Bra Makers Book, Bra Makers Manual, Volume 2, Bra-Makers Supply
Bra Makers Book, Bra Makers Manual, Volume 1, Bra-Makers Supply, is the addition to the Volume 1 guidebook for bra makers that includes drafting, grading and complex fitting, plus a number of other extremely useful instructions
185 pages
Product Description
Bra Makers Manual Volume 2
The Bra-makers Manual, Volume 2, , by expert author Beverly Johnson, is a spiral bound book that opens flat on a table to have as a reference while you work.
The Bra Makers Manual set is a complete reference on bra design, draft, fit, and construction. It is suitable for both the beginner and experienced bra maker.
In volume 2, Beverly Johnson builds on the teaching in volume 1 of how to obtain the pattern for a bra. How to change one basic pattern into a library of bra styles and designs. How to choose fabric for a bra. How to make a strapless bra. How to make a nursing bra. How to make a mastectomy bra. How to make a bra that fits.
Bra Makers Manual Volume 2 add more professional construction techniques. How to fix advanced fitting challenges. How to draft a bra from 6 body measurements. How to grade a bra into multiple sizes. How to work with lace for bras. How to make foam cup bras. How to use special sewing machine tools and features particular to bra making
Author Beverly Johnson, undeniably the Wizard of Bras and your very own Fairy Bra Mother, has written more of what she knows about bra design, draft, fit, and construction – packed into a her second book. Nothing from the Bra-makers Manual Volume 1 has been repeated in this all-new material collection of professional construction techniques, advanced fitting challenges, and more. This book details drafting a bra from 6 body measurements, grading a bra into multiple sizes, working with lace, and a huge chapter on working with foam bra cups. There is even a chapter on machine know-how and how to use the attachments particular to bra-making. It is 185 pages with full-color photographs.
- Style, Size & Shape Revisited……..……………….……….1-21
Classifying Bra Styles
Ready-to-wear Sizing Primer
How does RTW measure its bras?
Breast Contour
Minimizers
Petites
Looking at Breasts - Drafting a Bra Pattern………………………………….…22-49
Drafting a Bra Block
Drafting the Frame
Drafting the Lower Cup
Drafting the Upper Cup
Modifying Cup Style Lines - Grading Bra Patterns………………………….…………50-61
How the Body Grows
Two Sets of Grade Rules?
Cross Grading
Frameless Bra Band Grade
Frameless Bra Cup Grade
Cup Grade in the Larger Cup Sizes
Frame Bra Band Grade
Sports Bra Grade - Complex Fitting Techniques…………………….….….…62-75
Thoracic Shaping
The Flat Spot
The 5 Body Types
Fitting Petites
Fitting the Low Contour Breast
Back To The Wall
Fitting The Omega Shape
Increasing lift - Loving Lace……………………………………………76-94
Working with lace Edging
Ideas for Lace application - Photo Gallery
- Advanced construction …………………..…….….…….95-112
Alternative Channeling Applications
Using Sliders instead of Rings
Front Strap Connectors
Changing the Construction Order
Nursing Bra Clips
Slide Lock Adjusters
Separators
Using Continuous Wires
Using Adhesives - Cut-and-sew Foam Cups…………………..……………113-120
Cut-and-sew?
Contour Foam Cups
Cut-and-sew Foam
Seam and Topstitch
Butt and zig-zag
Mold Your Own Foam? - Molded Foam Cups………….…………………………121-162
Birth of a Foam Cup
Foam Footprints
Foam Cup Sizing
Bullet Molding
Drafting a Frame for Foam Cups
Covering Molded Foam Cups
Finishing the Cup Edges
Making Foam Cup Bras - Tools of the Trade………………..……………………163-177
Machines for Bra-making
Feeders, Folders, Binders and Hemmers
Other Useful Accessories - Chapter of Charts……………….………………..……178-184
Suggested Further Reading
Ready-to-wear Bra Sizing Chart
Ready-to-wear Standards (inches)
Ready-to-wear Standards (metric)
Wire Schematic
Using the Underwire Schematic
Arc Length Chart
Strap Patterns - Index……………………………………………..…185-188