Canada Cups Wrap-Up

Its time to wrap up this tour and make our way home! 

There's still time to take advantage of the discount codes offered by our sponsors. Keep reading and find out who our lucky winners are! 

Now a few words from Marsha of Seam of my Pants! 

Generous Sponsor of Canada Cups 2016

Welcome back! You and I both know that you're here to find out if you, or someone you know, won a prize. Go on, admit it! … But don't be in too much of a hurry to leave. There's more. We wanted everyone to win so we've got some discounts for you, from some of our best kept Canadian secrets. Plus, I'm having a mini-giveaway of 1/2 metre of black stretch lace from my personal stash. Read past the winners' names to find out more.

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Giveaway Winners

Are you one of the lucky 10?

1. Lavender and Lace bra-making class from Braphoria: Reece Montgomery (Canada)
2. Two $25 CAD store credit certificates (for you and a friend) from Bra-makers Supply: Denise Marie (USA)
3. Exclusive pre-release Latte bra kit from The Emerald Studio: Jodi Barrington (Canada)
4. Complete bra kit including findings, underwires, and lace from Uplift Custom Bras: Angela Smith (Canada)
5. The Sophie Swimsuit online class, incl. PDF pattern from Closet Case Files: Yiling (USA)
6. $50 CAD store credit from Blackbird Fabrics: Chelle (USA) [Not again! This woman has a horseshoe hidden somewhere!]
7. $25 CAD gift card from Ann’s Fabric Shop & a PDF pattern from Jalie: Jeannie (USA)
8. $50 CAD gift card from Central Sewing Machines: Patricia (Canada)
9. Complete bra kit from Custom Bras: Kelly Boggs (Canada)
10. The 10th prize is a bundle of 3 classes from Craftsy, worth more than $200 USD. Their Giveaway is still open until tonight, 11:59 PM MST. This lucky skunk of a winner will be notified directly by Craftsy. (I'm so jelly!)

a Rafflecopter giveaway  

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Discounts From Our Sponsors

—>Get the Craftsy class I reviewed at 50% off. That's Panties, Construction & Fit  with Beverly Expires: Sept. 30
—> Visit Jalie for 20% off when you buy 3 or more PDF Patterns. Code: JALIE3PDF
—> Stop by Custom Bras for 10% off any item in stock. Code: Tour2016
—> Pop over to With Love Lingerie and score big with 50% off any order over $40. Code: Bloghop2016. Expires: Dec. 15, 2016
—> Drop in at Farthingales for 15% off your order. Code: Cancups
—> Pass by Miss Maika Fabrics to get 15% off some yummy fabric. Code: LINGERIE16. Expires: Sept. 30

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Mini-Giveaway

Half metre of black stretch lace a Rafflecopter giveaway

Did You Miss Any of Our Posts from the Tour?

Here again are all the posts from our magical trip with the Fairy Bra Mother and our impish friends:

• Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launched the tour with her airy fairy introduction
• Valérie reviewed the Craftsy class Sewing Lingerie: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith, même en français
• Michelle S. also reviewed Sewing Lingerie: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith
• Lisa brought us a feature on Linda at Uplift Custom Bras
• Rachel got Emerald Erin sharing her story
• Lisa fit right in as a new Pin-Up Girl using Beverly Johnson's class, Sewing Bras: Construction and Fit on Craftsy
• Shelaine also made her first bra from Sewing Bras: Construction and Fit
• Rachelle got up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
• Valérie went totally casual with Miss Maika Fabrics
• Rachelle wrote a review of Craftsy's Sewing Bras: Foam, Lace & Beyond, by Beverly Johnson
• Michelle N. shared her thoughts on Sewing Bras: Foam, Lace & Beyond as well.
• Jessica from Gracious Threads got the scoop on our Fairy Bra Mother
• Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chatted with Emilie from Jalie
• Karin and her daughter got chaotic (twice!) with their corsets at Sewing Corsets: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith & Custom Corsets: Bones, Casing & Busks, by Linda Sparks
• Marsha flew by the seams of her pants into the same two corset classes from Craftsy
• Shelaine had a lovely chat with Melissa from Ann's Fabric Shop
• Michelle N. got Karin of Mrs. Weaver's to talk about her Finest Unmentionables
• Rachel tried her hands at designing her own assets with another Craftsy class Sewing Bras: Designer Techniques, by Beverly Johnson
• Jessica did the same with Sewing Bras: Designer Techniques, by Beverly Johnson
• Valérie came back again for an interview with Blackbird Fabrics
• Michelle N. took us for a look at her favourite local sewing spot, Central Sewing Machines
• Michelle S. returned to talk to Wendy of Custom Bras about her bespoke bras. Be what??
• Marsha got a taste of what's behind Farthingales' corsets
• Deb went bottoms up in the latest Beverly Johnson/Craftsy collaboration, Sewing Panties: Construction & Fit
• And so did Michelle in her Sewing Panties: Construction & Fit class
• Linda brought up the rear with her wrap-up post on Farthingales

Coming Up:

• Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It's always fun!
• See you next year for another round of ...

