my new make, and I’m still loving the Freja pattern.
I really love this Pistachio color! I was looking through my lace to see what else I had that would go well with it. 
I still have some of this 
I think this will match perfectly with the pistachio color too. But not with the burn orange this time. Basic black always works.
This lovely silk came from 
This bra is so soft and well, silky. It feels wonderful on!
Here’s a close up of the bridge showing that careful placement I mentioned. I didn’t have enough material to put the bridge on the fold, which is what most patterns have us do. So for this, I added a 1/4″ seam allowance, and cut two pieces. Then I simply sewed the two sides together.
Have you ever made a silk bra? Or any silk lingerie? Oh, the feel of it! Luxury.
Lovely if I do say so myself. I don’t know how often I’ll be wearing these together. When I do, I’ll love it.
Making this pattern is really inspiring me to clone and alter my favorite RTW Fantasie Vivenne. It’s one of my projects for during the Bee.
They are quite similar.
This lovely lace comes from 
Working with these lovely flowers made me remember something I’d been told. Always place your flowers so they are climbing up or growing up. If they’re growing downwards, your cups will look sad. And you don’t want sad looking cups.
So I was careful when placing my lace to make sure I had happy looking cups and my flowers were all growing upwards.
This 
Here’s the back of the bra. It has a nice curved U shape to the straps. Despite all the testing, this was a bit big for me. I think it’s mostly due to the fabric. I’d been using 
Oh, it’s so delicate and so pretty.
I had some copper power net and I found it went perfectly with the leaf outlines in the lace.
Because this is a stretch lace, I’ve lined the frame and the cups with an ivory sheer cup lining.
Here you can just see a bit of the copper power net.
Above is a bit more of a side view. Oh, I love this! The lace is so delicate and so pretty.
And the back view. I really love copper power net and duoplex too. I wish I could find the perfect cotton Lycra to match copper though. Has anyone found that? Let me know.
I really wanted to make it again, but in colors similar to the above Prima Donna. So I did.
I love this! I’m really happy with it.
Here is one last photo of my new Josey Milady. Showing the inside of the bra, and the curve of the foam cup.
I have to admit, I really love the leopard theme in Prima Donna’s collection. Here’s another inspiration from the same Madison collection.
This one I think will be perfect for the Josey pattern, or the Shelly pattern, but I’m going to try copying this color combination on Lilypa’s new bra pattern – 
I love this style. I can’t wait to make my own bra using the colors of the Madison above.
I love the red and black check. For me, this spoke Christmas. So, I made a Christmassy Josey Milady bra.
I’m just teasing. I couldn’t resist playing a little bit with some photo effects.
Oh, this is pretty! I’ve added a 3/4s foam cup inside again. It’s my current favorite style, and I find it so very comfortable.
I love this lace so much, I wanted to use it for the frame of the bra as well. Because this is a stretch lace, I’ve lined the frame with sheer cup lining. I didn’t line the cups as I was using foam inside.
The back is solid red, but still Christmassy.
Although I did mirror the plaid pattern along the upper cup, I didn’t even think of trying to match up the plaid on the rest of the bra! No, that would have been quite the feat to do that.