I am so excited to share something with you all. It’s not something I made, but when I saw it I was honestly so very excited. I had to share.

Let me give you some back history to this lovely make. A number of years ago a friend came to me saying she couldn’t wear a bra because of an injury, and did I have any idea what she could wear.

The first pattern I though of was the Wendy Bra-in-a-tank-top. She could decide how much elastic she wanted to use to determine how snug or loose it would fit. 

She loved the idea and made herself a couple of them. 

But then found wearing a full tank top all the time under clothing was too hot. So she modified her pattern to more of a shorter bralette style.

That brings us up to date. Let me share this amazing hand made, hand sewn bra with you.  This is just incredible to me. This is ALL hand-sewn. Every stitch is by hand!

We were getting together to work on slopers, and at one point she removed her top (which she had also made), and everything stopped. I had to know about her bra. I recognized the hand stitching right away. I had to know more.

Her journey started with this book. I recognized the author from her Craftsy classes. I had purchased, watched, and loved them all.

Okay, back to my friend’s marvelous make.   Here is the back. She had noticed young women wearing racer back bra styles and modified her pattern again to have more of a racer back look than the straight across design. She made this change to keep her straps from falling off her shoulders.

The stitching along the bottom where the elastic is encased is designed to stretch. She used a stretch stitch. However, where no stretch is needed, the stitches don’t have stretch.

Here is the straight stitch on the side seam along with those stretch stitches.

And here are the stitches along the top of the bra’s back.       I am in love with all the thought and detail in this – from the use of stretch stitches where stretch is needed, to changes in design.

Here’s one more photo to show this incredible hand sewn bra. Here is the inside of the bra where the elastic is enclosed. Look at how neat this is!My friend has made two bras for herself – one with blue thread and one with pink.

These are so lovely with all the design, thought, and the hours of hand sewing work that went into them.

This is no sewn-up-in-an-afternoon kind of make. This literally stopped me in my tracks. Changed the course of what we were doing. I was and am so very impressed with this.

These bras are made with 100% cotton jersey. And sewn with Coats button craft thread and the DMC cotton pearl thread. I’m told both threads are better to use than sewing machine thread as they are a little thicker and don’t tangle when hand sewing.

I hope you enjoyed this amazing make as much as I did. Honestly, I am so inspired by this.

Happy creating!