The Carly Bubble Romper

My older sister is pregnant with twin girls so I couldn't resist making them some cute outfits! 

Her husband, E.J., said that he didn't want the girls matching all the time. I decided to listen

to him this one time and make the girls outfits that were the same style, but different fabric. 

I purchased this adorable pattern from Sew, Mama, Sew!. It's by Sis Boom and called 

the Carly Bubble Romper. It's a bit pricey, ok, really pricey. But totally worth it. There are 3 

different sleeve options and can be made in sizes preemie-24months. When I have

a tiny baby again this pattern will be used many times! 

The pattern itself is incredibly easy to understand. I only had two issues, one being that

 I didn't quite understand how to sew the legs holes so I did my own thing. I ended up 

turning them in and sewing two lines, then feeding the elastic through. 

The second issue was with the snap closure. The pattern says to use interfacing where the

snaps will be, but I think this caused the fabric to be too thick and I had some issues

getting my snaps to stay. I even had my hubs try a few of them...let's just say 

we went through two packages of snaps trying to get them on really tight! 

The next time I make this pattern I won't use the interfacing. However, I did

purchase a cheapo snap fastener from Walmart. It only costs me $12 and the

snaps were $3.58. If you have a heavy duty snap fastener than I'm sure you'll

be fine using the interfacing! 

You don't have to have a snap closure either. Buttons would be fine too! 

The romper is completely lined and will easily fit the twins for awhile.

I made size 3m but with it being a 'bubble' romper I think it could easily

fit 1month to 4months+! 

 Sorry, I can't figure out why some of the pictures are right side up! Dang blogger... 

All the fabric was purchased from Hobby Lobby. My favorite print, the pink/teal/black animals is from their spring collection at $8.99(!) a yard, so make sure you print off a coupon from their website! I, of course, printed mine off and then forgot to hand it over during checkout. Guess that what happens when you have a 3yr old and almost 2yr old not following directions...

"Cheater" Embroidery

My very best friend from highschool is having a little boy

and I could not be more excited for her!! 

I made her a basket full of goodies...burp clothes,

clothes, onesie, a moby wrap (because every momma 

needs one!) and my favorite part of all, 

a personalized blanket. 

 I have no idea how to embroider so I made up 

my own way of doing it! And it turned out pretty awesome, 

ifIdosaysomyself! 

Here's the 'cheater' way that I embroidered.

First-I bought an embroidery ring from Hobby Lobby for under

$2.00. I also bought embroidery floss (.47 cents) and

took one of my hand sewing needles. 

I then used my Cricut to cut out the name Henry onto freezer paper. 

I used the 'wrong' side of the paper because I ironed it onto

the blanket backwards. If you're not familiar with freezer paper, 

that means I had it cut on the wax side instead of the paper side.

I then placed my freezer paper on my fabric, wax side down, 

and ironed. This was going to be my stencil for embroidering. 

I then traced around the letters on the freezer paper with a pen (you could

also use the dissolving ink pens, if you have one on hand). 

Then you can remove your freezer paper. 

After the letters were traced, again on the wrong side of 

the fabric, I started to stitch!

I did a long stitch on the right side of the fabric and a 

short stitch on the wrong side. See picture above,

you don't see alot of the thread. Verse the picture

below where you see alot of the stitching. 

I continued stitching the whole name. Once I was done

I used a iron-on interfacing. This keeps the stitches from coming

out during wear/washes. Just iron it onto the wrong side

of the fabric, where the embroidering is. 

Then, I sewed my blanket together! 

It was so simple and easy. This may be a staple for future

baby showers! 

And bare with me, this probably wasn't the 

easiest tutorial. Please feel free to contact me if you have

any questions!