This post was SUPPOSED to go up yesterday...but it didn't!! Today was SUPPOSED to be a Happy Birthday message for my sister Deb. Then, I remembered she doesn't read this blog anyway -- so, what the heck -- I'll put that off until tomorrow!
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At the end of the Ya Ya show in Beaver Dam, I told Mary I was going to come out on stage wearing a swimsuit (one I'd recently Frankensewed).
However...as I was changing into that final outfit, I just could not put the audience through the trauma of seeing my cellulite-y thighs...so I whimped out and wore a pair of exercise shorts over my suit.
So, it is no surprise that I don't have an actual picture of me wearing a swimming suit...but swim COVER UPS were a big part of this year's Ya Ya show -- and this is one of my favorites.
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| It's basically a towel with two slits for your arms. |
One of Lilly's NYC souvenirs was a towel of the MTA Subway map. Lilly loves taking it to the pool -- and it is often a conversation-starter. I thought it would be pretty easy to add the armhole slits...
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| Of course, I am using scraps of t-shirt knit. It's lightweight, it won't ravel, and it's so pliable.. |
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| I wanted the final slit to be 10 inches...so I serged a 10" dart into the middle of the piece of knit.(it was easier than measuring and marking) |
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| I sewed around my serged "dart" |
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| Then, I used a seam ripper to cut the slit in the towel. |
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| Then, I cut away the "t-shirt dart". |
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| Turned the t-shirt fabric to the back side of the towel...and ironed it in place, using some fusible hem tape. |
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| Then, I stitched around the slit. |
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| The final step was to cut away the excess t-shirt fabric... |
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| Lilly LOVES it. Warren?? Well -- he cannot be in a picture nowadays without making some crazy face. I think he's just going through a Donald Trump phase... |
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