Have you sewn a swimming costume before? Full swimsuit, bikini or tankini - if you have a pattern you love let us know.
Photos of makes always welcome but only if comfortable - otherwise share the pattern company, pattern name and what you loved about it.
I've made the Cottesloe by Megan Nielsen three times. It has pattern pieces for a one piece or two piece costume.
I have enough leftover fabric to make a two piece.
Theses all look so good, super professional
Thank you - I did struggle a bit with the rubber elastic at first. It was probably because I hadn't sewn elastic much before.
Last year, I made a bathing suit I absolutely love. I feel cute in it, I feel confident and it’s really comfortable. The top is the Marblehead Tankini by Cashmerette and the bottoms are the Clearwater by Love Notions.
Oh I really like the look of the tankini top!! The shorts look fab too but the top is fab
Oh my, swim is my heart sewing so I have so many I love but for those looking to get started in swim I recommend Jalie wholeheartedly. If you’ve done some swim and want to step up your game, use underwear/lingerie patterns to broaden your options. And if you’re ready to make your swim dreams come true, I HIGHLY recommend drafting your own from Pattern School Online with Stuart Anderson, the best stretch pattern maker I’ve ever learned from! I’ll have to dig up pics but swim is my absolute favorite thing to sew so trust me when I say I’ve made countless suits and it is SO rewarding!
This is fantastic advice thank you so much for sharing!! Love how much you love sewing swimwear!
I followed the step by step instructions on Sew Over It Stitch School and made my first bikini, the Zahra bikini 👙, first photo. Then I made the bikini top from the Megan Nielsen Cottesloe pattern, which is great if you want to go swimming and not just sunbathing, second photo. I have also made a Cottesloe one piece swimsuit which I love, third photo. It looks more straight in my photo than in the pattern line drawing because I made a size 16 but graded out to a size 18 at the waist. I used I don't know how many needles to attach the clear elastic, but it worked. I love to wear these when going to the beach, or rather to the cliffs since we don't have many beaches where I live (west coast of Sweden). I am so glad I discovered your YouTube channel. The video about the swimsuit sewing is great and it had a link to this fantastic forum. Thanks so much!
Hi Anna, so pleased you found us thanks to the YouTube video!! These swimsuits all look so good, do you have a favourite of the three?
Yes the one piece swimsuit is my favourite. It is one of the few one piece swimsuits that actually fits me. Also, the fabric with smiling whales makes me happy!
Hej Anna. Trevligt att träffas här. Vi bodde i Sverige i 7 år - i ett litet samhälle som heter Brattmon i Värmland, ungefär 5 timmar norr om Göteborg. En mycket lycklig tid för oss! Och det är nog så mycket jag minns i svenska!
Tack för ditt svar, jag märkte först nu att jag fått ett svar.
Ja verkligen trevligt att träffas här.
Värmland är ett mycket vackert landskap.
Det var trevligt att du svarade på mitt inlägg, hälsningar från Anna
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