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Friday, December 27, 2013

Prefold to fitted with a regular sewing machine

Prefold to fitted 
have about 20 prefold and I will say I use about 10 of them .. So i decided to make my other 10 into fitted that LO can use as night fitted since he's peeing through everything now. 

I searched the internet and all I could find was tutorials on how to make prefold into fitted with a serger which I don't have yet (but plan to get one soon) then I found Arfy tut and it was perfert here's the link http://prefold2fitted.blogspot.com/2011/08/non-serged-prefitted-as-promised.html?m=0
I made a small adjustment cause I wanted the wings to be longer but her tutorial was exactly what I was looking for 

This is what you need
 Prefold 
Braided elastic
Thread 
Scissor
Safety pin
Marker
Any diaper pattern( or you just free hand) 
And a regular sewing machine 


First thing I did was make the lines for where I need to cut for the wings I kind of freehand it but I did use the pattern to help with the curves
 
Then cut it just enough for the two part to come together and wings are flat like this 

 
Then cut the front wing so you can attach it to the back wings to make them longer 

Sew the middle part together then turn rt side out 
Turn

Sew piece to the back wings 

Sew casing for elastic and zig zag wet zone down


Zig zag wings close
 
Cut elastic .. I normal cut elastic the length of one of the side of the casing and then cut that in half 

Tack elastic on the outside of each casing then thread through with a pin the tack again 






All done ...  I normally use a snappi to keep it close .... What you think??? 
if you make one please post a link to the picture, I would love  to see how it comes out ... 

If you have questions please asks 

Reuseable cloth wipes

I posted about a cloth wipe solution so I figure I should post about cloth wipes too. 

I normally use cheap baby rags that I brought from Marshall's which are 12 for 3.00 but I decided I wanted a few pretty ones .. I had some left over flannel and my LO out grew all his baby towels so I decided to pair the two up to make some cute wipes. 

This is what you need

A baby towel ( any other terry fabric is to thick) 
Some flannel ( I used a half a yard)
Thread 
Scissors 
Sewing machine



I cut my my flannel 8x8
And my towel 7.5x7.5 cause it stretches a lot

Place them on top of each other with good side facing each other .. It really doesn't matter with the terry fabric

Sew the sides and leave a small whole for turning 

Turn right side out and top stitch

All done 

Have you made any cloth wipes? How did you make it.