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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Bra Drafting Course and Third Edition Update
By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / September 26, 2019
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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New Blog, New Courses, New…
By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / March 28, 2019
I have been working on this redesign since September. It is amazing how long it actually takes me to implement changes when it is just me. I used to think that my employees slowed me down, but perhaps they made me more efficient with my time. With no employees, I now do it all. I am still one website away...
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Big Fabric and Trim Sale Saturday, January 26th
By Jennifer "Porcelynne" Fairbanks / January 8, 2019
I have been slowly selling through the excess inventory I hauled across the United States to my new home in Florida. The last year and a half I have decided to take my business in different directions all at once. I have made a few resolutions - I will turn the focus of my business to my pattern making and...
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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  Laurel Sports Bra Pattern Release Happy New Year to all. I have been busy, as always, working on new and exciting things. This new sports Read more. End of the Year Update This time of year is always nuts. My business is super slow and my daughter’s schedule is super busy, plus Read more. Getting a Pattern Ready for Sale As I’m trucking along in the 7th hour of putting the pattern sizes together, I keep thinking that people really Read more. Release of Pattern Design: Fundamentals It is done and live everywhere! Pattern Design: Fundamentals is here! It has been a labor of love and I Read more. Spiral Binding Do-it-Yourself I almost always spiral bind the drafts of my books while I’m editing, so I am often dropping by the Read more. Rachel Tank Pattern Hack: Turn it into a Dress and Make Fit Adjustments I love to make things multi-purpose. For example, my family uses the dining room table as a place to collect Read more. Pattern Release: Girls Little Rachel Brief I technically released this pattern when I released the Little Rachel Tank, but I wanted to make a separate post Read more. Pattern Design Pre-Sales are Now Available Pattern Design is my educational solution to teaching pattern making for beginners. I shared my collection of pattern making books Read more. Pattern Drafting Book Review Series – Part 8 – Pattern Magic by Tomoko Nakamichi I have officially saved the best review for last. I love all of these books equally. I currently own all Read more. Designing a graded pattern for an “FBA” or Full Bust Adjustment – Warning: This is Technical – Part 3 Are you back for more information? Perfect. Let’s get started. For the Rachel Tank, I didn’t want to account for Read more. |
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