Canada Rocks! Right? Right! And this July 1, we’re celebrating our 149th birthday. (We’re still looking pretty good for our advanced age.)

What better way to show off our remarkable country and the impressive talent we have than to showcase a few of our sewing designers, teachers and suppliers in a Canada Day 2016 Blog Hop? And right here, right now on Day 2, I get to shine the spotlight on the totally adorable Beverly Johnson, aka the Fairy Bra Mother.

BREAKING NEWS: Stop the presses! This just in… Craftsy has given us a special link to get Beverly’s classes at half price until July 3. Now, that’s how our Southern neighbours help us celebrate! (But we’re still not becoming “neighbors”, no matter what discount you give us!) Here’s that magic link: http://shrsl.com/?~cy2w

The first time I ever heard of Beverly — and of people sewing their own bras at home, for that matter — was in one of my Facebook sewing groups. There was only one possible reaction to that kind of information, “Did someone knocker these women over the head?? Bras are the most complicated piece of engineering we strap on our bodies. Best leave it to the geniuses at Vogue*.”

* Beverly was recently featured in an interview with Vogue Magazine.

But more and more, the presence of this mystical Fairy Bra Mother started seeping into my consciousness.

Tags: Beverly Johnson, Bra Makers Supply, bra-making, Canada, Fairy Bra Mother