Do-it-yourself cloth diapers

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Because this has several pictures, ( I'm cutting to save your friend's pages )

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As a trade, someone gave me some Custom PUL that they wanted me to dye yarn to match with so they could knit up some longsies with it. In the process, I ended up dying swatches of yarn 10 different Wilton Cake Dye Colors.
The process, if you're interested: In 2 cups of HOT WATER, I put in about 1/16th of a tsp of each dye, and let it dissolve in the water. Then I added 2/3rd cup vinegar and added about 1/2 oz of prepared Lion Brand Natural Fisherman's Yarn (soaked in a vinegar bath for at least 30 min). On the stove, I let each pot cook for about 10-20 minutes - basically when the water was clear. Then I cooled the yarn. The pictures below were taken on my cell phone's camera because my 8 yr old camera decided it didn't want to take pictures. All crayon's listed below are Crayola Brand Crayons, out of a 96 crayon box
( Black )
( Brown )
( Red )
( Double Red )
( Royal Blue )
( Yellow )
( Leaf Green )
( Kelly Green )
( Orange )
( Violet )
( Pink )
( Group Shot )

Maeve, my 11 yr old DD is excited, because she gets to learn to knit with these, LOL

If you were wondering if I got my matches, I did ( and here they are )
I had fun doing this. But doing this around a holiday wasn't the best idea.. LOL

I need nursing pads for the spring, but i'm having a hard time trying to figure out how many layers i need, what i want to make them out of... etc.

do i need a waterproof layer? i have a bucket load of pul that i'm using for covers, i'll probably have enough scraps for a few pads. if i use wool, how thick do i need it to be?

[at a total loss]

Thanks!

Hi I'm the mama that runs prettyprinteddiapers (prettyprinted.etsy.com), and I thinking of getting out of the diaper business or at least out of PUL products. I have a lot of custom printed PUL and I would like to see if there is any interest in it so I thought I would ask here, hope that's ok! This stuff is great for mama pads, wetbags, covers, etc.

I'm asking $10/yd I have 1-4 yards each of the cotton and 8-10 yards each of the polyester (I'll measure them if people are interested in buying)

Pix under cut!( 3 Cotton prints, 4 Polyester Prints, and 1 Polyester solid )So if anyone is interested or if you know anyone who might be interested let me know, commenting here is fine. This would be great for any crafty or wanting to be crafty mama or even someone who wants to start a small business. I had all of this custom done at Fabrite.

Thanks for looking!

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My first newborn diapers (and one small.) I'm still having some issues with my serger, going around the corners, but otherwise, I'm pretty happy with them. i have a couple of kanji prints cut out, and i plan on making some AIOs (also serged) to round out the nb stash. think 12 fitteds and a few aios is enough? i'm not expecting a small baby, probably around 9 lbs, so i don't expect i'll be using them long...
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I have a couple of BG 3.0's that have fraying aplix across the front panel and I'd like to sew it back down. Do I have to do it by hand and just go through the PUL layer and avoid puncturing the other (nylon?) layer, or can I just sew across both layers without damaging the water tightness? Also, I think I'm supposed to use polyester thread as cotton will wick, is that correct?

i've been 3 years without making diapers. i don't remember *anything!*

I'm making newborn fitteds right now. how many layers is good? i've got a sherpa inner and a cotton print outer (some of them are flannel.) i have flannel, hemp jersey, and cotton jersey i can use as inside layers as well. one layer? two? I've got a lay in soaker pad too.

Anyone have any microfiber terry yardage that they don't need and can sell me and ship right away? My co-op order is on the slow boat and I am up a creek (like my mixed metaphors?).

:)

I was thinking of making some cloth trainers (fleece outer, obv soaker) from the Katrina Kwik Sew Soaker pattern. My DS usually takes a L/XL in the soaker worn over a GM. What size do you think I should make to use as trainers? He is 18 months old, 26lbs.

