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Swimsuit that plastic doll wore in 1959
I want to show you how I recreated my Barbie's iconic striped swimsuit that she wore in 1959, a one-piece suit with a low-cut back. I'll be taking my Barbie back to the 50s and 60s with this beautiful striped swimsuit. A few months ago, my grandmother gave me a bag full of small scraps that she used to make clothes for my Barbies and inside I found this scrap of striped fabric that, well, doesn't stretch but I decided to make the swimsuit looser in the chest area so that it could be put in or tucked in through the bottom. The truth is that it didn't fit as perfectly as the original but for a scrap of fabric that doesn't stretch, I feel it looks very good.
To complete my Barbie's outfit I made her a handbag with a piece of fabric that has some butterflies and I cut it out and sewed it as a design and beach bag, don't miss the step by step of how I made this outfit for my Barbie and I took her to the beach, so let's go to the beach with Barbie.
Materiales que usé:
Materials i used:
- Trozo de tela
- Tijeras
- Hilo y aguja
- Patrones para la confección de las prendas de Barbie
- Piece of fabric
- Scissors
- Thread and needle
- Patterns for making Barbie clothes
Pasos a seguir:
Steps to follow:
Paso 01
Step 01
For the first step we will be cutting the pieces for both the front and the back, as you know the back has necklines, in these patterns that I made I did not leave the centimeter to be able to sew it so we are going to add it, in total I cut four pieces and we sew the pieces, we are going to join the front and back with a seam, I will be sewing this by hand since it is easier for me to sew the small pieces this way, I have joined the front piece and sewed the small darts of the bust.
Paso 02
Step 02
We are going to join the back piece in the middle and when we have both pieces ready, we will sew the sides of our swimsuit and then sew the bottom along the hem. We will then turn the piece over to see how it looks and to measure the swimsuit on our Barbie.
Paso 03
Step 03
Once we have sewn our swimsuit, I sewed a small hem along the edge of the bust, the same on each leg. I also made a hem and sewed it to finish it off well and so that the piece would have a good finish and that's how I finished it.
Paso 04
Step 04
Next we are going to be making Barbie's bag where she will carry her things for the beach, I will be cutting a small square of velvet fabric, I will sew the edges of the square and I will turn it over from the top, then I will be sewing the butterfly that I took from a piece of butterfly fabric, I sewed it around the entire edge and then with two strips of the same fabric that are somewhat thin I will be sewing them on each side of the bag to make the handles and that is how pretty this bag looks.
Resultado:
Result:
And well friends, this is how my Barbie looks with her swimsuit 😍😊 ready to enjoy the sea, the sand and the sun, if you like how this cute swimsuit looks you can let me know, I hope you like it a lot and I say goodbye to you leaving here some photos of my Barbie, goodbye friends, I love you, enjoy this day a lot and protect yourselves from the sun.
🦋✨ All the images in this publication are my author ,📱taken with my TecnoSpark8C cell phone |📸Photos edited in PicsArt and Canva. Text translated in Google Translate.