Hi Everyone, normally you see me doing the unboxing of The Lingerie Society subscription boxes, this time I’m sharing what I made from the November 2021 box. You can see the earlier cutting out and planning portion in another video.
You can watch that one here https://youtu.be/zrmtHDMStDs and the unboxing of the box here https://youtu.be/CNO66EVwVIQ
Patterns used Chelsea Bra by Contour Atelier https://www.contouratelier.com/shop/p… Studio Costura Knickers https://www.studiocostura.com/vera Mary Knickers https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a… Emma Slip https://www.measuretwicecutonce.com.a…
Box from The Lingerie Society by Pitt Trading https://www.pitttrading.com.au/the-li…
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What I’m wearing Dress Pattern: Self drafted dress in fabric from my stash was originally from The Fabric Store
Earrings: Harry and Herne https://www.harryandherne.com/
Nail Polish: Octopus’s Garden by Hanami https://hanami.com.au/
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What I’m wearing – Self drafted dress pattern
Earrings – Made by Maddie store
It’s been too long since I used my Mary Knickers pattern. I forgot how much I like th low slung on the hips fit and the little almost legs to them.
As part of my Make nine topics was “Operation Lingerie Drawer and I couldn’t be more pleased with how these first 2 pairs of Mary Knickers have gone.
The lace is a super soft floral print from Pitt Trading. The fabric stretches one way but not both ways. The Mary is great for this type of fabric as it doesn’t really need too much give through the height but it does mean these ones are ever so slightly cheeky but I’m ok with that. If you want to avoid that just cut them with a longer back rise. Always be sure to cut with the greatest stretch going around you.
I’ve used an organic cotton jersey also from Pitt Trading as the gusset, you can just use the lace but I prefer the cotton.
Make wise I just overlocker them all together. The gusset is actually a floating gusset but I decided to use my coverstitch machine and stitch it to the lace. Sometimes with a delicate fabric it helps give them a little extra strength and longevity.
At the last Pitt Trading pop up store I got some of these beautiful patterned elastics and put it to the Instagram hive mind to see which one got to be the waistband.
Stripes won and I attached it using my coverstitch. I often get asked about my coverstitch machine and it is my least used machine but I’m going to try and use it more and basically get better at using it. Sometimes I forget to have time to just practice at getting better so I’m going to see if I can squeeze in some practise time with it.
Now I had a metre of this fabric and I’m determined to leave no scraps unused so after I had cut some other bits and pieces I had enough for another pair of Mary’s. This time I just used a picot I had on hand for the waistband. It’s fine and very functional but not as cute at the stripes.
Pattern: The Mary Knickers by Measure Twice Cut Once
Fabric: stretch printed lace from Pitt Trading, patterned elastic from Pitt Trading
Alterations: none
Not content with giving my friend one matching set of lingerie I thought I’d add another not quite a set to her parcel.
After the success of sewing the Delphine thong I decided to try another one, this time in a soft stretch lace and without the additional back coverage.
The lace from Pitt Trading is so lovely to work with but was so soft that the very end of the plate on my sewing machine was catching ever so slightly as it went though.
A quick fix was to use some wide washi tape to cover the plate and hey presto! Snag free sewing.
I really I thought the thong would pair perfectly with a plain black satin bra but as I was running out of time to get it finished in I cheated a little. In my teaching bag I often have samples of pieces that are not quite finished so I can show students diffferent steps along the way. A bit of a rummage through the bag and I found this black lace triangle that only needed a little bit of finishing off.
Together they make a nice not quite matching set.
Pattern: Delphine thong by Ohhh Lulu, my own pattern for the triangle bra
Fabric: Laces from Pitt Trading, elastics and trims from my stash
Alterations: None
