I’ve just had the best couple of days sewing. My niece wanted to learn to sew a bra but we live in different provinces. So we did video sewing. We’re already talking about what and when we’re going to sew next.
My niece sewed up a Classic pattern from BMS. I wasn’t interested in sewing the same pattern though. What I sewed up actually came from Bodil of B,Wear. She had suggested I try the Freja pattern from BMS. She thought it would be a good fit for me.
I had tried the pattern once before and the cups were too small for me. I hadn’t gone back to the pattern. I decided it was time to try it again.
Here’s the first Freja I made.
Oh, I loved the lace and the copper duoplex together. I was sad it didn’t fit perfectly.
One of the reasons I wanted to re-try the Freja is one of my favorite RTW bras was the Fantasie Vivienne bra. 
I loved the shaping of this bra, and the Freja is very close to the same shaping.
This time I went up a size in BCD and the cups are perfect! Here’s my new Freja.
I had this lovely pink kit from BMS so decided to use it for my second attempt of the Freja. It’s lovely!
I could use the tip from Porcelynne on the side here – to add another strip of channeling beside the wire channeling and add boning there. However, when I was wearing this it wasn’t bothering me that the wire is a little lower at the side.
I’m really happy with how the Freja fits. Yes, there’s a little playing around I can do to help my Omega shape fit even better, but for an attempt I wasn’t sure would turn out better than the first time, I’m very happy.
Next I’m thinking of making a pair of panties to match.
It was wonderful to sew again. Wearing the splint, I’m slowly gaining movement in my thumb again. Thankfully, I can sew while wearing it.
Happy creating!
Both bras are beautiful. I find that when making bras I don’t get enough support.
Thank you, Mimi! Depending on your size, you might want to double up on your fabric. Use two layers of power net in the band, and double the lower cup fabric. Those both might help. Do let me know if you try either of those or both and how you do with that.
Have you ever tried to use boning in the bridge area between the cups? I really want full coverage but using size 38 or 40 vertical wires doesn’t give me the full front coverage I would like as the wires sit too low. Just wondering if this might be a path forward.
Gabby, I think adding boning to the center front would be a bit of a challenge because we’re sewing the channeling down there. Most of the time the wires are right beside each other at the top in larger sizes, so there wouldn’t be any room there for boning. You could try adding it below that, but I don’t know that it would achieve what you’re wanting.