swaddle blankets and onesies

some advice i've heard from many moms is that muslin blankets are the BEST. especially with hot florida weather. well, muslin blankets are expensive. try 4 for $35 bucks. yeah right. my mom found this site that sells cotton bubble gauze and one review said it was perfect for swaddle blankets. so we ended up getting 10 yards at 5 bucks a yard. when we got the fabric we worried it was too thin but after we washed it, it was perfect! we ended up getting 9 blankets out of it! it did shrink when we washed it but we cut so that the blankets were about 42-44 inches wide and it seems to be the perfect size. each square had two raw edges after cutting them up so we took a serger and sewed and finished the ends in about 15 minutes. easy peasy.

 

we used RIT powder dye, Dylon powder dye and Tulip powder die. the RIT colors i chose were sunshine orange, denim blue and pearl gray. i used bahama blue in dylon. and tulip had a lime green that i loved.

after we finished. i decided i wouldn't use the RIT powered dye again. i'd give the liquid a try but the powder seemed to leave everything splotchy. i really regretted picking grey. and i tried to do an obmre blanket and that didn't work as well. i dont think the colors turned out exactly how i imagined but i am still very happy with how everything looks. i can't wait to use them!

 i still plan on freezer paper stenciling something on the onesies so you haven't seen the end to them!

you can see the splotches on the far right onesie







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