I'm thinking about making myself a bathing suit. There's some really ugly, how-do-you-expect-me-to-swim-and-get-a-decent-tan-in-this crap out there. All I've seen are crazy get-ups that would fly right off your body if you dove into a pool or wave, or Olympic swimmer-type costumes not meant for regular humans.
But this notion has cornered me into a realm of the sewing world not meant for the faint-hearted. Fabrics with two- and four-way stretch. The inevitable visit to Spandex House. The reality that making this thing myself instead of buying something off a rack probably heightens the possibility of it flying off my body at an inappropriate moment.
But the patterns I've come across give me hope. Older patterns are so much cooler than their modern counterparts.
Well, hello. And I can use the leftover fabric to make a matching jacket, headscarf, and sarong. Won't I look jaunty by the water. I'm just kidding. I'll probably just make a jacket. And a headscarf.
Did you know Brooke Shields and Diana Ross used to shill bathing suit patterns?
But this notion has cornered me into a realm of the sewing world not meant for the faint-hearted. Fabrics with two- and four-way stretch. The inevitable visit to Spandex House. The reality that making this thing myself instead of buying something off a rack probably heightens the possibility of it flying off my body at an inappropriate moment.
But the patterns I've come across give me hope. Older patterns are so much cooler than their modern counterparts.
Well, hello. And I can use the leftover fabric to make a matching jacket, headscarf, and sarong. Won't I look jaunty by the water. I'm just kidding. I'll probably just make a jacket. And a headscarf.
Did you know Brooke Shields and Diana Ross used to shill bathing suit patterns?
Neither did I! And look at Diana, she has a ruffle on her butt!
4 comments:
if only the suits you could sew would really look like those darn drawings-
art is just too forgiving
too wonderful-
if only we could all be illustrated
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ignore the leopard print numbers and look at the swim-dresses and two-piece numbers in which bottom number is a skirt! although of course I'd be interested in hearing about a visit to Spandex House...
Do you own these patterns? I moved my sewing machine into the hallway today so that I could sew in the ac AND YET I have not put my foot to pedal all day!
Grrr...
omgg. you're gonna have to show me what you make. i'm ever amazed at your craftiness, j! (btw, i totes miss you. sigh.)
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