| Soaker pad- Lay out your flannel, and cut a piece 20 inches by 11 inches. Then cut a piece of recycled towel, 4" by 11". Then wrap the piece of flannel around the piece of towel. Securely zig zag around the edges of your soaker pad. Secure the edges well to prevent fraying. I have cut up inexpensive walmart (The kind that are 5.00 a bundle) wash cloths for part of this. Then wraped them in flanell. (Then of course zig zag the edges well.) Update-For quicker drying time don't sew your soaker pad into the diaper. Look at other quick dry diapers for ideas. Etrernal trifold soakers are great for quick drying. (Not shown or described here.) Diaper Body- Print your pattern and tape it together. Cut three diaper bodies with the grain of the fabric going up and down, or front to back on your diaper. Choose the cutest piece of flannel for the outside. You can use recycled flannel for the middle piece if you'd like, or for all of it. OR cut diaper bodies out of an old t-shirt, or other cotton recycled fabric. Your creativity and budget are the only limits. Old knit or flannel jammies or sheets. Be creative. Center the soaker and sew it on- Attatch the soaker to the layer that you have chosen for the middle of your diaper. You can either zig zag or straight stitch it on. Be sure to center it in the center of the diaper. Center it front to back and side to side. (You will be folding the front of the diaper and the back of the diaper down for the smaller settings. You'll be happier with your diaper if it is well centered.) |
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| The pattern- The fitted diaper pattern that I have chosen to share with you on this site is cute and easy. It is a One Size Diaper pattern. It will fit an 8 1/2 lb. baby on up to toilet training. (as I'll show you-It's all in the folding.) (If your kids are on the bigger side you may need longer wings. My kids are average, but not huge as pre-trainers.) |
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This One Size diaper is a very versatile diaper. If your goal is to sew one set of diapers to use the whole time your baby is in diapers this diaper pattern will work very well for you. It works best as a pinnable diaper. For a preemie baby you can shrink the pattern down to make a Preemie version! Experiment a bit. |
| Folded for a small baby |
| For a medium baby you use the front tabs. Fold the front and the back of the diaper and pin on the sides. |
| Then the diaper is used with out any folding on a toddler. |
| Layering the fabric and sewing- The center piece of the diaper body should be the top layer. Then your 2 outer fabric layers need to be right sides together, so that when you turn the diaper the outside fabrics will show their right sides. Pin the diaper together around the edges. Then sew 5/8 of an inch from the edge almost all the way around. Remember to leave one of the ends open in the center about 5 1/2 to 6 iches, so that you can turn the diaper body after the elastic is in the legs. |
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