If you know the bride and her friends are up for a bawdy good time

Draw your larger sections with straight lines first. Use your ruler, right angle, and French curve template to set your measurements to paper. Add seam allowance to each line after you sketch each section.

Draft the cups next lingeries. Since the cups are the most rounded pieces, a template with various circle sizes can help give you the shape. Also use your French curve and right angle together to get the proper curve angle for each cup of the bra.

Sketch and re-sketch. There is a lot of room for error with so many curves and angles, so it is wise to draw, measure, re-draw, and measure again until you are confident your pattern is precise.

Test your pattern. Always create a mock-up of your pattern and see how it fits before using it with your final fabric. Designers have fittings for a reason and it all starts with the mock-up and adjustments are made from there. The same holds true here.

If you know the bride and her friends are up for a bawdy good time, write the shower information on new pairs of thong underpants--buy them from a discount shop or dollar store. Stuff your "invitations" into red envelopes. Mention that this event will be a girls' night out. Encourage guests to bring a lingerie gift and a new, unusual adult toy--all of which will be given to the bride after a rousing game of "Name That Toy."

Size Guide
Whether the shower will be sweet or spicy, include a size guide with the invitations so guests won't have to guess at the bride's size--and the bride won't have to return or exchanges the gifts. Include a simple business-size card with "Bust__/Hips__/Waist__" printed on it, or a fancy sketch of a woman in a bikini with labeled arrows pointing to the pertinent areas.