I used to have a hobby sewing bathing suits. This was my favourite. I still have it. My weight loss

[applegrove]

goal is to fit into it.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a pretty suit, my dear applegrove!

Best of luck getting back into that one! I'm sure you'll be able to...

[marzipanni]

2. I like it a lot!

The background setting is nice, too.
That's an interesting hobby. My sewing machine is a tiny old portable Singer that only sews straight forward and back, so sewing knit material is out of my realm.
Have you ever noticed how some elastic braid lasts for a long time and some doesn't? I've wondered what the difference is.

[applegrove]

5. I used the thick, 1 inch, old fashioned elastic rather than the plastic stuff. Much easier to sew

with and really grips your body which is good for plus sized people.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. I know what you mean, I learned on a Featherweight.

Those little black things with a 14 lb. head. Mine was all steel and my grandmother bought it circa 1936. Steel sewing machines last forever.

Quilters love 'em and people who live in RVs. They were selling them at the International Quilt Show some years ago for $600.00.


You need a heavier weight machine and ballpoint needles to sew knits. I have a singer Slant-o-Matic circa 1956 that is larger and can accommodate medium to heavy fabric.


Both of them belonged to Mom.

I don't know what Applegrove sews on.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Nice composition.

What kind of camera?

[applegrove]

4. It was a really cheap digital. I think it cost me $200. It conked out on me the next Christmas. I

was going to build a webpage so displayed all of my swimsuits along the fence in the rock garden. Just so happened that the flower on the swimsuit matched the tiger lillies in the cottage garden. Complete coincidence.

Here are more:

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[hedgehog]

6. CVery nice work! I know how hard it is to sew those spandex tubes

on the sleeves!

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I like your work.

You should try to sell them as pictures. Really cool with the fence. Like a modern day escape from it all.

[fizzgig]

9. i like the shorts for the last one

i'm not crazy about having much of the lower half of my body bared, i'd love to have some swim trunks designed for women.

[Bertha Venation]

7. Nice.

(You'll fit...

[Xyzse]

10. Good luck!

When someone is trying to be more fit, I am all for it!
Remember, savor all the small victories. You'll need them to get to your goal.

[Xyzse]

11. Oh also...

Uh, do you sell some of those?
I'd like to see if I can gift one to a few special friends.

[applegrove]

12. I was going to sell them. Then I found that the stretch stitch I was using tore. So I got rid of

them. I did sew for a few friends and they liked what I did.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. Nice work, applegrove!!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. I got some mens' Speedo shorts.

With pockets. And an inside drawstring and mesh drawers. Long enough to hit mid thigh but shorter than board shorts (what we used to call "beach baggies" in the nineteen-ought-sixties).

Example:
http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12208472

[applegrove]

16. Here is another one.

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[Major Nikon]

17. Having a goal is a great way to do it