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Straps that roll and stretch & Nursing bra alterations
Yay I made and order from sew sassy fabrics! I have some on the way nursing clips & plush elastics to alter my recently purchased Panache jasmines to nursing bras. And some non rolling elastic to make better straps on my Km Onyx Ewa. The Km Onyx straps stretch way too much and roll and are a nightmare. I'm hoping to get something in the end like the panache jasmine straps. I'm not necessarily looking for big beastly grandma straps just minimal stretch and no roll as the Km onyx Ewa straps stretch and roll so bad they are thin as spaghetti straps. I can't imagine the Km onyx straps working for many, but maybe they do? The straps are different from what I can tell from other Ewa Michalak's bras.
So has anyone had any luck with Panache Jasmine turned into a nursing bra?
And any experiences making non roll minimal stretch straps?
I'm seeing the Jasmine has a double layer of elastic plus this felt like texture stuff I couldn't find on sew sassy's website. So I ordered the no roll elastic, some decorative stretch lace to cover some imperfections and add a nice detail if I end up sewing it on. I doubt however this will be enough, but I'm thinking of sandwiching the no roll elastic around the Km Onyx or using no roll stuff as the structure under the current straps but I would like to find that felt without having to tear apart another pre-existing something. I'm wondering are they wideish wire casings? What would that felt be called to search for it?
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I turned a Panache Andorra into a nursing bra and thanks to the stretch lace it worked great. Of course, that was 'only' a 28F, so not quite in the same range you are, but still.
I scavenged some bra strap elastic from an old bra and used that for the little 'place holder' straps inside the cups. To attach them I unpicked a couple of stitches on the inside of the wire casing, tucked the elastic strap underneath the casing and (with help of a narrow zipper foot) carefully stitched through all layers to close the little gap in the stitching. For a more comfortable and supportive place holder solution you can also take some (non-stretch) fabric, fold it over, and use as a kind of in-cup 'sling', the folded edge towards the front. I hope this made any sense ... if not, just ask :)
I have no idea what that felt-like stuff is called, though ...
The only comfort straps I have experience with (I haven't made them myself, though) have been made out of the same foam bra cups are made of edged with bias tape. The comfort straps Ewa Michalak offers for the other Onyx models are like that and the straps on my Change Lingerie Tactel Balconette Bra are narrower but otherwise very similar. The latter still have a slight amount of stretch to them, though. To reduce that further, I suppose one could back the the foam with a soft, non-stretch fabric like cotton flannel for example.
I'm turning my Jasmine into a nursing bra today because I have so many clips from sewsassy. I don't see anywhere that it'd be a problem. We'll, I suppose the stretch lace might do worse for the wear over time but I don't mind it. Better than having an angry baby clawing at me.
But the clips from sewsassy are small so with some bra straps you'll have to bend the strap just to get it through. I'm still looking for some for wider straps. I could see how the km straps could roll. My S Onyks I just use the comfort straps but they aren't included with the km for some reason.
I actually am just using a few of my bras without the elastic bit as nursing bras atm but I used old bra straps last time which can be a bit irritating. I'm hoping to buy some wide satin ribbon to serve as that part to hold the nursing straps from flying back, as I feel like that would be more comfortable.
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