Post by benshelpmeet on May 1, 2006 13:31:15 GMT -5
Homemade Diaper Pattern!
www.angelfire.com/biz/mothershelpinghands/mypatt.html
Helpful diapering information I found on a blog!
When it comes to how to sew the diapers I actually found this fantastic website with step-by-step photo instructions on how to assemble the diapers. So I used the above fitted diaper pattern with this ladies instructions. mayna.livejournal.com/198548.html (make sure you read both pages, it shows the whole diaper making process.
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I bought $1.00 a yard flannel from Walmart for the inside layers and the soaker pad. I bought the $2.57 a yard cute flannel from Walmart for the outside. This flannel was thicker and gave the diapers a cute-er look, in my thoughts anyway! They don’t take that long to make. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty fast. Plus it is something that I can just work on in stages.
As for washing them? Well when my kids were in diapers I had a routine. I put all used diapers in my diaper pail .. I did not soak them. I rinsed the poopy ones in the toilet, and then put them all in the pail. I also used inexpensive wash cloths from Walmart instead of wet wipes. Those I would also toss in the pail when I was done.
Then on wash day I dump the contents of the pail in my washer and run them through a rinse cycle. I set my machine to “rinse” . I would add nothing to this. Just let it rinse and spin out. When that was done I added detergent and bleach to the load and ran them through a regular cycle. I did it this way for all 5 kids and the diapers were always clean and never smelled.
Now with the diapers I have made, of course they will not do well with bleach so the option for washing them would be much the same. But instead of the bleach I would use Oxyclean and probably add a scoop of borax when I added the soap. I have since learned that vinegar makes an excellent rinse agent (I do use this for all my laundry now) so I would fill the rinse dispenser with vinegar too.
Well that is a quick run down of my cloth diaper making journey. As I said to begin with there are many, many options out there, and many ways of doing this. Mine is certainly not the most creative! If you do a google search on making cloth diapers you too can be amazed at all there is out there!!
Enjoy!
www.angelfire.com/biz/mothershelpinghands/mypatt.html
Helpful diapering information I found on a blog!
When it comes to how to sew the diapers I actually found this fantastic website with step-by-step photo instructions on how to assemble the diapers. So I used the above fitted diaper pattern with this ladies instructions. mayna.livejournal.com/198548.html (make sure you read both pages, it shows the whole diaper making process.
)I bought $1.00 a yard flannel from Walmart for the inside layers and the soaker pad. I bought the $2.57 a yard cute flannel from Walmart for the outside. This flannel was thicker and gave the diapers a cute-er look, in my thoughts anyway! They don’t take that long to make. Once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty fast. Plus it is something that I can just work on in stages.
As for washing them? Well when my kids were in diapers I had a routine. I put all used diapers in my diaper pail .. I did not soak them. I rinsed the poopy ones in the toilet, and then put them all in the pail. I also used inexpensive wash cloths from Walmart instead of wet wipes. Those I would also toss in the pail when I was done.
Then on wash day I dump the contents of the pail in my washer and run them through a rinse cycle. I set my machine to “rinse” . I would add nothing to this. Just let it rinse and spin out. When that was done I added detergent and bleach to the load and ran them through a regular cycle. I did it this way for all 5 kids and the diapers were always clean and never smelled.
Now with the diapers I have made, of course they will not do well with bleach so the option for washing them would be much the same. But instead of the bleach I would use Oxyclean and probably add a scoop of borax when I added the soap. I have since learned that vinegar makes an excellent rinse agent (I do use this for all my laundry now) so I would fill the rinse dispenser with vinegar too.
Well that is a quick run down of my cloth diaper making journey. As I said to begin with there are many, many options out there, and many ways of doing this. Mine is certainly not the most creative! If you do a google search on making cloth diapers you too can be amazed at all there is out there!!
Enjoy!
Oh well the Lord is leading you out ( though it is painful) and leading yall forward.