3 Easy DIY Sports Bras

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they are some people welcome to another

facility so addicts today's episode is

all about active wear and sports bras so

this week I decided to actually DIY my

own sports bras now you guys know I'm a

pretty active person like I go to the

gym and all that crazy stuff and you if

you active like me you're probably

spending a lot of money or quite a bit

of money on sports bras in gym wear so

this week I decided to actually make my

own sports class and I was super excited

I got carried away I wanted to make one

for you guys but then I actually made

three so yeah it cost me everything cost

me all the materials were like

thirty-five dollars which is not bad for

three sports bras I mean I think so a

sportswear like $30 I'm not sure well I

buy the cheap ones but don't tell

anybody

yeah so I'm super excited about this

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so the first thing we're gonna do is to

actually get started with the draping

process so as you guys can see I already

have my fabric pinned to the form and uh

yeah this is a knit fabric so you want

to use a new fabric this stretches both

ways so you can drape your sports for

appropriately so I have this open to the

front as you guys can see on the center

front and the side seams and even the

shoulders now when you use a knit fabric

you can stretch it you know so it can

towards the body really nicely so I'm

measuring down now three inches now this

is where our neckline is gonna start and

I'm also tracing right below the bust of

the form now obviously because this is

force bright that's where the line is

gonna go right under the bust so now

that we have that I'm just making sure

that it is even all the way around by

measuring from that line through the

bottom of the torso of the form so now

I'm also marking my shoulders at the top

and just create

nice scoop on the neck and also creating

a nice scoop for the armhole as well so

as you guys can see I've already kind of

just traced out what my sports bar

supposed to look like now this is a

sports bar for the first thing second

design the third design is gonna be a

little difference and I'll show you guys

later on in the video so now I also have

my back all draped up exactly just like

we did for the front and we're just

gonna trace out basically the same lines

you want to make sure to trace out your

shoulders your side seams you in your

armhole now the only difference with the

back in the front is the way the back is

actually curved so again I'm measuring

that same inch from the top to the

bottom making sure it's nice and on the

same

I'm also curving the neckline it's not

as deep obviously as the front and now

I'm actually curving my back as you guys

can see my back actually has a nicer

deeper curve into the arch of the bat so

this gives it a nice looking racerback

look and so now we're actually gonna on

draw the design for the third sports bar

so all you got to do is just draw a line

across the back as you guys can see and

you also want to draw a nice point there

on the front now I'm gonna be showing

you guys how we're gonna actually cut

this on the fabric later on but you just

want to make sure to draw a line across

there and also the point on the front so

now we have a front or a back pattern so

now we're actually gonna just true up

our front make sure that everything is

nice and neat and it also like has

really good lines so I'm just tracing

that line out making sure it's nice and

neat but then one thing I noticed is my

sports bar was actually a little too

long so I shortened it a little bit by

one inch as you guys can see and now the

only thing that's left to do is to

actually add the same allowance all

around the fabric so this is gonna be

the pattern for our front so again do

not worry about those lines that we

created I'm gonna explain that later on

in the video so the same thing for our

back you want to add seam allowance all

around as well but remember I shortened

my front so I'm also shortening my back

1-inch as well so the back has a little

curve is you guys notice also you want

to make sure to maintain that curve when

you cutting out your back

so after cutting out the back and the

front

everything should be looking good again

you want to make sure to trace out that

line that we traced on the dress form

just so we use it later on in the video

so the first thing we're gonna do now is

to actually talk about the materials I

use so exactly I went around and just

bought a whole bunch of fabric for my

sports bras and you want to make sure

that these fabric actually stretch both

ways the next thing I also got is the

one-inch fold over elastic I'm gonna

show you guys later on where we're gonna

put this elastic on and also a non Roll

elastic as well this was about three

quarters of an inch I also got a elastic

thread but then I didn't actually end up

using this so you can just ignore this

part I also got some lingerie straps but

I didn't also use this but you could

definitely come in handy for you guys if

you do decide to use it now the first

thing we're gonna do is actually the

first force brush so the first sports

bra I'm actually doing a little bit of

layering so I got this black solid

fabric and I'm gonna lay it on this

see-through colorful fabric that I have

so the first thing you want to do is to

place your fabric on fold and this is

where we're gonna cut out our front so

as you guys can see I'm cutting out my

front on the black fabric so you want to

make sure to cut out two of this for

your lining and also as you guys can see

I'm cutting it out of the colorful

fabric as well so I have self and lining

and also the colorful fabric because I'm

actually layering if you're not layering

the only pattern pieces you would need

