Sewing Level II: Bralettes + Briefs
with Lily Fong of LilypaDesigns
$350 - 2 Sessions
February 22nd + 23rd, 10am-2pm
Never sewn lingerie before but curious on how to start? Lily of LilypaDesigns expertly demonstrates how the sew a basic bralette and panty with lingerie fabrics and elastics. In this two-part class, Lily demystifies sewing adjustable straps, hook and eye closures and working with delicate laces. Both patterns come together quickly with a basic sewing machine with zigzag capability. Over the course of two sessions, learn the fundamentals of lingerie making that results in an easy to wear, lingerie set that looks fabulous and will set you up to move onto more intricate projects.
First Session - Sewing Underwear
Second Session - Sewing a Bralette
Please enter your hip and waist measurement at checkout, and your underwear pattern will be cut for you prior to class.
Lily will have a floral cotton/lycra fabric, or a solid power mesh if you prefer no print on your fabric. You can select your fabric preference at checkout.
Lily will take measurements for the bralette during the first session. The bralette pattern covers band sizes 26 - 52, and cup sizes A-KK (UK sizing).
While some sewing machine experience is required, no prior experience with lingerie is necessary . If you have any questions about sizing, or prerequisite experience, please email us!
Our Policies:
Please try to arrive 5-10 minutes early for your workshop. Workshops start on time. If you are more that 15 minutes late for your class, you may forfeit your chance to take the class.
You may cancel for a refund up to 21 days before the workshop. After that, workshop fees are not refundable.
We reserve the right cancel or reschedule a workshop with fewer than 4 sign ups.
Please note that we may take photos during the workshop to use on social media. If you do wish to be photographed, please let the teacher know when you arrive.
If you are sick, please stay home. Call or email to let us know that you are not coming.
Last minute cancellations are extremely challenging for our guest teachers. Often times, materials have been meticulously prepared ahead of time. Keep in mind that late cancellations are a financial burden on these very special artists.
Lily Fong, M.Ed. is the owner and lead designer of LilypaDesigns. She helps people achieve their dreams - of a well fitting bra - through her PDF Sewing Patterns, Blog, Sewing Community, Online Courses and Sewing Supplies. Her patterns pieces are designed to mix and match different sizes to better match individual body shapes while the Instructions read like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book.
Lily has studied multiple drafting methods and strives to help as many people as possible into comfortable bras. Her love of teaching and penchant for data led to a different method of selecting bra sizes - one that depends on breast measurement instead of chest circumference.
When not pattern making or interacting with clients, she can be found on various crafting adventures with her 3 boys - babywearing the youngest with coffee in hand.