Recently I picked up a cute girl’s swimsuit to upcycled into a doll swimsuit. It was my first time making a swimsuit using my sewing machine, so my dolls get to keep this one!
The swim fabric has pairs of flip flops on it in many different colors. I used the free swimsuit pattern on Pixie Faire here. I didn’t fold the fabric twice over, just used the lining that was already in the girl’s swimsuit. I used white fold over elastic to finish the edges.
The blue shorts I upcycled from a girl’s rashgaurd. I used this pattern on Pixie Faire. These shorts are super quick and you don’t even need elastic!
I got the pink little water shoes from Sophia’s. You can see them here. I did realize they have cardboard insoles which came unglued when they got wet. I will probably cut new insoles from craft foam and put them in the shoe instead.
You can read how I made the flower hair clip here.
On to the photos!
The t-shirt I up-cycled using the 
I up-cycled the vest from a human vest. The great thing about up-cycling is the ability to reuse finished hems. The top edge of the collar I reused from the human vest, as well as the lining hem around the bottom edge of the vest. The outside of the vest is red, and the lining is red, black and white plaid. The back of the vest has a “V” shape top stitching, which was on the original vest as well.
