Bra Alterations
You found a pretty bra, but the band is too long? You want to make your own nursing bra out of a normal bra?
Here's a collection of links to blogs which discuss possible bra alterations.
Changing wire fit
- On Bras I Hate & Love: What to do with those pesky wide underwires
- On Venusian Glow: Fixing underwires that hurt the sternum by pushing them down
- On Venusian Glow: Simple fix for underwires that pinch between the breasts
Changing the band
- On Hourglassy: Shrinking a bra band
- On Venusian Glow: Bra Band Tightening Tutorial, Using Elastic
- On Curvy Wordy: Rixie Clip Bra Band Tightener
- On Dressing Curves: Reducing the band width
- On Sew Glamorous: Band alteration tutorial
- On Bras I hate & love: Tutorial for tightening a bra band
Changing cup fit
- On Bras I Hate & Love: How to make a pointy bra round
- On Bras I Hate & Love: How to make a high-cut bra lower-cut
- On All's fair in love and lingerie: How to make bra cups smaller
- On All's fair in love and lingerie: How to deal with empty cup space
- On All's fair in love and lingerie: How to change bra cup projection shallow-projected projected-shallow
- On Brastic Measures: Remove the elastic from the top lace of a bra - Fixing too closed cups
Changing the straps
"De-armoring" of bras in larger cup sizes
Altering the center gore
- On Boobiusmaximus: A quick post on bra alteration (narrowing the center gore)
- On By Baby's Rules: Taking in the central gore and lowering stabbing wires (narrowing the center gore)
Coloring with lingerie color
Converting a regular bra into a nursing bra
- On Venusian Glow: Transform your regular bra to a nursing bra
- On Mamasworldwide: How to convert a regular bra into a nursing bra