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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...

Pattern Releases

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...

How to determine what size your bra was drafted for

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / May 22, 2019

How would you like to know what size your bra was actually drafted for? Since there are so many different ways people measure for fitting bras, I thought I'd try to shed some light on why some people measure some ways and why some people measure other ways. The first thing to cover is how people measure. I have encountered...

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Silent, but Busy on the Home Front

By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / April 27, 2019

I know I have been silent lately, but I have been working on some big things. As you can see, I gave my website and blog a facelift, a much needed facelift. I believe it is more mobile friendly now, so be sure to let me know if you encounter any issues with either. I also created and developed an...

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I have so many things I am working on and I wanted to make it a better reading experience for you. I have kept this blog up now for 6 years. It has gone from Wordpress to Blogger and now back to Wordpress. Hopefully this is to stay.

I am over ambitious at times, but my goal is to keep you updated with what my latest projects are through my blog. I occasionally post things up on Facebook and Instagram, but frankly I am way too busy to be on those things. Make sure to subscribe to my blog, which actually reminds me that I need to double check that works.

-Jennifer