Leah requested a bodysuit style this year - so she could look like Rebecca Soni and all the other Olympic swimmers. Cute, huh? I took her sloper and drafted a shirt. I used a rub-off technique found in this book to copy the armholes and sleeves from a leotard we have that happens to fit well. It worked pretty well - I found the rub-off fast and easy to do and the resulting armhole and sleeve on the suit work great. The lycra is pretty forgiving so I don't know how it may or may not transfer to a regular set-in sleeve but its good for this application. The leggings pattern I had already and is one of my standbys. Its good for swimsuit shorts and I've used it for full length leggings/tights for school as well.
Here is Leah's Olympic bodysuit. Convincing her to stop dancing long enough to take the photo was an issue so it looks a bit twisted and uneven - its really not. :) (Also, the matching of her suit and her crocs was a happy accident.)
I ended up needing to add a band to the bottom of her shirt.
It was too short otherwise. If I make another one I'll make the shirt longer.
"Can I make a diving pose Mom?"
Grace's suit this year was a piece of cake because I could use the exact same pattern I made for Leah two years ago. That is a handy bonus now that I've been making suits for three years - I can start reusing things. Her suit is the swimdress pattern I made up, with lengthened sleeves.
"Mommy can I do a pose too?"
I was pleased with how this neckline turned out.
Better yet, I wrote down how I did it so I can repeat the process later.
The sleeve hem and bottom of the dress hem are simple turn-under-and-multi-step-zig-zag.
Here are the little shorts that go underneath. They are completely separate from the dress.
Swimming lessons, here we come!
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