Oh it feels like such a blessing every time I'm able to sit at the sewing machine and create something. Unfortunately, I have a few unfinished sewing projects laying around that I stopped when I came to something I just couldn't do.

But, I have found something I actually "can" do. I found it takes about 10 minutes and is something that costs about $0.50 cents homemade to make compared to about $10-$20 to buy already made. Granted, the quality & materials of mine definitely doesn't compare to those I could buy pre-made but it works for me!

What am I rambling about? Fitted Diapers!!! Fleece Diaper Covers!!!! My new passions. My husband keeps after me to get good at them and make money selling them. Not sure if that'll ever happen as I am not that good of a sewer, but I'm loving making them!

Watch out friends, if any of you get pregnant I may make you my guinea pig for diapers!!!

So, here are some terrible pictures of a diaper & cover I made today. I didn't have any velcro/aplix so these will just use a snappi to close but that works for me too!

I hope to post pictures later of the other diapers we have that I love so much. I need to go wash them all first. I love prefolds a whole lot! I suppose it's the old-fashioned-ness of it. The back to basics feeling it gives me. I also have fitteds which require a cover. I tried pockets, all-in-ones, and lots of other kinds of fitteds but I have finally fell in love with green mountain diaper unbleached prefolds and little lions fitteds...and of course...now my own .

I got this free diaper & soaker pattern online. The diaper pattern came from Sew Your Own Diapers and this one I made is the fitted with velcro. The pattern I used for the soaker came from Katrina's. I love the fleece covers because they are so soft & flexible and breathable. I prefer them to a PUL cover for that reason. But I use the PUL covers I have when we go out. Sometimes fleece will have compression leaks.

Here is the front of the diaper. The yellow thing on it is a "snappi' which you can use in place of pins to fasten the diaper. It's nice to not have the velcro too because sometimes the velcro can end up scrathing baby's legs. I need to adjust my diaper pattern a little as this one is a little too small & trim but I sure had fun trying it out!