- I have never used this machine in my life.
All I had to do was cut a straight line.
Apparently I can't.
(light music)
Hey guys, it's Yiwa.
Today we're gonna be trying something new.
I'm gonna be putting my sewing skills to the test
and will attempt to make my own bikini from scratch
in the same amount of time it takes to order one online
and get it delivered to my house.
I consider myself a little bit more of an amateur sewer.
I have made things like corsets, jackets, coats,
but nothing that required stretch or athletic wear.
And usually when dealing with that kind of fabric,
you use a serger.
I've never used a serger in my life,
so I'm a little bit nervous for this.
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Okay, so I found this bikini.
It is metallic, which is really cute.
Today's Tuesday
and it looks like it can be delivered by Thursday.
Woo, I'm already sweating.
Oh my gosh, order is placed.
We should get sewing.
I already feel behind.
(light music)
Hey guys, so I'm here in downtown LA
and I'm buying fabric for my swimwear.
I'm looking for outer swimwear fabric and lining.
I managed to find some swimwear fabric.
Look at this color, it's beautiful.
And this right here is the lining.
I'm excited to get sewing!
For the chest pattern, I'm cutting two pieces of lining
and two pieces of self.
After, I'm gonna cut out the straps.
What?
There's a ruler right here.
Sometimes, man.
Sometimes I question my ability.
I've never used this machine before in my life,
wish me luck.
It came threaded.
I have no idea how to thread this thing.
(light music)
Okay, so, fun stuff.
I just realized I sewed this completely wrong.
This is supposed to be facing inside.
So we're gonna redo this the correct way,
or at least what I think is the correct way.
Okay, so I just finished two of the chest pieces,
triangle pieces.
Hopefully I did them right.
This is the lining, and now I'm gonna do the straps.
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I have never sewn with elastic before,
so I'm a little bit nervous.
Apparently it's supposed to go on the lining for the cup.
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Okay, this is what it looks like.
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So we've hit another roadblock.
It seems like my needle is stuck in my fabric
and I have zero clue how to get it out,
so this might be another half an hour detour.
I've been here for the past 20 minutes
trying to figure out my machine.
I'm getting really frustrated.
I have no idea what to do.
I've never used this machine before
and I just wanna show you guys how crazy this is.
What?
What is happening?
(no signal beep)
Two grueling hours later, I have switched machines
because the other one broke all of a sudden.
Of course this would happen to me.
We have changed it to this machine right here.
It's a new machine.
It'll give me zigzag stitches.
(light music)
I've sewn the elastic onto the straps,
now I just have to turn them inside out with this tool.
Okay, so I might've just broken a seam
because I was getting a little too impatient.
I honestly am getting so frustrated.
I'm sweating here, I'm so tired.
I've been doing this all day.
This is why, even if I could do it faster
than Amazon's delivery day, I'm just, this is so much work.
People don't realize how much it takes to make something.
It's been a long day.
I have decided to start over for my spaghetti straps
because the elastic just wasn't working
and I could not figure it out for an hour.
Okay, I was just getting ready for bed
and I found out that my package has been shipped,
so that means I have the rest of tomorrow
to finish the top and the bottom.
Considering how long it took me today
to not even finish the top,
I am just really skeptical if I can finish it.
I do wanna try because it's going okay so far.
I still wanna challenge myself and I have one more day
so I'm gonna get some rest
and hopefully tomorrow I can just pump it all out.
(light music)
It's day two and I am gonna finish up the top of the bikini
and do the bottom as well.
I still have one more day before the bikini arrives,
so I wanna get this through and try to finish it today
and beat Amazon!
(light music)
Okay, I am super excited to show you guys
what the bikini top looks like now.
It's actually coming together.
I am in shock because this is the first time
I've ever done this, and through the tears and the sweat
and pricking my finger, it actually looks pretty good.
(light music)
For the bikini bottoms,
I am cutting out the front and the back pieces,
each with a lining and a self piece.
(light music)
Okay, so I'm gonna start tracking my package.
I'm really nervous to see where it is.
I hope it's not on its way already.
I'm expecting it by tomorrow.
It has been shipped out but it hasn't been out for delivery.
Let's get back to sewing.
(light music)
I am gonna finish this tomorrow
because I'm hoping that it'll arrive still by 10 PM.
This is the bikini bottom, look how cute that is.
All I have to do is attach the strings.
(light suspenseful music)
The package is supposed to arrive by 10.
I want to track it, just in case it is delivered early.
I still have to finish the bottom of my bikini,
so I'm kind of freaking out.
Tracking package.
Oh my gosh, it's now estimated at 9:30 to 11:30?
I have an hour and a half.
And apparently, I am the next stop,
so I should get back to my sewing machine
and finish this up before it arrives.
I'm determined.
I was being a little bit too confident yesterday
and it looks like it bit me in the butt.
(light suspenseful music)
I am in disbelief because I actually beat Amazon
in this bathing suit.
Here is the top and this is the bottom.
I can't believe I did it.
I'm in shock, I am so proud of myself.
Yes, I did not attach the elastic to the bottom,
but you know what?
Gotta make due when a machine is broken, right?
Oh my gosh, it's here!
I made it by 30 minutes.
(upbeat music)
Okay, so here is the Amazon bikini,
which is made identically to the one I did.
The only difference is that this one has pads
and mine don't.
Other than that, I mean, it's obviously better made,
but I'm kind of impressed with mine.
I like my pattern better.
Let's see what the Amazon one looks like on me
and we could do a side-by-side.
Now that I have tried on both bikinis,
I will admit, I do like the Amazon one better.
However, I'm still pretty impressed with myself
for completing a full bikini in two days.
I like Amazon's better, just because the straps are longer,
more sturdier, there are cups made inside,
and the material just seems to be
a little bit more withholding
than the one that I got from downtown LA.
I do really like my pattern.
I will definitely never look at bikinis the same ever again.
(upbeat music)