When I was on Whidbey, Lucy and I talked about making cloth diapers for her babe-- so I decided to whip up a prototype today.
Here is what it would look like on a baby... if the baby was a tattooed bunny stuffed animal. (By the way-- Stacey made me this bunny!)
Outside view...
Inside view...
Really really inside view... (I can't help but make asinine faces in front of a camera.)
As you might have guessed, I'm feeling lazy today so I didn't feel like using an actual camera and took all these photos in Photobooth. If you can decipher the drawing below, it illustrates basically how the diaper was made. A is the main red fabric, B is the patterned fabric, sewn on top of A, and C is the white quilt batting you stick between the two layers. I made it so it's removable for easier and more thorough washability.
I got the pattern idea from this website: http://www.diapersewing.com/quick-and-easy-fitted.htm
It was SO fast to make! I still have to figure out a fastening technique, but a safety pin would surely work. Or velcro, or snaps. Anyway... I guess I'm on a kick. Cotton menstrual pads, cloth diapers-- why make waste when you can quickly and easily make reusable stuff that is also WAY cooler to look at? Maybe this is TMI but I get a big kick out of looking in my underpants and finding brightly colored fabric instead of a cheap white plastic pad!
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