Bra Making....Inspiring Places

I thought I would put together a list of a few places which I have found interesting and useful when it has come to making bras. ......................................................................... Heather's blog...lovely, helpful Heather, I think she may be planning a new tutorial sometime in the future, but she's also busy studying. Heather sews lingerie for herself, her mother, her friend and her daughter, and a few others besides! She has been a great help to me. ........................................................................ Sigrid- Sewing Projects...this lady sews amazing lingerie, and other clothes too. ........................................................................ There are several other blogs from The Netherlands, all in Dutch, but full of links and wonderful photos. This one and this one are good places to start looking. These blogs all link to one another, so you can just hop from one to the other. ........................................................................ This is a very helpful place, full of sewing tutorials, some specifically about making lingerie. These are really detailed tutorials...Bras from start to finish. Also various types of bra, partial band and full band, and lots more besides. Well worth a look. ........................................................................ There is a Dutch lingerie sewing forum, I have no idea what most of it's about, but if I see the word Foto, I click on it! ........................................................................ As for supplies.... ElingeriA is wonderful. They sell kits which are a great way to get the makings of one bra and two panties (hate that word!) (If I call them knickers, panties are what I mean). I think they run courses on lingerie making. They also sell a vast number of patterns too. ........................................................................ Kantje Boord looks wonderful, but from what I can gather, their postage is fairly steep. It's all in Dutch. I might get one of my Dutch friends to help me sometime to navigate this site. ......................................................................... Bra Makers Supply in Canada has kits too and lots of other great things. They also ahve a list of teachers who teach using their methods. ......................................................................... Danglez is a website which sells supplies, but they also make Bra and knicker patterns, and a wonderful swimsuit one too, which they sell in their own shop as well as in Elingeria. ......................................................................... Merckwaerdigh is another pattern and supply shop. They again sell through Elingeria too, but also have an interesting Ebay shop, where you can buy kits and swimsuit fabric, as well as grab-bags of elastic. ......................................................................... Otherwise, if you just google "bra making supplies", you'' find anything else available...there is a whle new world out there! ........................................................................ Finally there are a couple of books available on the subject...I own The Bra Makers Manual...it is absolutely fantastic! It comes as a CD or book. I chose the book, it's twice the price, but well worth it (to me) to be able to thumb through. Elingeria sell several other books. ........................................................................... These are just a few of the places that I have found inspiration from, or have bought from, or wished that I could have! If anyone knows of anywhere else that I should add, please let me know, I would happily add to the list. Also, if there is anything else you want to know about...let me know and I'll try and point you in the right direction if I can't answer myself.