here's my work this afternoon....a stack of 13 diapers ready to sew together.
here is the soaker pad stitched into place....
like you care to see my stitching, but here it is....
here is the elastic in and I know it isn't quite right...the first strip could have been much tighter, but I guess you have to really do it the first time to be sure how tight to pull it and make it work right.
...and finally, the finished diaper! I think I'll adjust the Velcro strips more to the outside corners on the next one. It's that Type A personality of mine that just had to have them looking so lined up and spaced right....they need to be to the outer edges for the best fit, I think.
I had fun today stitching these. It took a bit more time than I thought it would, but stretching that elastic is what held me up the most. You really have to PULL it tightly...I thought I was going to pull the machine off the table on that second piece. You keep it pulled tight, watch the feed of the material/elastic through the machine, and dont' cut the measured strips of elastic first -- you need that extra inch of so to grasp while pulling. I simply left the elastic in one long piece...I think it was 8 yards total. When I anchored my strip at the end, I cut it close to that anchor stitching then.
What fabric did you use for the soaker pads and diaper itself?
~~I just bought the super flannel at Wal-Mart. I did the soaker pad in 4 layers, the diaper is in two layers.
Next batch, I may get some of the waterproof pads and cut them down and use them, but these work really well. And aside from time in sewing, it cost about $22 for the baker's dozen.
Deanna
We are a homeschooling, homesteading family of 11 enjoying rural life on our mountainside. Walking and learning daily to be self-sufficient and God-reliant in both aspects of our lives.
Works in Progress
~Always Planning For Whatever... Mrs Survival site
~Sewing, of course
~write letters
~Baking, of course
~Pasta made, dried and stored away
~barn repairs, on-going
~bush hogging & timber clean-up
~clean & organize workshed
~DECLUTTER ONE ROOM WEEKLY!!
~build a new mailbox post
~monthly quilt blocks
A Godly Family Plan
No indulgences of self will can be trivial, no denial unprofitable; Heaven or Hell depends on this alone. A parent who studies to subdue it in his child works together with God in the renewing and saving of their soul. The parent who indulges it does the devil's work, makes religion impractical, salvation unattainable, and does all that in him lies to damn his child, soul and body, forever.
Susanna Wesley
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