Canada Cups, Giveaways!

WHOOHOOOOO!!!!! I hope you're as excited as I am!

 

Today is the day to enter the giveaways.  Entry starts Sunday at noon, and closes Tuesday at noon.  Winners will be announced Tuesday afternoon, there will be some consolation prizes as well if you don't win, so be sure to check back either way.

Now on to the prizes, our Sponsors have been very generous!!!!   

You can win,

• Online classes from Braphoria, Crafsty and Closet Case Files
• Gift certificates to Bra Makers Supply, Blackbirds Fabrics, Ann's Fabrics, and Central Sewing
• Bra kits from Emerald Studios, Uplift Custom Bra's, and Custom Bra's. 
• PDF pattern from Jalie

 Now even if you're convinced you will NEVER make a bra go enter, because any of these prizes would make an awesome gift, but you should totally keep it and make one, trust me it's awesome!!!!

Have you missed any posts???  Here's a link to my Panties, Construction and Fit
and my interview with Émilie of Jalie Patterns, and also the undies I made using Jalie 2568
The rest are all linked below, go and check up while you're waiting to see if you win!!!! 

So how do you enter?? Simple just click on my boobs!!

Enter Giveaways Here

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Giveaways

Click the image below now for a chance to win a bundle of 3 Craftsy classes (your choice):

 
Stay with us through to the end of the tour for a chance to win additional prizes:

• complete kits to make your own bra,
• bra- and swimsuit-making classes,
• fabric, and more ...

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Tour Schedule Itinerary

Follow the magical tour to see what we all have under our clothes

 // Please note that none of these post links are available before the scheduled date. If you click on one too early, you will get an Error 404: Page not found. You know about those, right? //

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Sunday, September 11

• Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launches with her airy fairy introduction

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Monday, September 12

• Valérie, la Élégantine, gets us airborne with some lingerie of her own, même en français& Her Bosom Buddy Michelle S. from Little Heart Threads, balances with more sweet lingerie
• Lisa who drinks Glitter in my Coffee brings us an Uplifting post
• Rachel of The Wild Stitch manages a little tête-à-tête with Emerald Erin

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Tuesday, September 13

• Lisa fits right in as a new Pin Up Girl & Her Bosom Buddy, Shelaine, also makes her first bra
• Rachelle gets up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
• Valérie returns with a whole new Bosom Buddy to tell us about Miss Maika Fabrics (This girl gets around!)

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Wednesday, September 14

• Rachelle gets to the bottom of things with her review of a Craftsy class & Her surrogate Bosom Buddy Michelle N. from Michelle's Creations dishes on the same Craftsy class
• Jessica from Gracious Threads gets Craftsy class review
• Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chats with Emilie from Jalie

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Thursday, September 15

• Karin gets chaotic (twice!) with corsets at Mrs. Weaver's Finest Unmentionables & Her BB Marsha flies by the seams of her pants into the corsetry web
• Shelaine is up to something and we have no idea what
• Michelle gets Mrs. Weaver to talk about her Finest Unmentionables

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Friday, September 16

• Wild Stitch Rachel tries her hands at designing her own assets & So does her Cross Country BB Jess gets the skinny on The Fairy Bra Mother
• Valérie est du rétour avec une entrevue de Blackbird
• Michelle N. takes us to a secret spot in the centre of things

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Saturday, September 17

• Michelle S. returns to talk to Wendy about her bespoke bras. Be what??
• Marsha gets a taste of what's behind Farthingales' corsets
• Meanwhile BBs Deb and Michelle N. go bottoms up in panties

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Sunday, September 18

• Marsha from Seam of my Pants guest posts on Farthingales for the wrap-up post

Whoohoo! It's giveaway day today!

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Monday, September 19

Have you entered the giveaways yet? Today's your last chance.