is just the main fabric and the lining

but since I'm layering I need the main

fabric the lining and obviously the

fabric that I'm laying it over so we

have our front and we have our back so

the next thing we're gonna do is to

actually attach the front in the back

together at the side seams and also the

shoulders now I'm just going to have

matchy pin in this where I'm gonna sew

on the sewing machine again like I said

you're gonna sew at the side seams and

also at the shoulders now you also want

to make sure to sew the lining as well

basically the same thing that you do for

the main fabric so after sewing this all

up now we're actually going to finish

the edges of the may fabric with the

lining so you want to put your lining

over the main fabric making

sure that the right side of the lining

is also touching the right side of the

main fabric so when you have it just

like this now we're gonna go ahead and

actually sew up the neckline so I'm just

going to head and actually pinning

around the neckline we're gonna be

sewing this at a half-inch or a similar

ones and I'm just pinning around the

neckline because this is actually going

to finish up that raw edge so after

sewing this around you want to go on the

sewing machine make sure that your

stitches are nice and tight and not too

tight because this actually is supposed

to stretch over your body so you want to

make sure that this is not too tight

when you sew it down so after sewing

this on the sewing machine we're also

gonna trim away all the excess seam

allowance and then the next thing we're

gonna do is to actually just go ahead

and add stitch that on the lining fabric

so this allows the lining fabric to stay

down inside and doesn't ride up when you

actually put the sports bra on so I have

to finish in this process we're also

gonna finish up the armhole now again

we're gonna use the lining to finish up

our armhole so we're just gonna go right

in between the may fabric and the lining

and pinch both edge together and bring

it out into the sports bra so I'm just

pinching those edges together and I'm

pulling them out so this is gonna be the

point where we're actually gonna sew the

armhole together so basically the right

sides of your fabric should be touching

the right sides of your lining and you

want to sew this all around the armhole

from one edge to the other so this is

gonna finish up the armhole neatly and

nice so after sewing this down as well

we're also gonna trim away all that

excess fabric to reduce any bulky mess

in there and when you're done with this

you could just you know flip it over and

it's gonna have a nice flat armhole and

it's gonna be really neat you also want

to make sure to actually press every

step down as well so it doesn't give you

any puckering or any bubbles and then

lays nice and flat so I went ahead and

actually pressed everything down but one

thing I also did is actually top stitch

around the edges of my armhole and

neckline just to give it that extra you

know something

for this forest bribe but it's actually

looking really good so now we're

actually gonna do our waistband now the

waistband you want to measure around

your under bust to get the size of your

waistband measurement so mine was about

30 inches and they're also measuring 3

inches wide now when you have this we're

gonna sew our this across each edge and

a half inch so after sewing it down it

should look something like this neatly

pressed now this is gonna be what we're

gonna use for our waistband so again you

just want to grab your sports bra and

now we're actually gonna pin this

waistband to the sports bra now this

waistband is actually supposed to be

folded in half so when you fold it in

half it gives you the inch and a half

width waistband so the edge where is

folded is actually gonna be at the

bottom in the raw edge is gonna actually

attach to the sports bra so now I'm just

going ahead and pinning this down to my

sports bra making sure that it's nice

and neat so I'm pinning this all around

this horse right now if your waistband

is a little smaller than the sports by

itself that's totally fine all you got

to do is just stretch it a little bit

where it fits around the sports bar this

actually really helps because it helps

you know keep the sports bar nicely in

shape so I have it everything all pinned

down and I'm just gonna go ahead and sew

this on the sewing machine but then you

also want to make sure to leave about an

inch opening so we're gonna put the

elastic so I saw this all around again I

do have an inch opening as well so the

elastic and I also top stitch right

there at the edge just to give it a nice

clean finish so now we're gonna put in

our waistband so my waistband I measure

22 inches which was about 8 inches less

than my actual waistband when I cut it

out in the fabric this is elastic so it

is gonna really stretch a lot so you can

put the elastic around you just to

figure out how long you want yours but I

put mine around me and it stretched

around me pretty nicely so now we're

actually gonna insert it into the

waistband so yeah you can use this trick

with the safety pin just to put this

around your waistband and when we've

done you just want to make sure to sew

your waistband right there making sure

that it's nicely attached

together and then we're just gonna put

that into our actual waistband and we're

just gonna sew that right up

so after sewing it right up as you guys

can see everything is nice and neat and

your sports bra is done

so the second sports bar is actually a

different fabric so I have the same

patterns cut out in the second sports

bra

now as you guys can see the second

sports bra for the back is actually a

different fabric so I have my main

fabric and my lining for the front but I

don't have a lining for the back now I