Hi all,

Does anybody know how many medium sized nappies/diapers could be made from half a metre (a little more than half a yard) of bamboo fleece? The fleece is 320gsm, and the cut is 1.5 metres wide.

I've started selling bamboo fleece through my cloth menstrual pad site, and just had a customer ask me this. I've never made nappies before, though, so I'm not sure what to tell her.

Thank you in advance!

Vicky

So, our first child is about to be born, and all we have so far are some prefolds (well, we'll have them soon.... someone gifted us the sewing of the material for our baby shower).

So, all we need now are the "whispers", and things of that nature.  I'm totally inept with sewing, and don't own a sewing machine, so just whipping something up is beyond me. Also, said baby is arriving immenently, so I'm not sure if i'd even have the time to make prefold covers.

So I ask you, CDing mamas, what are some of your favour WAHM websites for CDs? Bonus points if you can point me to ones in Canada, or who ship to Canada w/o obnoxious shipping fees!

Our household has just come into a couple thousand dollars worth of unexpected bills. We don't have that kind of money. We just don't. So we're selling everything we can think of to try to get the money we need as fast as possible.

I have diaper-making fabrics to sell. Because this is financially motivated, I'm not able to sell them at stupidly low prices. I can however sell them at a reasonable price plus cost of shipping to your zip code. Here's what I've got:

Custom Laminated PUL: I've got multiple prints of woven cotton that's been turned into PUL for diaper making. I'd like to sell it for $13 per yard or $6.50 half yard.
Bamboo Velour: I've got natural, white, boisenberry, blue, and yellow. I'll sell it for $7 per yard.
Lastin: I've got 100 yards of clear elastic suitable for making trainers, diapers, or swimsuits. Selling for $0.50 per yard.
Microfleece: I've got orange, grape, bright yellow, apple green, aqua, boisenberry. Selling for $6 per yard
Zorb: I've got yardage of this highly absorbent soaker material. I'll sell it for $5 per yard.

so i'm getting ready to sew up some katrina's sew quick soakers. i don't remember if i bought anti pill or blizzard fleece from joanns - do i need to cut two body pieces AND the extra wet zone piece or just one body and one wet zone? i'm making these for a newborn. gotta love the pregnant brain, i have no idea what i'm doing anymore lol!

oh yea, and do i need to lanolize fleece?

thank you!

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I'm setting out to make a whole bunch of contour diapers and I have a question about the inner layers- is using cotton batting acceptable? I saw some at Joanns that looked like very thick polar fleece- of or near that weight, except obviously made out of cotton. Can this be used for inners or will it not be absorbent enough?

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Does anyone know where I can find OBV? Wazoodle does not seem to carry it which sucks because they are a Canadian company. I would prefer Canadian suppliers to keep shipping costs down but when it comes down to it I am not picky.

Thanks mamas!

I would love all your opinions on these fabrics:

Bamboo Fleece (70% bamboo, 28% organic cotton and 2% polyester)
Bamboo double sided terry (70% bamboo, 28% organic cotton and 2% polyester)
Bamboo/hemp jersey (70% bamboo, 30% hemp)

I am planning on ordering a yard or 2 of one of these to make diapers and scraps to make mama pads. The fabric will be used for inners (next to Owyn's skin!).

What I specifically like to know: How does it feel? is it soft and yummy (like OBV) or scratchy? How does it hold up after several washes? I figure the bamboo/hemp will probably have the best ability to absorb. If you've sewed with one or more, what are your opinions on that?

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 Has anyone else been having trouble logging into the Diaper Sewing Diva's forum lately?

I'm a 34w hormonal n00b who is going out of her mind :p What do people use for measuring and cutting fabric? My current tools of a measuring tape, a chalk crayon, some semblance of a straight edge and my dressmaker's scissors worked great the first time, but now that I've gone back to cut up some more squares to measure my pattern out of, I can't seem to meet up any of my lines or measurements or cut anything straight.

I know, it's a dumb question, and I know there must be a more professional set of tools that "real sew-ers" use, but I don't know what they are :( Please help a n00bie out!