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Month: April 2014

Wardrobe: Summer Colors

Summer 2014 Color Palette | Cloth Habit

Since my big wardrobe purge a couple weeks ago I’ve been slowly catching up with Colette’s Wardrobe Architect series. I’m actually trying to do most of the exercises, albeit in a backwards order. This planning stuff is fun! I’m getting kind of serious about not adding anything to my closet that I won’t wear. Since …

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Making a Foam Cup Bra: Part 3

Making a Foam Cup Bra: Part 3 | Cloth Habit

Today I’m going to finish my bra! At this point I have two sets of cups–the foam cups and the outer coverings–and have also assembled my frame and band, including putting in the hem elastic. Most of the remaining steps are the same as your normal bra construction. If you need to fill in some …

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Making a Foam Cup Bra: Part 2

In this 3-part tutorial, learn to sew a foam cup bra. This method uses foam as a lining and it can be used in sewing any bra pattern.

Today I’ll be cutting out my pieces and get started sewing. First, let’s make some some changes to your cup pattern to work with foam. As I mentioned yesterday, these techniques can be used with any bra cups. I’d recommend starting with a pattern that you are familiar with making. It can have any kind …

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Making a Foam Cup Bra: Part 1

This summer I have planned a few foam-lined bras for my wardrobe. One of these is going to be strapless style I can wear comfortably underneath my low-backed tops and dresses. Comfort being a key word, because I have never found a strapless that doesn’t make me squeam. I like using foam linings when I …

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Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning | Cloth habit

Last week I started to catch up on my blog reading and was completely sidetracked by the wonderful Wardrobe Architect series on the Coletterie blog. I’ve been reading others’ experiences in following along and I just knew I’d get sucked into it! Since January, Sarai has been writing on a number of topics on personal …

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