Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Bikini Top in 550 Paracord


I had the idea to make one of these for a long time...  It was on the old mental list of things to do and one day, not too long ago, I made a paracord bikini top.  I had never seen one before and I thought it would be such a conversation piece at some shows.  We had it out, looked at it, passed it around and giggled!

I did not use a pattern for this, but worked through it myself.  I can tell you that there is over 115' of cord in the project.  I made the one triangle and then the other.  There is one piece of cord woven through the bottom to tie it and I anchored long pieces folded in half for the top straps.  Those were the only two pieces that I removed the inner strands from.  This top is heavy due to the amount of cord and it's also thick.  Seriously armour without the scale male!

So, before someone else rolls one of these babies out... I will claim it as my wild creation!  That is until someone else figures out how to make one!  Good luck out there and hope you have a LOT of cord!!!



1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow! I'm impressed! I've never seen or heard about a 550 paracord bikini. This is actually the first time i heard about it but i would say, you are creative and it's a great idea. The bikini really look nice but i prefer a red colored one. Anyway, thanks for sharing this. It's awesome!

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