fitting Archives - Made@Ginjer

Red lace boy shorts and long line bra pegged on washing line against a backdrop of green foliage

Boutique of fabrics and supplies for lingerie makers opening here

We’re hard at work here at Made@Ginjer getting ready to launch an online boutique. We plan to offer everything needed to make desirably luxurious bras, underwear and swimwear.

Completed bra and knickers sitting on a rusty diamond mesh table top. The bra features sinuous black and gold tulle lace cups with a scalloped edge. The bridge, frame and power bars are made from ochre yellow silk, which contrasts with the with black elastic straps and powernet back band. Coordinating knickers have a black and gold scalloped lace front, edged with yellow ochre silk piping and a black stretch mesh back.

Learning to be a mindful bra maker

Even as I finished stitching my first me-made effort at bra making, I was sewing bra number two in my head. I was convinced I’d be able to create an even better bra second time around. Needless to say, things didn’t turn out quite as I expected.

Bra in close-up showing scalloped lace upper cup in shades of coral, pink and grey; undercup and power bar in peach duplex; top stitched seams, and a black bow at the top of the bridge, plus glimpses of the black picot elastic trimming the underarm, black strap, and the black back fastener

An adventure in bra making

This summer I finally worked up the resolve to make not one but two bras, plus co-ordinating knickers. To my astonishment the experience worked out so well I am now working on bra number three.

Enjoying the late evening sun on the beach in my Ginger jeans

My Summer of Basics: jeans sewing

I have never been able to get stylish jeans that fit me. Ever. Two years ago, after a particularly dispiriting changing room session, I decided there had to be a better way and found Heather Lou of Closet Case Patterns and her Ginger Jeans (obviously nothing to do with Made At Ginjer jeans!). I decided to make my own jeans.