April 16, 2024

Cashmerette Loftus Bralette Sewalong


We’ve partnered up with Jennifer of Porcelynne to bring you a complete video sewalong of the Loftus Bralette.

Plunge into bra making with our free Loftus sewalong!

Bra making can seem intimidating, but we’re here to help!

Say hello to the Loftus Bralette, the Goldilocks of bralettes. With its 3-piece cups, internal powerbar, and wide band, the Loftus is everything you’ve ever wanted from a bralette: comfort, style, and most importantly, support. Sew your first Loftus with confidence thanks to our free step-by-step video sewalong (shown below)!

Here at Cashmerette, we’re the big boob experts, and your boobs are in good hands.

How to sew the Loftus Bralette

Sew your Loftus Bralette with confidence with our step-by-step video sewalong! This Loftus sewalong is hosted by Jennifer of Porcelynne.

Are you ready to start sewing? Get your Loftus Bralette pattern today!

3 thoughts on “Cashmerette Loftus Bralette Sewalong

  1. Maggie says:

    To cut each layer out indivually, is such a waste of time. Unless you feel to unsure of folding the facic into 4 layers and pinning them together and then placing the pattern piece on top. It totally lost my interest., bit thank you.

    1. Victoria Hinton says:

      Have you made one?

  2. Serena says:

    Thank you for this excellent sewalong! I appreciated all the detailed tips provided, especially about accurately sewing delicate/difficult fabrics.

    For example, I have also found that cutting individual pieces is much more accurate for slippery or wiggly fabrics like sheer cup lining, silky fabrics, open lace, double gauze, and certain types of knits. Even when I have pinned right up to the edges on both sides of the cutting line, cutting through multiple layers has always resulted in edges that shift by millimetres, and in bra sewing that is enough to change the fit. Cutting pieces individually is actually faster than all the pinning required to try to prevent the layers from shifting.

    Other excellent tips: ways to improve efficiency without losing accuracy; different ways to mark difficult fabrics; pinning curved (especially concave/convex) seams to get an accurate seamline; sewing 1/4” seams without a seam guide; preventing delicate fabrics from being pulled into the feed dogs; preventing puckered or bubbled seams; topstitching no more than 1/8” away (and when to do only 1/16”) from the seam to avoid affecting the fit; how to sew elastic that needs to be stretched to fit; when to baste to improve accuracy; preventing unintentional pleats in tricky seams; how to fix small discrepancies when attaching the bra straps; how to reduce skin irritation from the edges of hook and eye attachments.

    Just the tip about it not being necessary to backstitch for certain seams in the Loftus pattern saved me so much time and effort! Using a “starter” fabric to prevent the feed dogs pulling the fabric into the machine is new to me — I usually just tug on the main and bobbin threads when starting a seam, but the “starter” fabric provides the same tension on the threads without requiring the use of one hand. I also used the tip about knotting the threads on the wrong side rather than backstitching when it would mar the look of the seam.

    An additional suggestion for trimming seam allowances: a “duck-billed” or applique scissors is great for reducing the risk of accidentally cutting into the seam or cutting into the surrounding fabric.

    An additional suggestion for marking: Crayola washable markers have always washed out well for me, and don’t rub off during construction (always test on your fabric, of course). They aren’t visible on very dark fabrics, unfortunately.

    An additional suggestion for sewing many layers: a walking foot can prevent the layers from pulling apart.

    An additional suggestion for pinning: I use Clover wonder clips whenever possible because they distort the fabric less than inserting pins.

    I think almost everyone will find excellent tips for bra sewing in general, sewing the Loftus in particular, and for handing delicate fabrics in this video.

    P.S.: A suggestion for advanced sewists: if there are portions of the sewalong that one finds “boring”, one can easily fast forward past those parts.

Let me know what you think!