Cutting the Bra pattern

                                                                              Bra

1) Firstly I picked a design and a few images from my research to inspire my cutting.

2) I then tore five strips of calico and pinned them onto a size 12 manikin in place of the panels. The center front and center back panels were both pressed over 1cm to assure a straight edge. I also pinned the calico center front Girdle piece to see how high it came up. 

3) The next step was to pin the seams accordingly to the design and over the curves of the manikin. 

4) Once happy with the lines of the seams I cut down the excess.

5) using a pencil I marked the top and bottom hems. Once happy with these lines I cut them down.

6) To shape the bust I drew in a seam line across the bust front and side panels that will sit just above the nipple.

 7) Before unpinning and taking the panels off of the stand I marked them all with no seam allowance, with there names

8) The final step is to make the calico panels into paper patterns. To do this I laid the pieces on pattern paper and traced around them. At this point I neatened up any curves and straightened any edges. Theses pieces were marked with , name, size, item, model name, character name, show, NET, date, waist line and any technical marks such as the straight grain.