I really wanted to do something a bit different, something other than big-catty. I googled jungle animals and was immediately drawn to the splendiferous group of amphibians that are the poison dart frogs; there is a huge variety of incredibly hued, jungle- and rainforest-dwelling frogs, in the most amazing array of beautiful, vibrant colours! The one that really leapt, or hopped? out to me was this little guy. Meet Oophaga silvatica, a native of Colombia. This colour morph is called "Koi".
I did a certain amount of agonising over "what" to make, I was a little tempted to make a dressy cocktail number, but practicality won. Keeping my new resolution to sew thoughtfully firmly in mind!
The pale aqua blue bamboo knit and red stretch lace are from Fabulous Fabrics, the baby blue shoulder strap elastic from Homecraft Textiles. The bra pattern is my current favourite; MakeBra 2610, an underwired bra with a pieced foam cup lining. I'm very comfortable with this style so I am super happy to have another one in my collection.
I couldn't find any blue or red lingerie elastic to match in nicely, so instead used regular 6mm braided elastic and enclosed it inside a once turned-under hem, topstitched on the outside in zig-zag stitch. It doesn't look quite as well finished on the inside as lingerie elastic would, but doesn't look terrible. And it works just fine :)
Thoughts; ok I love this colour combination in theory, in practice it does feel a tiny bit on the flashy side for lingerie. For me, I mean. My usual style tends to run to the colourless and slightly boring, and this set is anything but! so I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone here. But I kind of still love it anyway. It's not the obvious thing anyone would think when imagining "frog-inspired" but I'm totally going to think of frogs every time I look at it.
*ribbit*
Details:
Bra; MakeBra 2610, in aqua bamboo knit and red stretch lace, my review of this pattern here
Undies; (L) McCalls 2772, and (R) a pattern from katherine h
