That's the first one i've done. It took me like 3 days of working when I had time ;)
Here comes a short tutorial on how I did it.
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Things you'll need:
1. i have no idea how it's called, but you can see it in the photo. you shoul buy it in 3 shades of a color, i had 3 blue tones, but third one was all gone.
buy 1 meter of the light one, 2 meters of middle tone and 1,5 meter of the darkest one.
ok, let's just call it nice elastic band. (it MUST be elastic!)
2. scissors
3. some lace. in the picture it's not blue, because my blue is gone, but I think you should keep your swimsuit in one color, it's already detailed enough.
4.nice, shiny ribbon in matching shade
5. needle
6. threads matching to all of the colors used
and an old bikini of course ;) push-up looks good on small breast like mine ;) -
Bra:
1. Remove underwire (I don't like feeling it when having fun on the beach)
2. Cut off the strap from the back side (shown at the picture) to make bikini halter type -
3. now sew tha lace on the whole cup. It should make ruffles so sew it just from the top and fold a little while sewing. start from the bottom. for cup size A-B 4 layers should be enough, for bigger sizes try 5 or 6
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4. add a detail to the top of one strap ;)
a nice bow made of ribbon. do it on safety-pin if you want to be able to put it in different places
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Bottom:
1. sew nice elastic band in middle tone all the way on the side of bottom up to the main seam. you can cut it a little where it starts and ends to make it look natural ;) -
just another photo showing how it looks ;)
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2. now, in the middle of what you've just done, sew another elactic band in the darkest color. make it stick out more than the first one, we want layers here!
you can see how it looks together on the photo above -
3. now we are gonna make ruffles on the backside, this time not with lace, just nice elastic bands.
make them go by grandients, from the darkest to the lightes one. first pin it with free needles to make sure it's straight. take some time to do this correctly. -
4. we take lace again and sew it along the top of panties. fold from time to time.
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5. detail it on both sides with a ribbon bow
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ta-daaa! :D
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Cat Morley
27 Jun 17:30
That looks gorgeous!
Sugarlishes
27 Jun 17:42
seriously gorgeous!!
Riechan
27 Jun 18:05
really beautiful !!
thanks for the tutorial
JessayahX
27 Jun 18:11
very sweet ^^ You did a great job ^^
Vicky Ninja
27 Jun 20:55
So pretty!! I'd love to do this to mine. Probably wouldnt do too well for swimming though XD. Lovely job.
Ryden
28 Jun 22:50
This is so pretty! I wonder how well it will hold up in the water though...
Choti S.
02 Jul 16:41
Lovely!!!
Hana
03 Jul 08:07
Yesterday I was swimming in it, it holds up well :)
Fashionista Baby
07 Jul 23:19
thats a pretty bikini. verrii unique
Hank
09 Jul 22:40
Lovely bikini; and hot bod on you!
Nice one :)
Mia
10 Jul 01:42
Super cute!
camilaustral
15 Jul 02:17
really pretty!
Char P.
10 Aug 01:34
just fabulous! something old into something new :)
sparrow is fancy
23 Mar 01:15
:D
I'M SO GONNA MAKE ONE!
it'll *sort of* be one of a kind xD
Imsu
08 May 06:48
I LOVE!!.. Lace on a Bikini is perfect!
Arty KitKat
27 Jun 10:21
This looks really pretty :)
Hazel C.
11 Aug 03:08
i love this and plan on doing it with an old white swimsuit that's see-through. THANKS
Sylvie P.
03 Nov 22:42
So cute! Must do this myself... I have all winter to do it in haha