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Saturday, June 23, 2012

High waisted bikini!!

OK... so I have been wanting a high waisted bikini for such a long time now, but every place that I look online are either sold out or they are just way to expensive... So I decided to take a look on pinterest to get some ideas, and I found this girls blog http://lapetitefembot.blogspot.com that gave me the idea to make my own! So here it is... I had the swimming suit and the elastic already, so this project didn't cost me a thing (just my time, but it was worth it). What you need to get started: swimming suit (one piece), elastic that is ok for swimwear, sewing machine, scissors.




Try suit on and fold over to see where you want it to sit on you, when you cut give yourself extra fabric to fold over for elastic.

 
 cut top off and then measure elastic around where the swimming suit is going to sit on your body.
 join elastic, do a x to make it stronger
 sew elastic in, you can use a zig zag stitch, I used a twin needle it just made it much faster.


 fold elastic with fabric so it is not exposed, sew around again I used a twin needle



Hope this inspires some summer projects!!
SewChrissy

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 28, 2012 at 9:13 PM

    SO freaking cute!!!! I love it with the floral top!!!

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  2. SewChrissyJuly 10, 2012 at 8:52 PM

    Thank you so much!! It was really a fun project!

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  3. Camilia LundSeptember 30, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    Where did you buy the swimming suits? I wanna make one of these and just found your blog!

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    1. SewChrissyNovember 29, 2012 at 11:12 AM

      I've had the polka dot swimming suit for years.. but it is from target, and so is the floral top.

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  4. Liz LewisApril 20, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    Wow, that rocks! :)
    Liz

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  5. maighanMay 12, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    DOING THIS! LOVE IT

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  6. AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    What kind of thread is best?

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  7. Berrydog bikinisJune 21, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    You did a great job with it! I totally love high-waisted bikinis and it has been a dream of me to own one.

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  8. UnknownJanuary 10, 2016 at 12:04 PM

    Uauuuu que lindo amei

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  9. UnknownJanuary 10, 2016 at 12:04 PM

    Uauuuu que lindo amei

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  10. SenemJuly 21, 2016 at 1:17 PM

    Hi Chrissy! Awesome job! What is the thread that you used and suggest?

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