seaming stretch to no-stretch fabrics ?

Standard swimming suit patterns are cut with negative ease; if you sew a woven fabric to it that doesn't have the same amount of stretch, it's equivalent to making it up in the woven... i.e., it'll be too small. And wovens in the water usually wind up stretching and bagging out when wet -- try swimming in your tightest jeans and shirt sometime. Not a good plan, unless you want lots more exercise than you'll get in a swimming suit.

One of the easiest ways to make a suit last longer is to use two layers of the fashion fabric instead of one and a lining.

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Thanks Kay,

for the advice. I see i forgot to mention that the wovens i was planning to experiment with would be nylon supplex or similar (if that makes a difference ?). I do not know if those nylon wovens stretch much in water but there is still the concern of seaming a non-stretch to stretch fabric.

thanks again for the help, robb