Seamwork Almada and Made for Mermaids Bridgette set

This post is TWO things off my make 9 in one swoop! I have made myself a lovely lightweight dressing gown and a fancy lingerie set.

I used the lovely lightweight yellow crepe and yellow stretch lace from Sew Crafty, they even have matching fold over elastic!

The patterns I have used are the Seamwork magazine Almada and the Made

for Mermaids Mama Bridgette bralet and pants!

I made the size 42D despite being a 38E in the real world. The bralet isn't designed to replace your normal bra and the level of support it provides but with power mesh your are pretty darn close! I made the racer back because I thought the lace would loook super cute as a racer back through a low backed top or dress. I used the edge of the lace for my racer back and cup edges. It's not intentionally scalloped but by cutting the surrounding eyelashes it made it a lovely shape. I did have to be careful with the stretch round the edges but I made sure it was secure with the fold over elastic sewn flat on the inside of the edges.

When you get to deciding how much you want to overlap your cups at the front, I did 1.5" which I thought brought my boobs in just enough for support and comfort. I also made the bottom band from power mesh giving it more support along the bit that's more strained, and shortened the straps by about an inch, which you can see folded in the picture This stretch lace is perfect for lingerie as the pattern has quite large flowers giving lovely lace with good coverage.. ha ha! The stretch has good recovery too making it perfect for bralets.  I also added 2" to the height of the pants so they would pull up over my tummy. I like the shape of these pants and can see loads more in my future! Perfect for scrapbuster!

The kimono is such an easy make! Everyone is getting these as gifts from now on! It's my second one I've made this time in much easier lovely crepe. It didn't slip slide half as much as the silk on I made making the whole process much more enjoyable. I decided to bind the edge with contrasting floral binding to give it a little pop amongst all the yellow which I think finishes it perfectly!

I didn't really think through the fact I now have to post pictures of me in my pants on the internet.... so here's a flat lay!!