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DixieDIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 5: Bust and Back
Today we’re working on steps 4-7 of the pattern – prepping the bust and back pieces. For the bust triangles you have to baste the lining together. Since we’re adding bust cups (if you’re not go ahead...
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Dixie DIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 6: Attaching front to back
Only two more posts to go and you’ll be ready to strut your stuff on your beach vacay! Aren’t you excited!?!?!?! Let’s get a move on. Last time we finished with step 7, adding elastic to the neckline....
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Dixie DIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 7: Arm and Leg Elastic
Woohoo! Last construction post for our swimsuit! Today we will add our final elastic to the arm and leg holes. Kwik Sew is kind enough as usual to tell us exactly how long to cut our elastic for each...
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Dixie DIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 8: The Finished Swimsuit!
Thanks everyone for following along on this swimwear journey. I’m finally rewarding you with the finished product! To recap, in case you haven’t been following along, this is Kwik Sew 3779 Version B...
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Beginner Sew-a-long
Montanachic is starting a Very Beginner Sew-a-long on her blog featuring my two piece tunic. You can see her finished version. She’ll be working on it for the next few weeks so go follow along and...
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DixieDIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 2: Supplies
The votes have been tallied and we have a winner – Kwik Sew 3779 B. The votes were mostly spread between three top contenders but KS 3779B had a few extra votes. Good choice ladies. This is a...
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DixieDIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 3: Cutting
Wow guys, my bad. I realize it’s Saturday and not Friday so I’m a day late on the next sew-along post. Oh, well, I just gave you an extra day in case you were waiting for fabric in the mail or...
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DixieDIY’s Summer Swimsuit Sew-along Pt 4: Gathering
This looks like it’s going to be a leisurely sew-along. I just got my serger back from being serviced and now my sewing machine is in the shop for the same reason. I couldn’t be without both machines...
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