There were a couple of changes to the Gunsan pattern, and I was happy to try again.
The first draft fit my friend perfectly and when I asked her if I could make a second test of the pattern for her, she said yes without hesitation.
For this one, I had to pull a kit out of my stash. Making my fitting bras has used up all my scraps. I gifted my friend the Sabine bra kit for this bra. 
Isn’t that a pretty kit? It’s prettier in person.
Here’s my second version of the Gunsan pattern. 
I do wish I’d had a bit of a lighter thread color, but there is a bit of a violet sheen to the lace so I decided it was okay. My friend loves this bra. 
This is so pretty.
I used the sheer cup lining in the kit for the frame.
I did run into one problem when laying this out. The power bar was a little bit longer than my lace.
Then I remembered a great tip Emerald Erin had in a blog post a long time about. She drew the pattern part that was off the lace and then cut that out with a seam allowance and sewed it onto the existing cut out lace piece.
Here, read about it here.
It worked perfectly. You can’t even see where I joined the lace. It gave me the extra inch I needed and it really worked perfectly. Thank you Erin for that great tip.
One last view of this lovely new pattern. 
I don’t know if further changes were made to the pattern, but it’s been released now, and I can’t wait to try it for me. Next for me to to start altering it for Omega.
Happy creating!
That turned out beautifully.
I just looked at my Gunsan pattern and there is no power bar. Weird. Bodil only sent it to me last week.
Thank you Sandy! This version was a change we tried. But not kept. Still I think it is pretty.
Ah, that makes sense now.
Did you line your cups? I just made this today and the instructions said the singing was optional if you were using a non-stretch fabric, in my case lace. I went ahead and lined it but I’m not sure if it was really necessary and am debating for my next version. I’d love to get your thoughts.
Kathleen, if you are using a non-stretch lace, there is no reason to use lining as well. I only line if the lace is a stretch one.
…yeah, still not convinced. I mean, the bra you made is super gorgeous and everything, and your friend is definitely a lucky one for getting so much beautiful lingerie for free. But this bra looks even more shallow and east-westing than the first one. I just don’t see why anyone would draft a pattern that is shallow and hard to fit by design, then make that available in larger sizes. I mean, there are already not that many interesting designs available for us, and now ANOTHER single-dart bra after the dud that was the Mésange. Guess I’ll really have to bite the bullet and learn drafting myself.
(That was my last rant about this pattern, I promise.)
How can you tell if it is east-westing? It is on a mannequin, with pads, not on the body for which it is intended.
(I’m not trying to be argumentative, I’m genuinely curious. Also, you obviously are privy to information that isn’t contained in this post.)
I don’t think it’s east-west in person. The mannequin is definitely a little that way.
May, I totally understand. I might buy patterns to use for my DIL – she’s so petite and a perfect size. But there are a lot fewer that I will try for me. Drafting isn’t hard. Jeanette has a class on The Bra Sewing Bee. You might want to get the past years for a month and check out her class.