A suit for Christmas

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Each Christmas we draw names with my husband's family for Christmas. This year I got my Sister in love, Amy. She's the only girl in the family, and being a girl myself, I like it when I can draw either her, or my Mother in love. Its just more fun for me to get to think of something girly to give! I decided to make her a new swimsuit. I knew she had grown a lot (mostly in height) and would need a new suit for the coming Summer. Her mom made her last suit and did a really good job! I knew a suit was going to be a good deal of work, but it would also make a great gift! I had 2 pieces of scrap fabric, where there was just enough to squeeze this out. And the best part was, that they went together pretty good!!





I know it doesn't look quite right on my size 8 dress form. And there's a reason for that. Though Amy measured a perfect size 8, she was a perfect size 8 in everything but height. At a 60" tall, she hits the height for a size 14. I had to bunch the top even more than it was, for it to look anywhere near right on the dress form. It still looks a little long for it. Since I'm still experimenting with this style, I hoped that I got the length right for Amy. 



And what do you know?? It turned out perfect!! 



See what I mean? Tall and slender! Wears a 14 slim because of her height, but in all other respects, she measures an 8! Talk about trying to throw me off lol! I was just happy it fit her right! :-) 






Scrunchables! Love it! So this is my new girl's design that I've been working on. It coming along!








Comments

  1. JackieTNJanuary 13, 2015 at 3:29 PM

    Amy LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the suit! What a huge gift that was. And I think it's downright amazing that you made a suit for such a hard-to-fit young lady with just her measurements to go by!

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  2. Angela DawnJanuary 14, 2015 at 10:37 PM

    Oh, it looks darling on her! The colors are so pretty with her red hair, too. Looks like my build when I was around that age--all my pants were too short! Luckily colorful scrunch socks were "in".... :-)

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