Twin Baby Blessing Rompers

 It's been toooo long since my last post.  But with some encouragement, let me share my latest creations:  Blessing outfits for twin boys!

My most recent grandchildren are twin boys.  Beautiful little ones!  I offered to make their blessing outfits.  Their mother chose this pattern after seeing the many I had access to.  I was so glad-- such a cute pattern!  I should have taken a photo of the whole pattern.  But this is the view.

I wanted to make them out of seersucker fabric.  I had some blue and green -- the colors her boys were using to differentiate themselves from each other.  I needed to get more white because there was so much white in the pattern.  My closest JoAnn's didn't have any seersucker in stock but I found some vintage seersucker on Ebay and promptly ordered it.  

I decided to use a white poplin for the bodice lining, which I had on hand.  I cut out and began to put them together.  I used the colored seersucker for the accents on the collar and the suspender straps. I attached them first, then stitched the shoulder seams. Once I made the collars, I pinned them to the neckline and basted them on.  Then I attached the lining at the center back and around the collar.

I topstitched the accent pieces onto the sleeve and attached each sleeve to the armscyes.  This photo shows how they were pinned on with the lining moved out of the way.

Once the sleeves were put on, I was able to stitch the side seams and hem the sleeves.  I trimmed and graded the seam allowance, and whip-stitched the lining into the armscye.  The waistband in the pattern was actually like a separate belt, but I wanted it attached at the waist.  So I folded them in half and topstitched at the fold.  Then I basted them in at the bottom of the bodice matching the circle markings. 

I followed the directions to make the pleats in the pants part, but didn't like how they looked.  The instructions were to fold the tucks in place and baste them.  That looked sloppy.  So I stitched the pleats together like darts and then basted them.  It looked so much better.  I also gathered the pant legs and added the ankle cuffs.  It's turning out so nicely!

I pinned and stitched the pants to the bodice, excluding the lining.  They are looking good!

Now all they needed are the snap tapes at the crotch.  The outie side goes on the front and the innie side goes on the back.  And you stitch it on and wrap it to the other side and topstitch it into place.  With that done, the inside needs to be hand stitched to close up the lining.

Looked for good matching buttons-- found some at JoAnn's.  Here are the boys in their little blessing outfits!  

So happy I was able to have this part of this special day!