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Ellie & Mac Cape Cod kids swimsuit - pattern review

Well somehow we have made it to summer and while a lot of the pools are closed, I know two little girls who are living their best summer life right now. Quarantining with their grandparents, who live next to a river, where there are plenty of swimming opportunities.

Meanwhile my neighborhood pool is closed and my husband offered to spray me with the hose as I run around the yard. So, plenty of swimwear needs all around!

So this cute lobster print seemed destined to become Cape Cod swimsuit from Ellie and Mac for both of them (affiliate link). The fabric came from LA Finch Fabrics and I have a lot of it, so you'll be seeing something else made from it in the future!

These were supposed to be 4 of July gifts...that's not a thing but I am a gifting Aunt and it was around the 4th of July. However, due to some COVID related complications, I haven't had a chance to hand these suits off yet! Which means, I don't know how well they will fit them yet.

Lately they have been fitting well in everything that was 6T and 4T from Ellie and Mac, the 6T is slightly too big on my older niece. Maybe it will also fit her next summer? I can hope!

This pattern and the directions were super straight forward and it came together really fast, especially considering I made two. There is one possibly difficult construction step, when you sew the side seams together, you want to have the top edge where the elastic is perfectly lined up and also the leg curve. Well, I serged it four times, each time it was lined up when I started but didn't quite end perfectly. One of them was off by about half an inch but usually it was more like a quarter of an inch.

I fudged the leg holes a little to make them round again, without the extra side seam poking out. I don't think it's really noticeable on my finished products and sometimes when you sew, especially with a serger, the pieces don't feed perfectly evenly. Did you know before I told you?

Otherwise, the most difficult part was keeping the 4T pieces and 6T pieces together since I used the same print! 

If you want a really simple project to try sewing swim this would definitely fit the bill. Also because it's kid-sized, very little fabric is used.

The Cape Cod pattern also comes with a cover up romper pattern which I have not made - yet!

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