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Tuesday, September 20

Giveaway winners announced on all the blogs:

Life of a Fairy Bra Mother, Little Heart Threads, Glitter in my Coffee, Michelle's Creations, Mrs. Weaver's Finest Unmentionables, Braphoria, Gracious Threads, Élégantine!, Shelaine's Designs, That's so Venice, Sprouting Jubejube, Flying by the Seam of my Pants, The Wild Stitch, Farthingales Corset Blog

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After September 20

• Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It's always fun!
• Craftsy class discounts expire at midnight Sept. 30

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Canada Cups, Cross Your Heart Relay - Jalie 2568

I bet you all want to see what I made using Jalie 2568. Well I can tell you I now have a full drawer of band new undies! I played around with the different styles available in the pattern, and also the different sizes...One thing for sure, smaller sizes are waaaayyyy cuter than the bigger sizes!

Je suis convaincue, que vous êtes curieuses de voir ce que j'ai fait avec le patron Jalie 2568. Je peux maintenant dire que j'ai un tiroir tout plein de nouvelles bobettes! J'ai profité de cette occasion d'essayer différent tissus et types d'élastiques. Je peux aussi confirmer que les bobettes en petite taille sont pas mal plus cute! 

    

I worked with different fabrics and elastic just to see what the results would be. the first pair with the orange trim is almost a mesh type fabric with a good amount of stretch in both directions, and the orange is fold over elastic (FOE). The fabric is very light weight but easy enough to sew because it isn't silky. 

I used a picot elastic and a three step zigzig to stitch on the elastic to avoid having the stitches pop. The fabric is a cotton lycra blend. No elastic needed at the legs with the boycut, I just finshed off the hem using my twin needle.  

Donc pour commencer, la première paire, j'ai fait avec un tissu genre mesh bien extensible des deux sens,  et la finissions est faite avec un élastique plié double orange. C’était assez facile à coudre parce-que le tissu n'est pas soyeux. 

Ensuite j'ai essayé la finition avec un élastique picot, j'ai pris le point zigzag a trois étapes pour éviter que mon fil casse. Pour la jambe j'ai simplement pris mon aiguille double. Ce n'est pas nécessaire de mettre un élastique pour la coupe garçonne.        

Now get ready for the cutest thing EVER! I was able to make a pair for the JubeJube in my left overs! All this using the same pattern because this pattern contains 27 sizes! The fit is perfect on her too. I get discouraged by the undies in the girls' clothing department, the fabric is so flimsy and the elastics come apart after two washes. I love that this cut of undies gives children that full coverage. 

Maintenant vous comprenez ce que je voulais dire...pas mal cute la paire que j'ai fait pour JubeJube à partir de mes reste. Et bien sure un seule patron a acheter parce-que les 27 grandeurs sont incluent. J'ai tellement horreur des petites culottes qu'on retrouve dans le départements des filles, le tissu et tellement mince et les élastique ne tiennent plus après deux lavages. Je peux aussi confirmer que cette coupe donne vraiment une belle couverture où nécessaire ;) 

OK, one last pair...The Brazilian cut. These are so quick to make especially if you already have the lace band available to you. 

Dernière paire, la coupe Brésilienne. Super facile a faire si vous avez les bandes de dentelle. 

Literally two seams to sew (I used my serger) and then stitching in the lining...and done! 

C'est vraiment simplement deux coutures (j'ai utiliser ma surjeteuse) et ensuite de pique la doublure, et c'est fini!  

Tomorrow you get to see what I made after having view Beverly's Construction and Fit panties class available on Craftsy...and guess what, I have an awesome deal for you...using my affiliate link you can get the class for half off (for a limited time). 

Demain je vous montre ce que j'ai fait apres avoir pris le cours "Construction and Fit panties class" de Beverly. ET en plus vous pouvez profiter d'un rabais de 50%sur ce cours avec mon lien affilié (pour une durée limité) 

* I got the pattern for free in exchange for the review, but all opinions are my own!

Giveaways

Click the image below now for a chance to win a bundle of 3 Craftsy classes (your choice):

 Stay with us through to the end of the tour for a chance to win additional prizes:

• complete kits to make your own bra,
• bra- and swimsuit-making classes,
• fabric, and more ...

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Tour Schedule Itinerary

Follow the magical tour to see what we all have under our clothes

// Please note that none of these post links are available before the scheduled date. If you click on one too early, you will get an Error 404: Page not found. You know about those, right? //

♥

Sunday, September 11

• Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launches with her airy fairy introduction

♥

Monday, September 12

• Valérie, la Élégantine, gets us airborne with some lingerie of her own, même en français & Her Bosom Buddy Michelle S. from Little Heart Threads, balances with more sweet lingerie
• Lisa who drinks Glitter in my Coffee brings us an Uplifting post
• Rachel of The Wild Stitch manages a little tête-à-tête with Emerald Erin

♥

Tuesday, September 13

• Lisa fits right in as a new Pin Up Girl & Her Bosom Buddy, Shelaine, also makes her first bra
• Rachelle gets up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
• Valérie returns with a whole new Bosom Buddy to tell us about Miss Maika Fabrics (This girl gets around!)

