Cloth Nappy Making #5

**Tanya** · June 6th, 2008, 10:47 PM

This is a thread for those who sew their own nappies to discuss techniques and materials and share hints and tips.

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**Nelle** · June 7th, 2008, 12:06 AM

Were you going to close the old thread Tan? :P

I'm with you on the motivation, cutting material's the hardest part for me, booooring. But once everything's set up, your material's ready and you have some time to yourself with some music playing, it's good fun!

**Gigi** · June 7th, 2008, 12:58 AM

Tanya - are you an experienced sewer with new machines?
or a newbie with new machines?

i'm a newbie
if that is you too, i would suggest, you get an old flannelette sheet, cut up liners and practise overlocking on liners - i do double layer - great for nappy rash times, and now we use them for day time fitteds - but i digress, i found overlocking loads of liners has refined my crap overlocking skills heaps - i can even do acceptable curves now!

if you already know what you're doing, well - i got nothing - cos the possibilities are endless!!! but MCN fabric is not cheap, so i'd prioritise according to what your baby actually needs.

**Tanya** · June 11th, 2008, 04:57 PM

Thanx Nelle... I am really dumb lately!!

Gigi... I have made a few things with the machines.... but yeah, I am just a beginner

I have recently come to realise that most of my cloth nappies are irritating Bonnie's thighs! The nappies that don't are all pockets.. so I guess that's what I need to be making.

Does anyone have a pattern? Maz

Tanya

ETA... Do I have to use PUL... can fleece work?
ETAM... I see they have a couple of patterns on the Nappy Network... has anyone used them? Are they any good?

**melbel** · June 11th, 2008, 05:42 PM

apparently the wee weka one is quite good..sized a bit large so you may need to adjust the size but otherwise has had good reports.

**Gigi** · June 12th, 2008, 01:01 AM

I have recently come to realise that most of my cloth nappies are irritating Bonnie's thighs! The nappies that don't are all pockets.. so I guess that's what I need to be making.

Does anyone have a pattern?

Some kids react to FOE
Fold
Over
Elastic
That's the stuff that looks a bit like bias binding, that is used to edge the leg holes and waist of PUL covers and and some PUL AIO's.

examples would be baby beehinds covers (PUL and wool).

You don't have to necessarily give up on covers if that is the issue.
Just use covers that DON"T use FOE e.g fleece covers.
Hand knit woollies have no leg elastic at all to irriate baby's thighs - great for long wears, like over night especially.
Fleece covers have hidden elastic.

You don't have to give up on AIO's either.
Just choose PUL AIO's that DON"T have the FOE (if that indeed is what is irritating your bub). I haven't seen any fleece AIO's that have FOE.

I have tried the weewaka side snapper pocket pattern on the Nappy network, i made the smaller size (supposedly from birth to 12 kg). My 10 kg bub is on the smallest snaps for that, so i think it's a generously sized pattern. The front wings go quite a way round her back, so i shortened them the 2nd time i made it.

so my message is, don't cut out HEAPS of some pattern you are trying for the first time. Cut ONE out, preferably out of material you won't mind if it's a dud, try it on your bub, IF it's a great fit and you're happy, THEN cut out a gazillion of them.

**Tanya** · June 12th, 2008, 09:18 AM

Thanx Gigi...

Bonnie seems to react to all BBH lately. She used to react to ittibitti d'lish, but not so much now. It's funny because she really smells when she wears them too... I had her in Sposies to get rid of a persistent bit of NR and as soon as I put her in a bamboo BBH, in the morning she had 3 blisters!! The magicalls really chafe her, she is all rough and dry in the whole of the nappy area.
Last night I put her in a pocket that I think someone has made and she looks much better.

It's weird really.

Tanya