pinup bathing suit

[cokiethebaby]

i finished my ruched bathing suit, this was my first bathing suit using poly lycra, and it wasn't really bad sewing like i thought it would be,,it was going to be a tankini but then i just sewed at the bottom of the top to the leg bottoms, it's supposed to look like this one from pinupgirlclothing:

http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/pink-swimsuit-retro-swimsuit.html

i think it's pretty close considering the price of that one, compared to just a yard of lycra fabric, i used a princess cut pattern.
heres my suit:

[mimi007]

more like darn close!!! its totally gorg!!! u did a fantastic job on that!!!!

[RaraAvis]

Wow awesome bathing suit! It looks just like the other one, but better I think. I have some bathing suit material but have been to afraid to try to do a suit.

[Scarlet_Angel]

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this - awesome job!!!!

[cokiethebaby]

  thanks, i was scared to work with the fabric too, but i already bought it, so i felt like i better use it up

[GiddyUpMunky]

You did an amazing job! This bathing suit is dead sexy. Did you use a pattern? I would love to try to make one as well.

[threehang]

amazing! it looks great on you, and i totally would never guess that you made it! awesome job

[princessacademy]

droooooooooollllll

I NEED one...maybe in black...too bad I'm not much of a sewer...and mom only works from patterns...

going off to sulk now


This is awesome you did a great job!!!

[BoyceMachine]

Wow...you did a FANTASTIC job.  I love that clothes site.

[cokiethebaby]

for this i used a dress pattern (NEW LOOK 6957) for the top part because the back was high, (i dont like scooped cause i dont like my upper side fat pouches hanging out ) , and many thanks to missbrache on etsy for advising me to use the "slash n spread" method to alter my pattern,,,for the bottoms i used a bathing suit pattern (KANDEL KNITS 72), i've made some other bathing suits from stretch cotton, and one from the older thick knit fabric, like my mom had in the 60's,,,,,,,for those i used another pattern, maybe i can post pics of those sometime.