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Posted on: 7/20/11 9:02 PM ET
I am looking for a pattern for a knit boob tube type dress that can be worn over a bathing suit for summer. Can anyone suggest anything or is it easy enough just to draft up. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, I was thinking of a piece for the bust area with elastic under the bust and then just a flowing piece attatched.... Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks .
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Posted on: 7/20/11 9:05 PM ET
The ones with elastic ruching are very popular, and that definitely doesn't need a pattern. Just a rectangle wide enough to go around your widest part, hand-wind the bobbin with elastic thread, then stitch straight stitches on a long stitch length around and around the top until it is squinched up enough to stay around your boobs (probably at least 10 rows).
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Posted on: 7/20/11 9:10 PM ET
In reply to nicegirl
Ooooh great idea, I have seen them around a lot lately and I have shirring elastic in my stash. I am off to the Gold Coast in Queensland in Sept and want something to hang around the hotel pool in. That will be great.
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Kathy
Waikiki, Perth, Western Australia
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