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Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 7

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / February 17, 2022

Today is the day the bra is finished! I hope this series has helped you work your way through this project. Today we complete the waistline, the center front and the front strap attachment. Not too complicated. But just as everything else, don't rush and it will turn out beautiful. As for my own Jackie, I had to finish up...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 6

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / February 10, 2022

We are nearing the finish line for our Jackie Sew Along. I am taking a different process to create a Jackie bra. I clean finished the back neckline and armhole with fold over elastic and added a hook and eye. The first think I did was line up my hooks and eyes to the center back and cut off the...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 5

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / February 2, 2022

My own Jackie bra is coming right along. Today I added band elastics to the bottom and trimmed up the armholes so I can use foldover elastics as my finish. The first thing I did was pin the double layers securely at the hem, then overlocked the right side of the elastic to the right side of the bra, right...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 4

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / January 26, 2022

We are officially in Week 4 of the Sew Along. I'm working on my own version, so I'll share that first, then I'll share what those that are working with the Sew Along are working on. I started today by attaching fold over elastic to the neckline of the center front. I then attached the side fronts to the center...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 3

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / January 19, 2022

This week we begin to assemble the body of the sports bra. My bra construction is a little different from the ones in the instructions and the videos. I am going to work on the body this week and next week as I am not including a zipper on mine and I want to make progress on my own next...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 2

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / January 11, 2022

This week we work on straps. I am super excited about these straps. Not only do they look awesome, but they are very versatile because they adjust. The secret ingredients - cut & sew foam on the strap and an adjustable bra strap. Here is my newest set of straps. The straps are a little more complicated to put together,...

Jackie Sports Bra Sew Along Week 1

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / January 4, 2022

I have been listening to my customers and the greatest requests for my patterns were to make a front closing sports bra with an adjustible strap. It has been a few years since my last sports bra pattern, but those requests were always on my mind. The adjustible strap on the Laurel was a little challenging to adjust, so I...

Jackie: more than a sports bra

By Gabriela Rodriguez / December 3, 2021

Whilst I’d like to say I began sewing lingerie for fun, it was more a case of problem solving since store-bought items pinched, rubbed and ultimately lead to more time than I would like ending up braless. Continue reading →

Playing Around With the Versatile Jackie Sports Bra

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / November 26, 2021

Guest Post by Ree of Fiery Darts First things first—it’s the initial step that I sew, and the foremost thing that deserves a mention: the straps on the Jackie sports bra are amazing. These are definitely straps that I am going to hack into any other pattern that I can. They incorporate two different fabrics as well as strap elastic,...

Jackie Sports Bra For Beginners

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / October 24, 2021

Anticipated Pattern Release Date: Sunday November 21st 2021 I decided to create the Jackie Sports Bra pattern as a solution to a problem many of my customers often complain about - getting into a sports bra or getting out of a sports bra. Enter Jackie. Jackie was designed for a front zipper closure with either a hook and eye or...

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