Showing posts with label ottobre swimsuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ottobre swimsuit. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ottobre Woman's Swimsuit

 Here it is, the finished product.  Modeled on Matilda.  I think she's been out in the sun too much. (haha)  I finished it about 1:00 am the night/morning we were leaving for vacation.  I took out the basting stitches while we were on vacation.  That made for some nervous moments.  I was afraid it might all come apart.  But, it didn't, and I've swam in it many times now, and so far it's been great.

It is a comfortable and flattering swimsuit pattern.  I will try to get an 'in action' shot one of these days.  I ended up crossing over the bra top quite a bit more than the pattern suggests for what I considered an appropriate amount of coverage.  I was super glad I made the toile, just so I had a good idea of how to put it together.  Baste, baste, baste.  And try on a lot during construction.  Swimsuit material is a different animal, so even with the toile, it still fit a bit different.