Hot Latte

If you have already read my post on the lingerie sew along, this is exactly the same thing.I am very excited to have completed my second bra! I thought I would show some of the details on how it's done.

Well, since we have tropical punch, key lime pie, and who knows what else, I thought I'd jump on that naming bandwagon and this is my "Hot Latte with extra of foam." This is another KS3300, only this time I made view A.



I used a different style wire this time and it totally changes the shape of the cup. I'll have to compare the two and see which I like better. I definitely liked not having to cut the wire though! View A has a few things that you do differently, and then there were a few things I did differently on my own.


First of all, I knew I wanted to cover the sides with stretch lace, so I cut the lace, planing to leave a scalloped edge on the bottom. I did as was suggested earlier and cut one lace piece, then laid that on top of the lace to get the exact mirror image (I can't remember who posted that tip, but it's a great one!) Then I basted the lace at the top, but not the bottom. When I attached the elastic to the bottom edge, I folded the lace up out of the way and stitched on the lace. Then I put the lace back down in place when I turned the elastic up to the inside and then used the 3 step zig zag through the powernet, elastic and lace all at once.



I also lined the bottom of the cups with powernet for more support. Liana suggested this and I must say I like the difference. Actually, I underlined them with the powernet because I thought the tricot would be more comfortable against the skin, so I have 3 layers on the bottom cup. As I was doing this, I realized that I neglected to topstitch the seam connecting the upper and lower cups on my first bra. It's not a problem on that one, but would be on this one I think because of the firmness of the powernet.






The KS pattern has you run a strip of tri-folded sheer tricot along the edge of the upper cups for stability. I bought this in light pink. When it is a single layer, like under the bridge, you can't even see it at all. Folded like this, you can tell that it is pink, but from the front, you really can't see it.








Since the only elastic I have is white, I didn't like the way it showed at the top of the cups where it attaches to the ring. I cut a little piece of lace and covered this. This sounds so simple, but I probably spent a half an hour trying to figure out what part of the lace I wanted to cut, what shape, placement, etc. I tell ya, I can turn anything into a project!



Also, the white elastic did not look good in the back (There is a 3" piece of elastic between the back of the bra and the strap. I covered this with tricot by just wrapping it around the elastic and then zigzagging both edges.




















There is a little wrinkling in the side on this one, and I'm wondering if it has something to do with the difference in stretch between the stretch lace and the powernet. The other thing it could be is the different shaped wire that I used. It's minimal, so I'm not going to let it keep me from wearing the bra!








This one is a little tighter across the band, but I'm thinking it will relax a little as I wear it. All in all, I like the fit.
In the picture it looks like there is a crease in the left cup. I think it must be something strange with the lighting, because it doesn't seem to be that way when I put it on. I haven't worn it yet, so we'll see!