From start to finish, the swimsuits took me the longest - at least 20 hours of labor a piece. I used the Bombshell Swimsuit pattern from ClosetCaseFiles on Etsy. She has an awesome sewalong on her blog. I don't think I would've been able to complete the pattern without it! It was extremely helpful for someone like me who is just getting into apparel sewing.
I made the swimsuit on the right. Funny enough, I also choose to make it in blue.
Here is the finished project! I love the way it turned out! Again, I highly recommend the pattern. Even if you don't feel comfortable with apparel sewing, the sewalong is step by step and very detailed. The swimsuit I just finished yesterday is a crochet swimsuit! It was very labor intensive but rewarding. I used a vintage 1970's crochet pattern from Cemetarian on Etsy.
I planned to make the one piece but the sizing runs big so I had to back-track and make the two piece. When I attempt to make the one-piece again, I may have to go down two sizes. The bottom was just WAY too baggy.
Here it is before I lined it! The pattern has 2 different suggestions for yarn. I used two strands of black Knit-Cro-Sheen yarn held together throughout and I'm very happy with the result. It fit perfect before I lined it. After I lined it, it was a bit tighter but still wearable. If anyone has an suggestions for this problem, please leave a comment! I hand-sewed black lining into the cups on the top and into the whole bottom (except the two side connecting pieces). Next time, I think I'll sew black cups into the top instead of the lining. I tried to google how to sew lining into a crochet/knit swimsuit but didn't get any results that were helpful.
I bought another vintage swimsuit crochet pattern Etsy from KnittingKnitch. It looks so cute and I can't wait to attempt it!
That's all for today. I'm off to do laundry and other chores before I have to work tonight. Thank you for reading!
