Step 1. Determine what bras you need extenders for. How many hooks & eyes are on them? Usually it's 2 or 3. For this tutorial, I am using two.
Step 2. Go to your bra drawer and get out the bras that don't fit anymore. We all have them, don't lie to yourself. :) If you absolutely can't part with any, stop at your local thrift shop and pick out bras that have the same amount of hooks & eyes as the ones you need extenders for.
Step 3. Time to recycle that bra and make a bra extender!
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| Recycle an old bra into a bra extender! |
Step 4. Cut off the hooks & eyes of bra as shown below. You want to leave a bit of room for sewing. If you sew onto a hook or eye, you'll damage your needle and/or machine.
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| Cut off hooks & eyes of the soon to be 'bra extender' |
Step 5. Place eyes facing up and the hooks facing down.
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| Line up the soon to be bra extender |
Step 6. Sew the raw edges together. Use a zig zag stitch to 'seal them together'. Sew over and over and over the edges so that it will be secure and not irritate your skin.
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| Sew up the bra extender with a zig zag stitch |
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| Another image (this took an entire 5 minutes to make btw) |
Step 7. Attach to your bra and admire your handiwork!
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| 5 minutes of my time to make my pregnant self more comfy? Yes please! |
You just saved my life!! I've been having hard time with my bras since I got pregnant. My mom bought me some maternity bras but they are too big for me. My old bras still work but they are just too tight but this just saved me life!!
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this tip! I found the perfect bra, but not in my size. So, I ordered a "sister size" (smaller band, bigger cup), and while the cup was perfect, the band was too tight. Recycling one of my daughter's torn up bras gave me the extra inch I needed!
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