{DIY} swimsuit solution

gingham suit: OP brand-walmart// striped suit: Down East 

 we have a swimsuit problem around here. emma cannot wear a one piece because of the horrible wedgies and the fact that going to the bathroom with a wet one piece is seriously annoying. but the bottoms to a two piece NEVER stay up! {we're talking bad plumbers crack all day long}

so while we were swimming at the beach last week, after i told emma for the 100th time to pull up her bottoms, i had the thought, "i wish someone made swim suits where the bottoms could snap to the top". 

then i realized, "hey, i could do that!" 

so a few days ago i ventured to walmart to see what they had and this pack of small snaps cost me $2.50. 

i used the 6 biggest silver ones...3 for each suit.

 to get started, emma put both suits on and i marked the 3 spots i wanted the snaps to go lining up the bottoms and tops...with something that is washable.

then all you need is a needle and thread and just start sewing away! 

since the snaps on the bottom are on the outside i went all the way through to the back so the threads were on the inside. 

for the tops of the swim suits i didn't go all the way through but looped it around staying on the inside piece of  fabric {since it was on the double layered hem} so the threads wouldn't show on the outside. 

 here it is on! 

 and here it is all snapped up! you can't even tell! 

and i pulled on her bottoms and they did the PERFECT job of holding them up! 

***you could also put buttons on the front if you want but for us it wasn't a need***