Hello. I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted. I had an odd after-affect from a cold. I had so much pain in my one hand, I could hardly do anything with it. It’s slowly improving, and I’m hoping to get back to normal soon.
I have many sewing plans so need my hand 100%! So, what have I been doing? I’ve been testing the re-designed Eve bra.
Jennifer and I agreed the regular Eve cups did not fit me. So I tried the Vertical cups. They are part of the Eve Classic Bra pattern – which is now available. It has the regular cup, Vertical cups, and Demi cups.
Jennifer and I agreed that we were close, but think the Demi cups will be the best fit for me.
I’ve cut out my first pair and they were too small. I have the next size all sewn up and will be putting those into my fitting band right away.
Let me tell you a few things that impressed me with the Eve cups.
I was using a 38 wire, but to help with side coverage, we made my cradle a 42 wire length. What amazed me over and over was how the cup fit into this cradle WITH NO ALTERATIONS!!!
Honestly, this was amazing to me. Stunning in fact. After the many years of so many alterations to get a cup to fit in a smaller cradle, this really did amaze me.
Jennifer has designed all these cups to fit into different cradles. For example, a D cup that would fit a 38 wire cradle, and a D cup that fits a 40 wire cradle, and one that fits a 42 wire cradle, and so on. The same for the E cup, and the F cup, and so on up and down the cup size range. All designed for each cup to fit different sizes of wires/cradles. All with no extra work on your part.
Here take a look: 
Do you see where the cup joins the side seam? There isn’t a dart in the cup. There are no gatherings along the wire line. No, this cup is simply designed to fit into this size cradle.
That might not seem like a big deal when most patterns’ cups fit into the cradle – but that doesn’t work when you are an Omega! No, that means adjustments. But not with this pattern.
If you’re wondering, I could have used a cup that fit into a 38 cradle too – but I really don’t get enough side coverage and support with that.
I don’t know of another bra-maker/designer who has done this for each cup size! There are hundreds of cups. 
I promised to tell you something else about the side of this bra. Do you see where that red line is? That’s where my wire ends. Normally, if the side of the bra was raised up this much higher than the wire, the side seam would be flopping over. Not here.
The reason is Jennifer had me sew a strip of channeling as close as I could beside the wire channeling, Then insert a piece of boning there. It worked perfectly. It gave me a little more side coverage which I need, and I can’t feel it there.
I am honestly very impressed with the redesigned Eve cup pattern. If you have problems fitting your bra cups into your frame like me, or even if you want an incredibly designed cup, really, give these a try.
Happy creating!
P.S. I’ll be back soon.
This is actually two different sized cups. I was testing to see which I preferred.
Have you made a fitting band? I’m already planning to test some other cups in this. I’m also planning to go through Porcelynne’s Eve Sloper Creation course to change the shape of these cups. The volume is perfect – and I cant’ wait to share more on that with you. 
I used the Poppy pattern from House Morrighan. I made the size 6 but graded the cup to a B cup instead of the C/D cup in the pattern.
So cute! One of my favorite things about this set is the little hints of color coming through the bralette. The reason for this is the tulle I used to line it. It has stretch in one direction so worked for this. It’s this 
Above there are hints of pink, blue, and yellow.
Along another part of the hem is yellow, pink and blue. I really love how this turned out with these bits of color peeking through.
That really is an adorable little set, and I’m pretty sure the smallest set I’ve made so far.
I’ll share more on this bralette soon.
This kit for example. Lollipop. It’s darling and Margie B is the only one carrying it right now. 
Johanna is another lovely kit that is currently exclusive to Margie B.
They both just look like wires, right? Well, the ones on the right look a bit thinner. Let’s take a closer look.
In the photo above are the wires I’ve been using. They work wonderfully. I have no problem with them, except there are no shops in Canada that carry these wires. In the past, I’ve had to order my wires from the US. So I had to deal with the exchange rate, expensive shipping, and then I was usually hit with duty when it arrived. Those wires would end up costing me more than twice what I was expecting to pay. It wasn’t fun.
Ooh, right away I think these look prettier. A more even shape throughout the wire.
This photo is showing the ends that inserted into the channeling. The new wire is smoother, more of a continuous piece, and that will make that job of inserting them much easier. There were pliers involved in the past when inserting flexi wires.
I really like these panties. So really wanted to make something to coordinate.
This gorgeous lace comes from 
Oh, I love this combination.
I hope you all have wonderful inspirations that you bring to life.
You can see on the bottom here I’m not cutting off the seam allowance on the bottom of the pattern. You will need that – that is the part that is sewn into the cup.
Once you’ve sewn your foam cups together cover the upper edge of the foam with fold over elastic.
You’ll want to sew both the foam and lace cups into the cradle at the same time.
As well, you can change the shape of the upper edge of the foam, and have some fun with the foam not being exactly the same as the cup. The foam on the cup above follows the curve of the lace cup.
I do my best to line up the vertical seams on the foam with the seams on the cup.
I have a lovely black and red lace on my cutting table so thought I’d make something that would coordinate with that. 
This is clear to see, I used a fabric band for the waist instead of FOE. This is quite easy to see.
This is harder to see (although I overexposed it) I also used fabric bands instead of FOE at the leg opening. I wanted something just a little softer, and thought I’d experiment.
Isn’t that a lovely side view?
Another very pretty view of that lace.
I recently made the new 
Oh, well you know how I feel about these. I say the same thing over and over. I love them! I really love this 
Isn’t that just lovely? What a great way to make a matching set by using the same lace at the leg opening. Or do a little scrap busting by using the color blocking option.
I really like this pattern. It comes in four styles. Two briefs (view A & B) which sit higher, and two lower styles (view C & D) which are close to a hipster. I plan to make the hipsters next!
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.