It's been about a year since I last wrote of sewing something. The last things I was concentrating on sewing were cloth diapers for my new Little One. Well, she's 10 mos. now and we're well into cloth diapering. I don't use them when we go out places because it doesn't seem practical to be carrying around pee and poop. We're mostly at home so I get to use the diapers a lot. I love the ability to clean them and they don't have stains or smell! I spray the poop with Shout and just wait until there's about three of them (half a day) and then wash. I sometimes pour the Shout into the machine along with the detergent. We have hard water so I guess it works out okay. My diapers smell clean and you can't tell she's pooped or peed in them one day! I used two pieces of white sherpa for most of my prefolds (luxury prefolds) with hemp stuff in the soaker part. For the AI2 shells I used sherpa for the inside and PUL for the outside. The PUL is waterproff and makes sure she doesn't leak. I love the Darling Diaper (DD) pattern because she makes the inside smaller than the outside so that when you add the elastic to the seam allowances the PUL rolls in and keeps all liquids inside the diaper! It's genius! So anyway, here are some pics. I was able to get some cute pink PUL and purple sherpa:

The one on the left is the diaper closed and the one on the right is the diaper opened with a prefold in it.
I've also made diaper covers when she was smaller. It was easier to just use a prefold (pf) and put a cover over it so it didn't leak. Here's a fleece cover I made:

I made this like a pull on because it was easier to work with.
So, that's all in the diaper category. I'll do another post with a couple outfits I've done. |
• Friday, August 3, 2007 - Oh My Gosh
Aren't you my new hero. How ever did you do it? We use cloth diapers, but I do have to confess, I bought them. Yours are beautiful. Really! And those tops. One talented lady!
_Mary Robin