Ipswich Swimsuit 12-32 PDF pattern

Ipswich swim suit

I have had a kit for the Ipswitch for several years, but didnt make it until I recently moved into a senior community with an indoor pool and a gym. So I pulled out the pattern & kit, but found I was outside the original pattern's size range. I was delighted after contacting Cashmerette and they let me download the size I needed. The pattern not only stitched up easily, and the instructions were clear and concise. I love the skirt pattern that came with the newer version! Now I am swimming several times a week, and plan on making another Ipswitch in a bright patterned soandex!

Great pattern

I purchased this pattern so I would have a swim suit for a much needed vacation. It has been over 5 years since I’ve worn a bathing suit. I knew that I might want underwire support so, I decided to try this pattern. My muslin suit was mocked up with underwire, which I decided later that I didn’t want. I made the one piece and the two piece, and LOVE them both. GREAT pattern, great fit and a much needed confidence boost.

It's definitely worth the trouble

To be fair, I've only been sewing for a year and never finished a Cashmerette patterns for advanced sewists before. Only (confident) beginner. My friend told me to get the course and that was definitely helpful but I feel I've been going from the instructions to the tutorial and back a LOT. Especially for me toile, I had to do a lot of seamripping because it's really really easy to get a pattern piece upside down. But... in the end, I made a swimsuit, for the first time ever. And also for the first time ever, it fits great. I'm tall so I'm used to stretching the fabric of store-bought swimsuits to the max but with this pattern, I just add 5cm at the top and 5cm at the bottom and there's no stretch! Amazing! So I would recommend the pattern but if you're like me, get the course as well because it's so much easier to see it done than to just guess from the instructions.