I’m one of those fortunate women who doesn’t fit into a ‘standard’ bra size. Specialty shops – out of necessity – had become my store of choice to buy a bra because I couldn’t find anything in my size at many mainstream stores.

However, I hate spending so much money on something with clearly just a tiny bit of fabric – certainly not $150 worth!

Well, my two bras – that just happened to be identical because so few bras in the specialty shop fit either – were worn out. It was time to go buy more.

I’d searched online about making a bra, but hadn’t really found anything before. Well, this past year I found a few resources and a new creative journey has begun.

After reading an article about how to ‘clone’ a bra, I took a deep breath and took apart one of my old bras and made a pattern. I made that pattern three times and am very happy with how it turned out! The only difference between mine and the original was the shape of the foam cups – the original had little foam tabs where the shoulder strap would attach. I could not find those in my size, so my clone is not an exact replica. BUT, it fits and I did not have to pay $150!

Here is my first attempt. It’s basic black with a burnout black knit covering the foam cups.

Here is one of my next attempts. This one was fun with the zebra print. I covered the straps on this one too.

And on this one I used beige foam cups with the same black burnout knit covering the cups.

Happy creating!