Comments on: How to make and/or stone your own figure competition suits.

By: brooke christian

brooke christian — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:55:48 +0000

thanks yea i found it,im gonna try an give it a go this week.i love ur suit! i was dreading standing on stage with other competitors wearing the same thing at least if i make it its gonna be original.also reading your blogs for ur pre contest diet has given me a boost an now im excited the start,i probably wont be saying that by the end of week 12 haha,thanks

By: jennincat

jennincat — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:30:18 +0000

The pattern I mention in the post is the one I used. Did you try googling that one? Like I said I modified the bottoms or rather my mom modified the bottoms. Good luck!!!!!

By: brooke christian

brooke christian — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:39:30 +0000

wow those are gorgeous,id really love to make a posing suit but i dont no if i could do it without a pattern,iv looked over the net for one but cant find one anywhere,any advice?

By: jennincat

jennincat — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:15:32 +0000

That’s a great question. Since I used a ton of stones and already had the fabric think I saved a few hundred dollars. It’s been a few years but the total cost of the 2 piece was (I think) about $80 for the stones. I probably spent over 20 hours sewing with my mom and stoning the suit. It wasn’t a quick job for sure.

By: jennincat

jennincat — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:13:18 +0000

My mom actually did most (all) of the sewing. We used the KWIK SEW Pattern 3239, pieces C and G. My mom wrapped fabric around the elastic and sewed it was it was semi-stretched.

By: carre

carre — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:47:30 +0000

Hi!! What pattern did you use for your suit? what is your method on sewing the elastic? this always screws me up!! i’d loooove to make my own. I can not afford to pay those extreme prices!! i love this font too on your site by the way!! ok, thanks !

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:34:17 +0000

So how much $$$ did you end up saving by doing this yourself? What was the total cost of your two piece? And what was the total hands on time you spent? I’m highly considering doing my own and could use the advice. Thanks!

By: jennincat

jennincat — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:00:27 +0000

Hi Tia. That’s a great questions! It’s been a while but I’m pretty sure I used the 20ss. I don’t think I would use anything smaller as they would be really hard to work with. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Tia

Tia — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:55:12 +0000

There are tons of differnet size stones. what size did you use?

By: jennincat

jennincat — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:30:31 +0000

Thank you for the tips and for the link to the web page. Wish I would have know about that sooner! I tried the the plastic syringe and about went MAD but I’m sure it works great for more patient people!