The bra nightmare, part I, or the costuming emergency continues

So, the bra came in. It had about two inches of padding on that bad motha. IE-- the cup size was right, but all the padding meant it doesn't fit. Also? Why does a D CUP need two inches of padding, I ask?

So I started deconstructing it, thinking maybe there was a padding layer I could take out. Oh, if only it were that simple. The jinglies were sewn INTO the padding, and with no underwire, the whole damn thing fell apart.

Okay, I said. I'll put velvet on one of my old bras and sew the jinglies onto that. That'll work, right?

Aha. My sewing skillz are weak to nonexistent. After two hours of cursing, I managed to VAGUELY get the velvet on in a decent way. So I have two half-sewn coin layers that need to be reinforced, and two segregated piles of jinglies: right boob and left boob, to be added later. It is my supreme hope that I can cover that sucker well enough to hide my lack of sewing skills.

I'm consoling myself, though. It was last-minute, and I'm planning to make a coin bra making workshop in November, anyway. At the worst, I'll start with a good solid chunk of jinglies and a little bit of experience. Right?

ARGH. Also? My poor pin-stabbed fingers. I made Sky kiss them.