♥

Wednesday, September 14

• Rachelle gets to the bottom of things with her review of a Craftsy class & Her surrogate Bosom Buddy Michelle N. from Michelle's Creations dishes on the same Craftsy class
• Jessica from Gracious Threads gets the skinny on our Fairy Bra Mother
• Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chats with Emilie from Jalie

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Thursday, September 15

• Karin gets chaotic (twice!) with corsets at Mrs. Weaver's Finest Unmentionables & Her BB Marsha flies by the seams of her pants into the corsetry web
• Shelaine is up to something and we have no idea what
• Michelle gets Mrs. Weaver to talk about her Finest Unmentionables

♥

Friday, September 16

• Wild Stitch Rachel tries her hands at designing her own assets & So does her Cross Country BB Jess from the west
• Valérie est du rétour avec une entrevue de Blackbird
• Michelle N. takes us to a secret spot in the centre of things

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Saturday, September 17

• Michelle S. returns to talk to Wendy about her bespoke bras. Be what??
• Marsha gets a taste of what's behind Farthingales' corsets
• Meanwhile BBs Deb and Michelle N. go bottoms up in panties

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Sunday, September 18

• Marsha from Seam of my Pants guest posts on Farthingales for the wrap-up post

Whoohoo! It's giveaway day today!

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Monday, September 19

Have you entered the giveaways yet? Today's your last chance.

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Tuesday, September 20

Giveaway winners announced on all the blogs:

Life of a Fairy Bra Mother, Little Heart Threads, Glitter in my Coffee, Michelle's Creations, Mrs. Weaver's Finest Unmentionables, Braphoria, Gracious Threads, Élégantine!, Shelaine's Designs, That's so Venice, Sprouting Jubejube, Flying by the Seam of my Pants, The Wild Stitch, Farthingales Corset Blog

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After September 20

• Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It's always fun!
• Craftsy class discounts expire at midnight Sept. 30

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Canada Cups: Cheeky Ladies

I've been chatting quite a bit with Michelle of Michelle's Creations. I thought is would be fun to share 5 fun facts about Michelle. My booty buddie has been so encouraging through out this fun project (that you'll get to see more of a little laer in the week)  she has so much more experience than I in sewing lingerie.

This is Michelle in one of her favorite photos...isn't she just beautiful and elegant.

We asked eachother 5 questions, mostly sewing related, and this is what Michelle. (the left cheek) had to say:


What is your favorite bra?
Michelle's answer - My favorite bra was from a long time ago, it was baby blue and the along the top of the upper cup there was a blue and pink ribbon. My second favorite bra is one that I made. I love that plaid fabric on the sides and the bridge.

The next obvious question would be what is the worse bra you ever had?
Michelle's answer - The worse bra was from a boutique and for some reason that one ended up in the pruchase pile. When I got home I noticed it and wanted to return it right away but no exchanges or refunds on undergarments. the boutique did offer alterations, so that's what I did but they used white thread on a peach bra, and it was ugly!

What's your favorite lingerie pattern?
Michelles's answer -  My got to pattern is Kwik Sew 2286 (this is a blog post that Michelle wrote up, check it out!)

What is your favorite pattern?
Michelle's answer - It has to be the Flirt Skirt by Pan Howard.

*I really have to agree with Michelle on that...that skirt has a great style to it!

What is your biggest sewing mistake?
Michelle's answer - It has to be when I had sewn the bra cups upside down...or another one is cutting two of the right sides and not have enough fabric to recut.

Ok last one...What is the first garment you made for yourself?
Michelle's answer - I made myself a blouse in a sewing class...that too like the baby blue bra doesn't fit anymore.

Thanks Michelle for being my booty buddie through all this!


So you want to find out more about me...go see Michelle's post right here!

Stay tuned for more fun in the Cross Your Heart Relay...catch the Fairy Bra Mother's post with all the bosom buddies involved on this trip across Canada.

So now that you seem to have an idea what we've been chattig about, here's a change to see even more...

I'll see you back here tomorrow...I was able to chat with Émilie of Jalie patterns...find out what she had to say!

Until next time, xx.