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SewingPublished Oct 20, 2019Updated 5 days ago

Off-Season Vacation: How to Quickly Refresh an Old Swimsuit

Finished blue swimsuit with beaded embellishment

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Off-Season Vacation, or How to Quickly Make Over a Tired Swimsuit

Girls who decide to take a beach vacation in the fall or winter often find that buying a new swimsuit is tricky (it's the off-season), and the selection, to put it mildly, is very limited. I suggest revamping an old swimsuit in just one day – so that it looks brand new not only to others, but also to the vacationer herself :giggle:
Here is what we have as models for the makeover.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Option One

- Option one. Transforming the swimsuit with brooches.

Orange two-piece swimsuit on a mannequin

Blue floral print swimsuit on a mannequin

For the brooch base, take pieces of felt or a similar non-fraying material

For the brooch base, take pieces of felt or a similar material that does not fray. Draw outline contours on them: these are needed so that the design turns out as neat as possible. Fill in the area with beads and seed beads, having planned out the pattern in advance. You can complement the brooches with a "fringe" of beaded pendants.

Decorate the top and bottoms to get a very striking look

Decorate the top and bottoms to get a very striking look.

Pattern for a decorative swimsuit patch on pink felt

Beaded patches for decorating the swimsuit

Three finished swimsuit embellishments with seed beads and fringe

Option Two

- Option two. Making a beautiful back.

Trying on the beaded embellishment on the orange swimsuit top

Orange swimsuit with sewn-on beaded embellishment

Orange swimsuit after the makeover on a mannequin

To begin with, you will need to adjust the top ties to loop them

To start, you will need to adjust the top halter ties to fit yourself and loop them closed. Move on to making the decoration: string various beads and charms onto strong nylon thread. Cut a total of 6 strands of varying lengths: calculated so that the center has shorter strands, while the sides are slightly longer. The exact length should be measured on yourself. Prepare a couple more strands to decorate the bottoms.

Sew the strands at equal intervals, connecting the top's neckband with the back closure

Sew the prepared pieces at equal intervals, connecting the top's neckband with the back clasp. On the bottoms, run the beads along the waistband.

Blue floral print swimsuit before decorating

Beaded strands for decorating the swimsuit

And here is the gorgeous result 🥰

Pinning beaded strands to the edge of the blue swimsuit

Sewing the bead decoration onto the blue swimsuit

Blue swimsuit with long beaded back decoration

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