How to sew a swimsuit with your own hands?

With the beginning of the summer season, for a trip to the sea, many girls buy themselves a new swimsuit, since the old one has gone out of fashion or somehow stopped them arranging (stretched out, torn, lost color). In this article, you will learn how to do it yourself.

We sew a bikini swimsuit with our own hands - a master class

It will take:

• fabric 1-1,2 m (elastic, cotton or silk);
• scissors, sewing accessories;
• elastic band up to 1 cm thick - 3 m;
• pattern bikini swimsuit;
• sewing machine.

To make it, you can take a pattern or use an old swimsuit.

1. Cut out of the fabric on the increased to the desired size pattern of the details of melts D1, D2 and D1-D2, leaving allowances for seams of 1.5 cm.
2. We sew them together.
3. The edges are twisted 2 times, pinned with pins and we put it on the machine with threads in the tone of the fabric.
4. Wide zigzag tampers elastic, stretching it to the desired length, next to the hem along the edges. Gum at the top of the panties and in the holes for the legs we take according to our standards so that it tightly wraps around the body, but does not press. For the transfer and the back, the total length is divided in half. As a result, the fabric of the swimming trunks will gather beautiful evenly located wrinkles.
5. Stitching on the sides. The bottom of the swimsuit is ready.
6. We cut out the top detail from the fabric: D3 - 2 pieces, and D4-D7 - 1 piece, leaving allowances for seams of 1.5 cm.
7. From above and below the details of D3 we sew the edges, to which we further tie a stretched rubber band with a wide zigzag. Erasers should be taken equal to the circumference of the chest and under the breast divided in half, if this measurement is very different, and if not, then we take the same.
8. Sew the edges of the bodice.
9. The part D4 is folded in half and we spread it from two sides, and through the third we turn the part onto the front side.
10. We iron the billet stock, turn the edges from the third side inwards and sew it with a hidden seam.
11. The rectangle D6 is folded in two, we spread it from two sides and turn it to the front.
12. The bodice and the bow are joined by the strip of fabric obtained, wrapping it around it like a ring in the center. We sew the ring, and hide the seam by turning it to the underside of the top of the leotard.
13. Four edges of the bow with a pair of stitches are attached to the bodice.
14. Using details D5 and D7, likewise we make a small bow for swimming trunks, which we sew on the back of panties in the center and for four corners.
15. Our swimsuit is ready!

A variety of colors and additional details will attract even more attention to you on the beach.

Also invented a fairly simple model of swimsuits, for sewing which pattern is completely unnecessary.

How to make a swimsuit with your own hands?

It will take:

• nylon fabric of two colors: gray and apricot (140-190 cm);
• swimming trunks from an old swimsuit;
• natural lining fabric;
• paper;
• sewing accessories, scissors.

1. Folded in two, we outline the front on the paper separately, and then - the back.
2. In the patterns, we cut out two pieces of lining without stock and upper fabric with an allowance for 7 mm seams. We spend it with a wide zigzag.
3. Sew the front and back parts together. To do this, we fold the lining and the outer part of the heaters with the wrong sides, combining and pinning the edges along the edges, where there will be holes for the legs, and then we will spend it in a zigzag.
4. Sew the side seams of the swimming trunks. From above, you can, if you wish, put a rubber band between the fabric, and also spread out along the edge with a wide zigzag.
5. At the sides we tie small ribbons of contrasting fabric, which we use for the top.
6. We measure the coverage of the breast (OG) and the distance from the upper chest to the point below it (W). D = OG-7cm.
7. Cut out two rectangles of different colors in size LxW with allowance for 7 mm seams and two same rectangles of lining without allowances.
8. Fold the front sides of a colored rectangle with a lining, stitch along the long edges and turn out.
9. One strip is folded in half, and the second we pass into the resulting hole, as shown in the photo.
10. From the inside, we sew the strips of the same color as close as possible to the knot.
11. The ends of the strips are neatly folded together, pinned and pinched.
12. Our swimsuit is ready!

Knowing how to sew a simple swimsuit with your own hands, you can make more interesting and complex models.

Complete the beach kit can be a beautiful pareo or a tunic .