Thursday, April 9, 2009

Adventures in Cloth Diaper making

Here is my adventures in Diaper making. This is the first diaper I have made so far. It is so soft that my baby is going to be sitting on a little bit of heaven. The inner layer is made from Suedecloth and after feeling how soft it is, perhaps I will be making a pair of suedecoth undies for myself!!. ....and yes it is a very dark Grey (I got a really good deal on it), and besides the grey won't show the stains all that easily. The suedecloth is great because it is a wicking fabric meaning when you get it wet the water doesn't absorb into the fabric but goes through it and is absorbed by the insert of absorbant fabric and the moisture doesn't come back up through the seudecloth and so the baby feels dry.(I hope that makes sense)

The outer layer is a breathable soft waterproof fabric (tested with water yesterday) You can see up at the top there is an opening for layers of absorbant fabric to be inserted in before you put it on the baby. It will make cleaning these diapers a cinch!! Just pull out the inserts and throw it all in the washing machine. All layers get nice and clean and I don't have to spend a crazy amount of money on disposables each month. These have lovely snaps on them so they close very nicely and as easily as any disposable diaper out there.

I am seriously so excited to finish making them. I had a few challenges with this first one. But now I know what I'm supposed to do the others will take less thean 1/2 hour each to finish. I can see why people get addicted to diaper making! They are seriously the cutest things.

Outer Layer

Inner Layer (the little bit of heaven on my baby's bottom)








4 comments:

Sine family said...

You should sell those. They look so cute and so practical. Look at you being Green!!

Heather said...

I totally want some of these cute little poop catchers. Honestly. Let me know if you feel like making any more of these and how much.

Sharon and John said...

i am so glad that i found your blog, it's so fun to see your projects and especially your cute little, and i do mean little tummy. can't wait to see pics of him myself.

Jill said...

hi amber! i hope you're feeling great. good work on those diaper - really amazing and they really are cute.