I love to sew! Unfortunately with running my own business and chasing kids I don't find any time to sew really. When Trinity was a toddler I realized pretty quickly that she would be tall and skinny like me and her dad. When I was a kid I never had pants or dresses or skirts that fit because of my size. So as Trinity got leaner and leaner I decided to learn to sew so I could make things for my sweet daughter. Fast forward to today. Trinity is going to a camp that requires a one piece bathing suit. This is problematic as they just don't fit her. Tankinis still expose her tummy due to her height, so that wasn't an option. So I decided to alter a bikini and turn it into a swim dress! I had never done it before, or even sewn with bathing suit material...but I decided I was doing it anyways! We got the same bikini she already had because we already knew it fit her great. This is what we started with: Super cute right?? I began by having Trinity put the bathing suit on backwards and pinning the extra fabric onto the suit. I ended up having to do this twice because I didn't realize how stretchy that fabric really is. I only poked Trinity with a pin a few times. Once I got that that all pinned and Trinity was terrified with the amount of pins close to her, I added a bit of fabric to make the top less revealing: Trinity very gingerly wiggled out of it and I began to sew! I was having some major problems sewing at first. I had to go through 3 different kinds of thread before I found one that wouldn't drop stitches like crazy and do odd stuff. The color wasn't what I wanted for the thread, but at that point I was over it and just wanted this thing sewn up. Whew! So far I am very pleased. Yes, I have dropped, jagged stitches but it's still looking cool! No onto making more moving room on the skirt part. I cut the skirt to insert panels! The top of the panels got a bit wonkey, but I can fix that. Somehow the back panels look better. Caleb also decided to photobomb haha. Now I just have to shorten and hem! DONE!
It took about....2 hours from start to finish. Its not perfect but I am super proud of myself! Trinity loves it and wore it to a pool party already. It held up fine and worked great. I love trying new things!
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