If you want to add bra cups to a dress, it is fairly easy to do. First, you must line the bodice. My dress pattern has a split bodice, so it is in two pieces. Then, carefully lay the cups on the wrong side of lining fabric leaving 1" below the cup. I also left 1" on each side of the center front. You will have to check your own measurements for placement. Mark placement with a water soluble pen or chalk
Next, you will want to pin the cups to the lining. The first time, I did not mark placement ahead of time and I could not get them pinned on straight
Use a wide zig zag stitch and sew the cups to the lining. I had trouble with my machine and it was skipping stitches, but it still secured the cups to the lining.
This is the view from the inside. Had I not used swimsuit lining, I would have cut the lining fabric away from the inside of the cup and covered the stitching and raw edge with bias strips of lining or tricot.
test bodice
front view
side view
another view of front
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vack view
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