I intend on making nappies, I first have to make myself a bikini that covers my bum as I figured out my other 6 do not do the job! I went into Spotlight and it doesn't look promising for fabrics for the nappies there, looks like ebay will be the shopping port of call....
Its moving into the wrong season for nappy supplies in SL. I like their little additions microfleece, some of the polar fleece & also I like the cotton rich fleece. But its all going out of season so they are not reording winter stock (as far as I can tell). I have laybyed a heap of cotton rich material (9 meters) because I got it really cheap because it has moved to teh clearence rack. Just waiting for the microfleece to get a bit cheaper & then I will pounce LOL
Ahhh ok, so I should keep my eyes open then... I wanted to get hemp or whatever else is recommended for the AIO's but I could only remember hemp when I walked in there and that was a no go I will def stock up on groovy micro fleece then
They don't sell hemp or bamboo there unfortunatley. There are heaps of flannelettes though and fleece this time of year. If you want to buy PUL the online stores sell it. Look up bubbaearth or nappiescovered. They've got everything so it's probably more cost effective to get enough to make a few from the one store so you save money on postage. Last time I looked bubbaearth had flat rate postage
Cat rofl I wasn't changing the topic by starting a new thread It just happened to be that time...again!
CAT i finally made a wool cover tonight from the blanket you gave me!!! man that FOE is hard to sew with, i think i'll leave the wool covers to the experts!!
I bought micro fleece and double sided terry toweling the other day and I was going to get PUL and then forgot what it was I should be able to make an AIO with the PUL and micro and terry shouldn't I? Somehow I think I am in over my head...
I have just dug out my sewing machine and decided i am going to make some nappies. Just a couple of pockets, as that is the type I find the easiest to use at the moment.
I am going to order some PUL today! BUT just wondering, for those of you who have made their own MCN already, what did you use as the inside lining (as in the bit that touches babys bum)?
The pockets that I bought and have been given are fleece on the inside. So, could I just go to Spotlight and get normal polar fleece? They still have some, but not much as its going out of season. I've got a whole lot of Sherpa Polar Fleece at home which I bought for something else a while ago and never used. Its very soft. Anyone know if this would be appropriate or is it the wrong type of polar fleece??
If you go to Spotlight look for the "little Additions" range of Microfleece. Thats what I have found to be the nicest to use in the range of microfleece/polar fleece at Spotlight.
There is also a Polar Microfleece at spotlight but I found my sewing machine liked to drop stitches with that so I avoid it now. Its not the right season for fleece etc at SL so you might not have much selection.
Microfleece is thinner so less bulk in your nappy. You can use polar fleece, it will just make your nappy a bit more bulky.
Sherpa Polar fleece?? Not sure what that is.. Is it from SL? Its not that Cotton Rich fleece that looks a bit like Sherpa is it? If its just polar fleece (100% polyester) you can still use it for your nappies. If its the cotton rich stuff which is 80% cotton it will be absorbant but not repel the water. I use the cotton rich on fitted nappies, its nice.
Any of the Polar fleece's at SL can be used for MCN, if you do 2 layers of it (or just a second layer in the wet zone to help keep the bulk down) it will give you a fairly good barrier as long as you boost it well. I made up a heap of pocket nappies like this when I was first starting with making nappies. But I like fitted nappies teamed with some woolies now so I use Microfleece for my inner(next to bub) then some nice pattern or cotton rich or flannel material as my outter & then what ever I happen to have as my absorbant material in the middle. So I have a 3rd layer with a long rectangle of absorbant layers sew on to that then my inner & outter layers. Add my snaps & im done!
there are lots of pics on my blog if you wanna see.
FJ, thanks! yeah the sherpa polar fleece came from Spotlight. It looks and feels just like thin polar fleece and is the type that is fluffy on both sides. Its probably the same thickness as the fleece in my pocket nappies and is much thinner than some of the other polar fleece that SL sells, so maybe what I have is more like Microfleece than Polar Fleece. Its 100% polyester, so I guess that it would be ok then? Its just that I still had the docket in the bag and it says "sherpa polar fleece" and I wasnt sure if it was the same thing, but I suppose it is. Thanks for your help on that.
What does the cotton rich one look like?
Is it just like regular polar fleece, but cotton instead of poly?
Can you use flannel as the inner?
I have stacks of flannel and want to use it for something useful, lol.
Your nappies look great! You're so clever. The dress you made Isla looks so pretty too.
Did you get your snaps from SL?
I asked them the other day and they only had the tiny press stud type, and it didnt look like it would work very well on nappies because it was tiny..
Did you make your own pattern or copy another type of nappy?
The Cotton Rich is sort of like a low pile on one side & knitt on the other, the nappy on my blog thats orange with black snaps, the one I stuffed up the snaps on is cotton rich. Its not really the same as the polar.
If the sherpa feels thinner then I was use two layers.
I would use your flannel to make fitted nappies, use it as your outter layers. You could use it for your inners but then bub would feel wet & would have to use a liner to get that dry feeling. But you could also use your Flannel as your 3rd middle layer & even make boosters out of it. I found that Isla does ok with flannel boosters if its teamed with Microfibre.
The Snaps I get from "Snaps Austraila" you need a snap press to put them on. Snaps australia supplies all of this, its not cheap to buy the press though.
Where in Sydney are you? You could always supply our snaps & have your nappies snapped for you (I'd be happy to do this for you, Im in the Hawkesbury but moving up the mountine but I am sure we could work something out if your not that far away.) I know the thing your talking about in SL, that would be better suited to thinner materials I would say.
I orginally had a free nappy pattern I found on the net but over the months I have made up my own to suit Isla better. I have found what works for her & what doesn't. I still change it around almost every other nappy I make. I also have a pattern for Covers (basically the same as my nappy pattern but larger & wider) and I am working on a newborn size atm. But I haven't got a newborn to try out the size on so I have not idea if that is going to fit lol. There are a few pg girls on BB who will probably get one to let me know how the size is.
The cotton rich one sounds like tracksuit pants fabric...? I have some of that too, which I used to make a pair of pants in school for one of my sewing projects. I just got out my fabrics box and I cant believe how much stuff I have.
Yep, those are the snaps from SL. The tiny ones that probably wouldnt go through fleece. I might check out snaps australia. I'm in northern-ish sydney, near Ryde. I looked on bubbaearth but I dont really like the look of their snaps.
If I use flannel as the inner, will it give her a bum rash?
Ah ok, well maybe one day we could organise a meet up & I can bring my press.
If you used flannel inside its hard to say how she would react to being wet. You can only try.
Its abit like the tracksuit material but where the knitt side on trakkies in the outside(right side) its the wrong side with the cotton rich. and the fluffy side isn't as fluffy fluffy as trakkie material.
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I will def stock up on groovy micro fleece then
It just happened to be that time...again!
I should be able to make an AIO with the PUL and micro and terry shouldn't I? Somehow I think I am in over my head...
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