tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post6199725194570433403..comments2024-02-15T12:05:40.992-08:00Comments on Bras I Hate & Love: How To Make A High-Cut Bra Lower-CutBras I Hatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07692999972337398680noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-88162934753809269222014-03-03T19:01:34.573-08:002014-03-03T19:01:34.573-08:00Wonderful post and desperately needed. Thank you....Wonderful post and desperately needed. Thank you.Thrift Store Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801507829451765963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-80716488008070587522012-10-10T08:40:39.197-07:002012-10-10T08:40:39.197-07:00Oh my goodness, I am loving your alteration tips! ...Oh my goodness, I am loving your alteration tips! I've often felt there must be a way to improve the shape of my bras, and you've given me a goldmine of ideas!<br /><br />If my boyfriend wasn't coming over later to review the Curvy Kate Emily I've just bought I'd be straight on the sewing machine. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-76603637075700361962012-08-27T22:12:20.105-07:002012-08-27T22:12:20.105-07:00It's the exact same for me with them. I quadra...It's the exact same for me with them. I quadraboob at the upper sides though. klarahttp://www.kurvigheter.se/klaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-81359575779821078792012-07-29T19:02:59.525-07:002012-07-29T19:02:59.525-07:00Also, I totally see how folding the lace down into...Also, I totally see how folding the lace down into place without cutting it would work. I actually tried something similar when I was pinning, but the lace wouldn't lie flat without wrinkling for me that way. My breast shape is more suited to Freyas than yours, I think, because I'm not as full on top as you are and I prefer the "green shape" over the pink one. So that could account for differences.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-46695060916916510722012-07-29T18:56:55.978-07:002012-07-29T18:56:55.978-07:00I cut down the lace seam until it met the vertical...I cut down the lace seam until it met the vertical seam that goes up the cup. I more or less made my own seam to reattach the lace. I pinned the lace where I wanted with the bra on me, being super careful and precise with the angles to get the lace to lie flat while fitting my shape. The way I positioned the lace only works because I've tailored it exactly to my projection. It looks like there should be a weird wrinkle, because the lace lies differently towards the centre gore, where I didn't adjust it, and after the vertical seam, where I did adjust it, but my projection smooths it out.<br /><br />Sorry this isn't clearer, I'm not much of a sewer.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-18405668484345487142012-07-29T13:32:11.827-07:002012-07-29T13:32:11.827-07:00You're the second commenter to suggest that! I...You're the second commenter to suggest that! I don't think it is too big, because I didn't have any wrinkling in the cup, other than what you can see right at the apex of the seam. If I sized down I would have had the bra cutting in at the top. The alteration I'm going to post about tomorrow will explain how to deal with that extra fabric at the apex. It's a problem I have a lot (and not just me--I've heard it described as "the Freya wrinkle") because I can't fill out bras with a lot of projection, but then I have a lot of volume on the top and I have to accomodate for both.<br /><br />It's sort of a balance that one must try to strike. I think most of us prefer a bra that doesn't take up so much area on the body, but in a certain sense this actually is how a lot of well-fitted bras will look, depending on style. Freya bras almost always look like this on me. The best proof of this is the side-by-side comparison of a 28J Freya bra and a 28J Panache bra that I posted in my long run-down of Freya as a brand ("What Does Freya Have to Offer?")Bras I Hatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692999972337398680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-75872598077396371192012-07-29T13:27:33.846-07:002012-07-29T13:27:33.846-07:00Interesting, I was about to say I wouldn't hav...Interesting, I was about to say I wouldn't have risked doing this alteration with a bra that has such a big lace section, but then I remembered that I actually did this a few years ago on my own Freya Pollyanna and that was where I got the idea to alter this Pippa. When I did it with the Pollyanna, I actually didn't cut the material off at all. I sort of folded it under and stitched it in place. I didn't cut all the way down to the seam and move it, although I suspect that might work better. Is that what you did? How did you secure the lace back to the cup on the side (where there is no seam)?Bras I Hatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692999972337398680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-46198333356999052102012-07-29T13:02:18.360-07:002012-07-29T13:02:18.360-07:00Your alteration looks great, but the bra looks way...Your alteration looks great, but the bra looks way too big on you to begin with...would you not be better off with a different size or style or something from a different company? It looks big in the armhole area, and you don't have any "flubber" to hide!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-84948023709827404492012-07-28T16:47:40.094-07:002012-07-28T16:47:40.094-07:00Awesome idea! Freya's unpadded plunge styles g...Awesome idea! Freya's unpadded plunge styles go up so high on me that they make anything other than a crewneck impossible, which is a shame because they have so many styles.<br /><br />Very interested to see how to make a pointy bra go round...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065384575875290210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-5072859047178899522012-07-28T05:33:19.686-07:002012-07-28T05:33:19.686-07:00I have found that too. One size will give me slig...I have found that too. One size will give me slight quad-boob, while the next cup up is huge and it looks like I am swimming in it. weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-71417962145382398302012-07-27T14:06:00.495-07:002012-07-27T14:06:00.495-07:00I just did this to a Freya Pollyanna. Recommendati...I just did this to a Freya Pollyanna. Recommendations: be very careful if the bra has a larger lace section than the one in the post, and pins work perfectly fine (I tried the tape and it didn't work at all for me). <br /><br />Thank you!Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706716744772949852.post-17948878170311421262012-07-27T10:41:26.306-07:002012-07-27T10:41:26.306-07:00Conversion of the turtle neck bra... ;-)
Amazing ...Conversion of the turtle neck bra... ;-)<br /><br />Amazing trick, thanks for sharing!<br /><br />What size is this by the way? It looks much too big for you. o_0 (I found with Freya the one size is always too small and the next to big for me. Don't know why. It's just strange...)georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035253746723456304noreply@blogger.com