Hi everyone from NZ where it is a beautiful sunny day today!
I haven't been on TSP much since I registered, for one reason and another, but had a big catch up read over the last few days which made me feel "at home" again
Anyway to the shelf bra . . .
I'm making a leotard for a teen with a 90cm (35.5 inch) bust and a DD cup. Thankfully I saved from TSF the wonderful SewCrazy's info so I know most of what I need to know. I know I need to dart the shelf . . . but how wide do I make the dart and how long? I was thinking 1.5 - 2cms wide (roughly 1/2" to 7/8th" google tells me) and around 6cms long (2 1/2 inches). I've draughted the sides 12.5cm (5 inches). Does all this seem about right? More than happy to be corrected!
It is going to be a full shelf bra, front and back, of powernet so I plan to stitch the bra side seams together and attach it at the top and armhole edges leaving it free from the side seams of the leotard. I haven't done a full shelf bra before but it's what I've seen inside some cami tops. Hope this all makes sense. It does in my head.
Off to
the fronts and backs of the leo and lining. Night if you're off to bed. Gidday if you're getting up!
Thanks for any help.
Ali