don't have a lining because I wanted

that mesh look now because of the way

we're gonna be finishing up this mesh we

do not need to sim allowance on the back

of ms so as you guys can see I'm cutting

out the seam allowance for my arms oh

and I'm cutting out two seam allowance

for my neckline you don't want to cut

out two seam allowance for your side

seams just the armhole in the neckline

now I'm taking our one inch fold over

elastic and I'm just pinning this all

around the armhole and I'm gonna be

pinning this around the neckline as well

now this thing is frickin amazing it

really just formed the matching just

really was able to clean up the edges

really nice and neat and all you got to

do is just top stitch this so I went

ahead and actually sewed this down this

one machine is you guys can see it looks

really really great

I just top stitch this on the sewing

machine and it finished up that raw seem

nice and neat so now we're gonna be

attaching our back to her front so the

front fabric is there and we're

basically gonna repeat the same process

that we did before we're gonna be

attaching at the side seams and the

shoulders as well you want to make sure

to put right size to right sides and

we're also gonna be sewing down on the

side seams like I said and the shoulders

now one thing you want to keep in mind

when sewing this down remember we did

not cut the seam allowance off for the

front fabric just the black pattern so

you want to make sure to keep this in

mind when you're sewing it because you

still want to have seam allowances at

the edges of the fabric as you guys can

see I do have that 1/2 inch seam

allowance at the top and also at the

shoulders as well so now we're gonna

just line this all up so you want to put

your lining again right sides to the

right side of your main fabric and the

back is actually gonna be like a

sandwich

between both of them so we're just gonna

sew this all around now we're showing

this again on the neckline on the

shoulders in the armhole and the decide

seams as well the only part you don't

want to show it's the bottom of their

sports bras so I'm just pinning this

exactly how I'm gonna stow this on the

sewing machine so you have that

half-inch it was leftover from when we

previously attached our back to a front

and everything is all sewn up so as you

guys can see when you sew it all down it

should look something like this so I'm

just gonna go ahead and also trim this

down to get that excess bulkiness away

so it lays nice and flat and really neat

again you want to make sure to keep

pressing so everything lays nice and

flat so we're just gonna flip this over

making sure the right side is facing us

and we're almost done with this bra so I

went ahead and also top stitch this

again just like I did for the other bra

to give it that nice looking finish and

look and the next thing we're gonna do

is to actually attach the waistband so

again I measured the same thing how wide

I wanted my waistband to be just like

the first one and three inches wide

we're gonna pretty much attach the

waistband to this part just like we did

from the first one so I went ahead and

actually attached a waistband just like

we did for this first sports bra and

everything looks really really good I

love the way the sports bar came out and

we're just gonna move on to the third

sports bra so the third sports bra is a

little different now I have this

unfolded down as you guys can see now

we're actually gonna be only using this

part of the sports bar which is about

three inches down from our shoulder

seams and now you want to make sure to

actually make your shoulder seams a

little smaller now for this sports bar

we're actually gonna be getting rid of

the seam allowance all together so I

didn't want to have to cut away the seam

allowance on my actual pattern so I just

traced the shoulders as you guys can see

I traced it on the main fabric but

without the seam allowance so I'm just

going ahead and actually cutting this

out so when you do obviously your

shoulder or strap should be a lot

shorter because this is what we're gonna

do for the third sports bra and it

should not have some allowances on the

neckline and

shoulder seams but make sure to not cut

the seam allowance at the side seams you

want to repeat the same step for the

back as well this whole part of the back

we don't need we just need this section

so I'm going ahead and I'm just squaring

that off you want to make sure to also

add seam allowance for this section but

we're going to be taking off the seam

allowance in this other section so I

know it's a little confusing but one

thing you want to make sure to still

have your seam allowance for your side

seams but we're taking off the seam

allowance for the armhole curve right

here but I also have a similar islands

for this back line here so I'm just

going ahead and tracing everything out

with or without the seam allowance and

you want to make sure to cut it out nice

and neat so as you guys can see I'm

cutting this arm hoe without the seam

allowance but then I'm also cutting this

part of the back with the same allowance

and of course you also want to cut the

bottom as well with the seam allowance

so the next thing we're gonna do is to

actually cut this out of our lining as

well so you want to have two pieces for

each pattern so I have my front on my

back so obviously next thing again which

is gonna go right ahead and attach our

fronts and backs together make sure to

do the same thing for the lining as well

so after attaching this now we're gonna

actually sew this all together now you

want to make sure to put your fabrics

together making sure that the left side

is actually matching the left side now

we're not doing right side to right side

we're doing actual wrong side to wrong

side so the next thing we're gonna do is

