Great idea - I will be watching to see how this turns out.

this is scary. but great. i've been wondering about making a bra for real. i finally found one that fits right, supports right, and looks nice. the looking nice part is very difficult when you are overly "blessed". (or cursed depending on how you look at it). most of the ones that fit me are not pretty and have enough fabric to hold small children. let us know what you come up with. i sure would be interested in knowing.

I think you could glue ribbon on it front and back, or something like that. I see you have used rickrack you could use that to or cording. Just a few ideas good luck .

I feel your pain .Finding a bra that does its job for a larger cup size is very difficult . When visiting a frined of mine in OK I went to a bra store down there.Boy did I learn alot.They told me that it is not the cup but the band that gives most of the support, and they put me in a size I thought would be to small but wow the support I usually took a 38 band they took it down to a 34. I love the Aviana bra.Straps set to the side so they go over the shoulder bones and you dont' get the U in your shoulders.

I feel your pain .Finding a bra that does its job for a larger cup size is very difficult . When visiting a friend of mine in OK I went to a bra store down there.Boy did I learn alot.They told me that it is not the cup but the band that gives most of the support, and they put me in a size I thought would be to small but wow the support I usually took a 38 band they took it down to a 34. I love the Aviana bra.Straps set to the side so they go over the shoulder bones and you dont' get the U in your shoulders.

Beautiful bra. Never knew you could. Guess anything is possible.

Looks great, really great, so far. Hope you find a satisfactory solution. Wish I could help. Happy Quilting!

I would hand stitch all the raw edges down, BUT then again I enjoy hand stitching binding on. LOL

Thanks for all the suggestions. I wish I had asked before I started, as it would have made things easier. In retrospect, I should have made the whole thing off the bra, made a lining as well, and then joined the two pieces with the real bra in the middle. But I started adding pieces as I thought of them, which made it more difficult. And I wish I had thought of the folded dahlia - great idea!

I'm making progress - I made a bias tube of fabric which I folded over the edges and am hand tacking with a tapestry needle and pearl cotton - it's the only way I can get through all the layers. Should be done in a couple days and I'll try to remember to post photos.

Thanks!

ha ha ha! That cracks me up. That is so cute.