I have cut pieces for another (simple) dress, but recently saw a post on the blog So, Zo covering the free Hyacinth bralette pattern from Ohhh Lulu.
Now, I am not, generally, looking for a...ah...soft bra. But. I do have many odds and ends of knit fabrics, and, more pertinently, a small assortment of random bits of decorative elastics, which I very rarely use, and this seemed like a good opportunity to draw from that stash.
Also, sometimes, I get nasty headaches that make me think maybe I would be better off with everything being as soft as possible. To date, worn out bras have served for that, but this will, perhaps, offer another option.
This pattern is very straightforward, with detailed instructions. It probably took me longer to figure out which of my odd elastics to use for the pattern (and to pick some of them back off when I decided something else would work better) than it did to cut and assemble everything.
The leopard print knit is from the same person who sent what I used for the seven slapdash sleep shirts, and the fold-over elastic is from a doll acquaintance. The white lace was salvaged from...something, and the black lace is from Deb's Lace (ordered for doll use; Deb's vast assortment of stretch laces have not interested me before...) The white elastic is from Wawak, and the bra hardware was scavenged off of bras long-gone.
