Unfortunately, we've not experienced a messy diaper as of yet (we've only been using one cloth diaper over 3 days).
Pondering the possibility of a messy diaper; I started looking into what could be done to help with clean up. The diaper we choose (FuzziBunz) has a soft inner lining made of soft microfleece. It is more textured than say regular cotton fabric.
I had some Birdseye material laying around from a previous project idea (never started).
Measured our FuzziBunz diaper (accounting for shrinking). Approx. 14" for length.
Approx. 5 1/2" for width.
Sewing is not my strong point (I'm a newbie) and because my project is for messy cleanup I don't spend a lot of time worrying about perfection. Cut as close to measurements and possible.
Decided to round the edges to help with comfort using my handy dandy small plate/saucer. Decided to cut 6 of these to start/trial with.
More approximate cutting (grin) and we have an unsewn cloth liner.
Decided to use a hem stitch on my sewing machine; want to keep this liner as thin as possible. It is not as pretty as a serger would do, but gets the job done. Only ended up sewing 3. My mother-in-law just purchased a serger that I could borrow and make prettier work of it.
Put them in the wash and they ended up fraying a little on the edges as expected. You can only get so close to the edge of the fabric with a sewing machine. Again, I think a serger would work wonders here.
Trialed this liner during Fourth Trial of cloth diaper. Liner seemed to hold up pretty well and stay fairly in place. Looking forward to a messy diaper to get a real test.
Trialled using these with the FuzziBunz diaper. Using the liner actually kept moisture up against my babies bottom and the fleece liner built into the diaper is so awesome and easy to clean it is unneeded.
ReplyDelete