First attempt on shortening the band of an old bra !
So... I've been trying to size down my old bra's bands. I began yesterday with my oldest/ugliest bra from Bestform in 36F (the size I've been buying wrongly for years!) to put it down to a 32 band... I have a sewing machine but I don't know how to use it properly yet so I sew with a needle and thread. You can see the result on the picture : it's quite ugly, but wearable for now. It may not be solid enough for washing, even though I used a super solid thread...
I'm thinking of trying it again on a Passionnata bra which I already slightly altered (I cut the lace on the underwires) but with my sewing maching.
I also want to reduce width variation between where I will make a pleat to shorten the band, and where I will stitch it to the hook holder.
Any ideas on how to do that ?
http://cl.ly/image/3u2k3s0C0h3m
http://cl.ly/image/3u2k3s0C0h3m
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