to actually finish this up with our

one-inch fold over elastic so you want

to start from this edge now because we

do have a similarity at this edge we're

going to come down about a half inch

which is our sim allowance so we're

gonna get started from that edge a half

inch below because of our seam allowance

so this photo very elastic is actually

gonna serve as some sort of piping for

our actual sports part now you want to

do this all the way to you reach the

edge of the shoulders now this I want to

be able to measure how long I

my band to be because you're gonna use

this to actually create the straps at

the back of the sports bra so I went

ahead and actually kind of put this on

to figure out exactly how long my straps

um we're supposed to be but I kind of

also guess and just measured it to about

20 inches so regardless it is elastic so

it's definitely gonna stretch over the

body so once you have measured this out

you want to keep piping what your

elastic throughout the actual sports bra

so again I'm measuring this other strap

and we're gonna attach this across the

neckline and you also want to measure

the 20 inch strap when you get to the

other shoulder seam as well so as you

guys can see you want to make sure to

have two straps on one side and two

straps on the other side so this is

actually gonna be stitched on the sewing

machine we're gonna top stitch this all

around making sure that we have two

straps on each side of the shoulder and

all the parts of our armhole and our

neck line is all piped with the photo

for elastic so I went in the machine and

actually sew this all up as you guys can

see it looks so good like I was really

happy about how it came out

so the next thing we're gonna do is to

actually clip in the half inch seam

allowance that we had left over at the

beginning and we're just gonna clip that

in so this is gonna allow us to finish

up that edge nice and neat but before

that we're gonna actually measure how

long of the strap we actually need so I

put this on again and I was able to

measure how much I needed and when you

mark that you also want to create some

kind of similar and so a half inch seam

allowance and you want to measure that

for both sides of your strap so after

cutting this down now we're just gonna

bring that strap all the way to the back

now you can do yours where it goes in

the same direction from front to back

and we're gonna be putting this right

there into that seam or I decided to

actually do mine a little crisscross to

give it something different at the back

so I'm gonna be putting mine on opposite

end so you want to make sure that both

straps are sitting neatly and tightly

together on opposite ends

so I'm just placing the pin there for

now making sure that everything is

laying nice and flat so again for the

other side we're also gonna be doing

criss cross and then one thing I also

decided to do was like a weave so you

want to make sure if you do want to do

this you just create a nice weave for

your strap so you know you can do like a

up and down and down and up just a nice

pattern for your strap so we're gonna be

putting that on the opposite end as well

now to finish this up I'm just gonna go

between my lining and my actual fabric

and I'm gonna be pulling this out so as

you guys can see I'm just pulling out

the main fabric and the lining but I

have the straps in between the middle

now we're actually gonna sew this across

from one edge to the other edge so you

want to make sure that this is laying

nice and neat you also want to make sure

that your straps are indeed tightly

placed together and not spaced so we're

gonna just go ahead and sew this from

one end all the way to the other on the

sewing machine so after sewing it down

it should look something like this

everything is nice and neat also make

sure to keep pressing so in order to

finish up the edges for our straps we're

just gonna go ahead and just stitch this

nice and neat on the sewing machine so I

went ahead and stitch this on the sewing

machine and it looks something like this

so now we're just gonna finish up the

waistband now for this I didn't measure

any fabric at all I just decided to

actually use the elastic itself as my

waistband just because I really liked

the fact that it complemented the fold

of elastic that we used to finish the

sports bar so now I'm just going ahead

and actually sewing each side of the

elastic down together so it creates this

nice waistband for my sports bra and now

we're actually just gonna be top

stitching this exactly on the bra so

we're not unfolding anything over which

is gonna push our elastic throughout the

bottom of the bra and we're just gonna

top stitch this as you guys can see so

I'm going around and obviously you want

to make sure to actually stretch your

elastic as you're sewing so it actually

fits the whole bra so when you're doing

that it's actually gonna be gathering up

a little and when you're done it should

look something like this it absolutely

looks beautiful and I was so pleased

with the results

so that is our third sports for our done

we have the third one the second one

with the racerback and looks really

really cute with the mesh and we have

the first one which is like a

multicolored sports bra as well

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so we at the end of this tutorial

again three different sports bars like I

was on fire everything looked great and

turned out great and thick gray even and

I mean I don't carry it away like I

bought so many fabrics from Joanne's I

couldn't even decide how to mix match

everything but I think I did a pretty

good job now you can decide what sports

body you want to make or even if you

want to make all three like that would

be kind of cool right so if you don't

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