I’ve made some pretty new lingerie for myself… how lovely is this sweet leafy lace? Sometime in 2020 I treated myself to a Black Beauty kit from Emerald Erin. I bought the Black Beauty bra pattern too; planning to use it with this kit … however. I ran up a muslin for the pattern first – I know! so unlike me!! – anyway, it just was not working out for me. I’ll give the pattern another go sometime, but in the meantime I wanted my pretty new set so just went with some tried and true patterns. Yes of course I’m taking about the MakeBra DL03 and the cloth habit Watson pattern for two pairs of matching undies. My good ol’ go to’s.
I roped in some foam lining from my original MakeBra basics kit, and some white cotton jersey and white lingerie elastic already in my stash to finish up the bra and to make two pairs of matching undies too…
Some making notes:
The Make Bra pattern is a wonderful pattern, but you do have to cut and piece your pretty lace to make the cup covers; and sometimes this just will not look good. In this case it didn’t; the seams in the tulle stood out too much visually, so I cut out some of the motifs from the lace and arranged and appliquéd them to disguise the more visible seams. I really love how this looks and am super happy with how organic it looks.
My two pairs of matching undies are similar but unidentical. I really like this sort of effect in a lingerie set. I actually have a tiny piece of lace leftover, so might even make up another thing with it sometime.
It’s funny; for the last two of my children’s weddings I have managed to make a new set of underwear to wear on the day, and this third wedding for my third child has turned out to be a continuation of the tradition! I shall really enjoy wearing my new set along with my brand new mother-of-the-groom outfit! It even matches! (hint hint!)
