How to sew a swimsuit?

Many women choose their swimsuit very much for the beach season for a very long time. It is not surprising, because the choice of the ideal size and style has always been very difficult and long. To simplify the task, some girls decide to make such an accessory themselves. About how to sew a swimsuit, which is ideal for your figure, from which it is better to make and how to decorate, you will learn from this article.

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Choosing the right fabric

Nowadays, there is a huge number of all kinds of things for recreation, including swimsuits. Someone likes the closed styles, and someone - on the contrary, such in which it is possible to receive as much as possible equal sunburn.

Of course, the beach kit should not only be beautiful and durable, but also convenient for active activities. For this reason, many needlewomen can not decide on many issues. The most common ones are:

• Which fabric is better to sew a swimsuit?
• How to properly do it?
• How to sew a swimsuit with a seam?

You will understand the last two questions later, but first you need to get acquainted first. Most often, swimsuits are made of such materials:

• Polyester.
• Lycra.
• Taktel.
• Polyamide.
• Cotton.
• Nylon.
• Microfiber.

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Making a bikini with cups "push-up"

To make such an attractive swimsuit you need to get the following materials:

• Fabrics that are 50 to 150 cm in size.
• Cups for a push-up bra.
• Clasp - it can be borrowed from last year's swimsuit.
• Decorative items.
• Threads that match the color of the material.
• Sewing machine.
• Eraser for washing.
• Safety pins.
• Calculator.
• The tailor's chalk can be replaced with an acute sharpened piece of soap.

Pattern of bra cups

In order to proceed to sewing a swimsuit with your own hands, the pattern should already be ready. Otherwise - it is necessary to make it yourself:

• Take the tracing paper, attach it to the inner part of the "push-apa", evenly distributing it and pinning it with English pins.
• Where there was weakness, you need to lay a fold - it will play the role of a dart.
• Cut out a tracing paper in the shape of a cup.
• Draw a dash with an ordinary writing pen.
• Carry out the same manipulations with the outside of the cup. Here, the slack is not a tug, but a decorative assembly.
• Copy the resulting pattern on the fabric, folding it in half with the wrong side outward.
• With the help of English pins, fix the patterns and traverse with a prepared flat chalk or sift.
• The cutoff of both the inner and outer parts must be left with a 10 mm allowance.

Important! The direction of the warp thread must be observed.

• Cut the parts, considering the left oversize.
• Cut a tuck on the pattern, transfer it to the main part of the product.
• Cut out the dart on the base part, leaving small allowances for the edge grinding. Translate it to the second detail using English pins.

Making a bra

To make the procedure for making the upper part of a swimsuit with your own hands, you must follow this algorithm:

1. Stitch darts of that and the other part from the wrong side using a rug.
2. Connect the outer and inner parts( they need to be folded from the wrong side outwards) along the top cut. Screw them with safety pins and sew on a sewing machine.
3. Combine the finished parts with cups "push-up" so that a 5 mm roll is formed at the edge from the top, sweep away.
4. On the outside of the cup you need to collect slack in assembly. Sweep the part with each other on the edge of the bottom of the cups - this is to ensure that no part has moved.

Now it's up to the small thing - you need to cut and process the back of the swimsuit bra with your own hands. To do this, perform the following steps:

• Fold the fabric in two by the inside out, draw a rectangle 8 cm wide. Also, leave the allowance on one side for 15 mm.

Important! The length is determined by your clothing size.

• Draw the second side with an arc-shaped line and mark the thickness of the part about the bend. The center of the back will be exactly 5 cm.
• Cut the part, considering the allowances left by you.
• To process a cut from below with a seam in a hem with an elastic band in order to fix everything better.
• Fold the allowance on the side from the inside, zigzag sewn with the seam, slightly pulling the elastic band in its direction.

Next, to sew a swimsuit with your own hands, you need to sew together and bend both parts of the top element:

• Mark on the details on both sides of the line along which they will be connected to the cups.
• Cut all unnecessary, leave a 5 mm allowance.
• Sweep the ends of the back of the bra to the cups, aligning the sides.
• Cut out the same fabric from the same fabric, which can be edged the lower cut of the bra cups.

Important! The width of such a braid should be 30 mm, and the length should coincide with the length of the lower cut of the cups.

• Attach 1 edge of the prepared braid from the bottom of the cups to the bottom of the cut. While working on the machine, the material should be slightly pulled to its side.
• Bend with the same braid cut from below, bend its edge, then pave the machine seam 10 mm from the fold. From the face should be so that the tape closes the old line.
• Carry out the same manipulations with the top section of the swimsuit from the rear.

The basis of the bra is ready!

Now it's up to the little one. It remains to sew the straps and decorate the leotard of the swimsuit with your own hands:

• Cut out the 30-millimeter string of the desired length and process it with a straight seam.
• Connect the straps to the bodice.

Important! To connect straps to the bodice, you can use decor rings or other elements to match the design of your bikini.

• Sew a buckle from the front of the accessory.

Making the heat of the

So, the upper part of the accessory is ready, but what about the bottom? In order to make the swimsuit ready for its use, it is necessary to make the melting:

• Shape the melting. Everything is much simpler here - you can take your old swimming trunks or panties, which sit well on you and take off a pattern from them.

Important! If the fabric is slightly transparent, make the bottom of the bikini in two layers.

• Cut sections of panties into a hem using elastic bands.
• Process upper slices.
• Bend the ends along the edges from the top and where there will be strings.
• Prepare the strings of the desired length. They are made in the same way as the bodice of the bodice.

Swimsuit is ready!

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Ways to decorate a swimsuit

There are many decor elements, using which you can tastefully decorate a newly made swimsuit:

• Bows are a very cute and feminine accessory.
• Rosettes - adds volume to the product.
• Laces add refinement.
• Ribbon in the form of waves attracts enthusiastic views of others.
• Ruches visually enhance your shapes.
• Beads, beads add luxury.

The beach season is a great time to relax with family or friends. From this article you learned about the original way with which you can sew a swimsuit with your own hands.