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| 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***
