Botanical Leaves on Olympus-
I haven’t had much free time lately, so I didn’t get to making more of my bras until now. Is it weird that I feel guilty for not having time to do this? Haha.

Due to my current skin sensitivity issues, I opted to go with my Yoga style, but altered it a bit to suit my current needs and time crunch. Instead of curving the front up to meet narrowed (or dual) straps, I opted to do more of a tube style with single wide straps for comfort. I also got my ribbing in so I did both this one and the Galaxy one with the comfort ribbing instead of elastic, in more of a longline/crop top style. I do realize this makes it technically a different stlye, but I didn’t want to add another style to the system so I just tagged the current style closest to the “bra” portion. ☺

I also opted to line both in cotton/lycra for added support.

I cut the fabric generously since I was adding the lining, and I was in a hurry due to limited time in a single stretch, so if I didn’t get it done in one sitting, I wasn’t sure when I’d have time again to complete it. I had to sew it tighter since the extra fabric was not supportive at all. I also added the ribbing on initially backwards (as in I was an idiot and sewed the seam on the flipping outside because I was running out of time and being stupid.) So I had to spend an hour ripping the seams and redoing the darn thing.

By the end, I was in tears, and reminded of my inability to sew and feeling like a complete failure. It was a very sad day….
That being said, I did finally finish both bras, and while they don’t look perfect, are not sexy at all (Don’t take these on vacation AGBras, as they are anything but sexy AF haha), and if you saw the crappy sewing corrections in the back you would laugh at me.

Yet overall they aren’t terrible to be worn under clothing or around the house, and they are comfortable so I will wear them.

The Positives are that the fabric is beautiful! I do love this pattern. It is Botanical Leaves on Olympus and I purchased it from Fabric.com. It is 75% Polyester/25% Lycra Spandex with 70% 4 way stretch. It is like swimsuit/sports bra material and quick drying.

The lining is Black Cotton Jersey Lycra Knit from Fabric Wholesale Direct. It is 95% Cotton/5% Spandex with 4 way stretch.

The ribbing is Black T knit ribbing from Fabric Merchants (purchased on Amazon.) It is 96% Cotton/4% Lycra and comes in a tube. The listing says 15” but it’s really 13” flat (26” around) and is sold by the yard, so it basically comes in looking like a tube dress. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":D" /> It is labeled as 15% stretch across the grain, but I’d say it has more a lot more stretch that that. It has a good hug to it. (Side note-@AGBras, you would rock this ribbing as a tube mini dress or a tube top/mini skirt, seriously.)

I haven’t added measurements (honestly I figured why does it matter since I made them for me so no one really needs that data, do they?) but if I’m bored later and have some free time, I’ll add them just to get them to 100%.

Botanical Leaves on Olympus colorway

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Updated on Jul 10, 2019 Flag this

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  LOL!!!! No, not sexy AF, BUT...comfy AF and I LOVE this print. I'd wear it in a bikini in a heart beat, because like you, I LOVE green!!!

• 2

  The fabric would make a great bikini!

  It is comfy (wearing it today- as a crop top) and perfect for the hot and humid summers days here in the midwest. ☀

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  I loooove this fabric- thanks for including a link to it!

• Here is the specific fabric link 😄

  https://www.fabric.com/buy/0540377/pine-crest-fabrics-athletic-knit-botanical-leaves-on-olympus-turquoise-green

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