DIY: Saggy Bikini Bottom Into Sexy Bikini Bottom.

I went to the beach a couple of weeks ago with my husband, Joe, and I noticed that all the young, tanned, and toned ladies there had these butt enhancing bikini bottoms (I've found them called "pucker butt," "ruched butt," "Brazilian butt," and "scrunch butt" bottoms, in case you want to get a better idea of what I mean). I didn't even have to ask Joe to check out those womens' butts before he said to me, "You would look good in a bikini like that!" What a great guy, always putting me first! I just love the crap outta my husband! (-;

That moment started me on a 4 day long quest for similar bikini bottoms. I was pretty sure they'd be expensive. By expensive, I mean that they'd probably be more than $10. I know. I'm cheap... I mean, I'm thrifty.

I noticed something while poking around online though: It didn't seem like it would be that hard to scrunch the butt on a bikini bottom I already owned. In fact, I had a black bikini bottom that was a tad too large that I was on the verge of getting rid of.. Maybe I could try to salvage them with a scrunchy butt!

This is all you need to enhance your bum!

I got my bikini bottoms, some elastic, a chalk pencil, and some pins. I also grabbed a ruler because I cannot draw a straight line.

The "before" shot of the butt.



I really need to sharpen my chalk pencil thingy.

 I started out my turning the bottoms inside out. I then found the middle where my butt crack would end up, and drew as straight a line as I could down the entirety of the bottom. I wanted my bottoms to scrunch down pretty far because I was using this technique to make them fit better, but if you just want a little scrunching on a bottom that already fit you pretty well, you might not want to ruch it as far down.

This is a terrible picture, but you get what I'm trying to convey!

Then I cut my thin elastic the length of my line. I'll admit right here that I thought it would be wasteful to cut the elastic that long, considering that when I sewed it to my bottoms, I stretched it out and ended up with some elastic left over. Do not cut your elastic any shorter, though! You need that extra part to hold onto!

OK, now that I've "Public Service Announced" you to death, back to the sexy bottoms:

I pinned the top of the elastic to the top hem of my bottoms. I had the chalk line as a guide, so I didn't pin the rest of the elastic down. I also sewed this very slowly on my machine so I'd get the straightest line possible.

Obligatory shot of my sewing machine, not actually sewing anything though..

I set my sewing machine to a zig zag stitch and started sewing. And remember, I stretched out the elastic as far as I could as I sewed so it would bunch the bikini bottoms.

There you have it folks! Hope you weren't holding out for a booty shot!! You won't be getting one!

And voila! Now I have a bikini bottom that not only fits, but accentuates my old lady butt! My butt is not naturally awesome and I don't go out of my way to make it look attractive (like working out or not eating fried foods). If my butt could, it would thank me for doing the absolute least I could to make it look nice in a bathing suit.

Joe was also pretty impressed that I was able to make these bikini bottoms look expensive and special, considering how cheap and bland they were when I started. And it cost me probably less than $0.25 worth of elastic.

And can I just admit for a minute, that I'm a bit of a show off. During my 4 day shopping search for a pair like these, my sister and I talked about how great scrunched butt bikini bottoms were. So, it was only natural that after I made my own pair, I sent her a picture of them and bragged a little about how incredible I am.

So, she asked me to scrunch a couple pairs of her bikini bottoms!! I was only too eager to do it for her since they were so easy, but next time, I'll keep the bragging to a minimum! LOL (P.S. She loved them!!)