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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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  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. Pattern Drafting Book Review Series – Part 7 – Designing and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics by Keith Richardson For the 7th part in my series about pattern drafting books, I am covering Designing and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics Read more. Designing a graded pattern for an “FBA” or Full Bust Adjustment – Warning: This is Technical – Part 2 How is your brain capacity for grading right now? Overwhelmed yet? I wanted to break the bust grade out into Read more. Pattern Drafting Book Review Series – Part 6 – Pattern Making by the Flat-Pattern Method by Hollen & Kundel You probably never realized how many pattern making books there were. This is the 6th book in my pattern drafting Read more. The Start of the Laurel Sports Bra Grading Saga I have completed the design of the Laurel Sport Bra and made all my necessary changes to the 38J pattern Read more. Designing a graded pattern for an “FBA” or Full Bust Adjustment – Warning: This is Technical – Part 1 I recently created a pattern called the Rachel Tank, with 5 bust size options. It was a challenge to determine Read more. Pattern Drafting Book Review Series – Part 5 – How Patterns Work by Assembil Books Thanks for reading my review series on pattern making books. This review is the 5th in my series and is Read more. |
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