A diaper?

Yep! I sewed one! But a cloth diaper, you say? Well, consider what washing and air drying a cloth diaper does to the environment, compared to a paper diaper in a landfill. I wonder how long a paper diaper takes to decompose in an anaerobic environment. Also, did you know you can save about $4,000 per child by cloth diapering? Not to mention how soft they are. A lot of Moms switch to cloth diapers when baby has a rash, why not use them all the time, and save money? You’re going to be doing a hell of a lot of laundry for baby anyway. Heh. All you do to clean this is dunk it in the toilet, flush while holding onto it (obviously…), and then throw the mostly clean diaper into the wash with all the other mostly clean diapers. And with these there’s no pins. I’m old enough to remember being stuck once or twice. Yeowch!

I followed a basic diaper shape, used part of a microfiber towel, a tablecloth, and some vintage fabric. Also used was elastic and Velcro (the superglue-on kind). My machine gave me some major issues- I couldn’t sew through the damn thing to sew on the Velcro! Now I know to sew it on beforehand, before I sew the sandwich of layers together. But the sticky kind is super sticky, so that works. Sewing super-sticky velcro gums up your needle, as I found out.

This type is called a “pocket diaper”, you put a folded up cloth diaper inside, as a soaker. Basically, the back is left somewhat open (the elastic on the outer layer covers the opening), so you can put the soaker inside, and when the baby poops or pees, you can take it out easily, throw both in the wash, then air-dry. I’m going to open a http://www.hyenacart.com to sell them when I make them, so look out for this one! I will post the link on Thursday when my site is up.