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New Bra Sloper Drafting Course

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / March 20, 2020

I have been working on my bra sloper drafting course for a few months now and I'm happy to say it is finally done and officially released today. To begin with, let me explain what a sloper is and how you can make one for yourself. A sloper, by definition, is a block pattern that you create other designs from....

Bra Pattern Drafting

Bending Underwires to Fit the Body

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / March 17, 2020

There are times in which you have done the wire trace of your breast root, but when wearing the fitting band, the wire tilts back and digs into your rib cage. This is usually caused by body frames that are more rounded and the wire does not do what you want it to do. In this case, you may need...

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Digital Download Annual Sale

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / December 5, 2019

Enjoy a 25% discount on our digital downloads on our website at Porcelynne. I am presently sitting at my in-laws guest house drinking coffee and watching my daughter play a game of solitaire on her 7th birthday. Seven years. I still can't believe it. We arrived in here last night after a total of an 18 hour commute from our...

The Eve Classic Bra for the Regular Wire

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / October 23, 2019

This is a project I've been working on since around March. These patterns were being developed during the development of the third edition of Bare Essentials: Bras. The Eve Classic for Regular wires are designed for symmetrical shaped breasts up to about a G cup. For individuals who are more omega shaped, I recommend waiting until the vertical wired cups...

Bra Drafting Course and Third Edition Update

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / September 26, 2019

I have been super busy these days, between back to school, teaching workshops, making patterns and video editing my online courses, I have barely had time to share what I've been up to. I started teaching 3-day workshops at my studio in Florida. They have been wonderful, but so information packed, that it is exhausting. I have two more workshops...

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How It All Started

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / September 1, 2019

I consider myself a pattern maker first and a designer second. I have always been fascinated with how things work. As a teenager I started making clothes by how I thought they were made. I would lay my clothes on top of fabric and cut around the outside edges and sew them together. I never fully understood how or why...

Anne’s adventures in bra drafting: from zero bra to hero bra

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / August 3, 2019

I am happy to share this guest blog post from Anne Bertha and her adventures in drafting. - Jennifer My bra making adventure started in June last year. I am a large cup size: the last bras I bought are a European 90H but are still too small in the cup. I read that in a well-fitting bra, the wires...

A Wire That Fits

By Jane Ramsey / July 11, 2019

I am happy to have the first guest post on my blog written by Jane Ramsey. Jane happily helped me test and experiment with changes for the new bra drafting book. -Jennifer If you wear an underwired bra you may think the wire is an evil torture device. There are many reasons for this. A wire that pokes you in...

Bare Essentials: Bras Third Edition is Now on Sale

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / July 10, 2019

The most recent labor of love comes to you after 4 months of testing, writing and rewriting. The third edition of Bare Essentials: Bras was certainly an undertaking. Over the past six years, I have evolved as a mother both physically and emotionally. With the physical changes, my knowledge of breast support has also evolved. It is because of those...

Announcement of Classes

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / June 25, 2019

I taught at a bra making conference this past weekend, and while it was a little overwhelming due to class size, I have decided to start teaching again. I have set up five 3-day workshops to teach pattern drafting and manipulation of bras. The best part is that I am limiting class size to 5 individuals for each class. I...

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