Retro Floral Swimsuit

Retro Floral Swimsuit

Pub­lished 02/27/2014 Ever since col­lege, I’ve mused about mak­ing a biki­ni. They are easy to make and require very lit­tle fab­ric (obvi­ous­ly), so I’m not real­ly sure why it took me so long to make one. Per­haps it’s because of my taste for poly­ester swimsuits. Grow­ing up, my sis­ters and I went through so many lycra swim­suits, because they would fade in just a few weeks from the chlo­rine and sun....

Black & Red Floral Bustier Bathing Suit

Follow Marusya Marusya on Twitter @theanagrassia or Instagram @marusyagrace to see WIP* photos. *Work In Progress Here’s my sec­ond vin­tage inspired swim­suit. (View my first busti­er bathing suit top here.) It’s anoth­er boned busti­er top made with a polyester/rayon fabric. I recent­ly test­ed my first busti­er swim­suit in sun, water & chlo­rine. The top worked real­ly well in all those con­di­tions. It did­n’t fuss, fade, or stretch out. 🙂 This was the...