I have been looking at all these cute vintage inspired bathing suit, and always said to myself I will draft a pattern and make a few cute ones myself.
Anyway I haven’t had time to make a pattern myself, but I have found the Burda style website had a sweet pattern to download for free.
And I gave it a try, this is a small present for a friend of mine. You can’t really swim in it, but it is very good for performing 
Hopefully I will have some photo’s of her sporting it soon too.
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I am a wardrobe assistant at a local Ballet Company, and make costumes for burlesque and cabaret performers after hours. My blog is a construction and progress diary of some of the after hours projects, and every now and then there is some other fun bits and pieces about my hobbies. Have a look ladyadesign.blogspot.com
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I clicked on the pictures before reading the text and was like “You made a velvet swimsuit….?”
Love the contrast. Looking forward to seeing it in action.
I have that pattern also, but never tryed to do it, I would like to see it in somebody.
Where do you download it for free?
http://www.burdastyle.com for download
the pattern is at http://www.burdastyle.com you have to be a member to get it for free but its easy to sign up and costs nothing.
And I will put some photos on my blog as soon as I have some
So you can see what it looks like.