diapers

Like I said, there are babies coming in my life.  I am a firm believer in cloth diapers for babies.  

Joann's was having a very nice sale on their flannel so I picked up many yards.  I went through my fabric stash for more.  Amanda Soule's Handmade Home has directions for making prefolds.  The size to cut for littles is 13 inches by 12 inches with a four by thirteen inch soaker in the middle.  For toddlers, it is 17" by 20" with a soaker down the center that is 6" by 20".  I changed it a bit by putting four layers of soaker and four layers of larger diaper fabric together.

You put the soaker down the middle with two larger pieces of fabric on each side.

Then you stitch that in and then around the edges.  I do not have a serger or a zig zag stitch so I just ran stitching twice around the edges.  It actually works quite well.  Many more of these to make but they will be fun!