AW: Sewing project

MauiWedding08

I am set on pain liners and wetbags but I just had to try my hand at something now that Joann fabrics carries PUL.  So I made some mini-liners for Jack's daycare diaper pail.

aqua PUL with orange fold over elastic (to coordinate with his "school" bag )

inamra

Ooo, very nice! I love how it matches his cute backpack too!

redshoegirl

Niiiiice!

mrspresley

so cute! you are so crafty. i wish i could sew. my skills are very minimal. i am just proud that i can thread the machine LOL

how great that your daycare will do CDs too!

Married2MrWright

Cute!  I didn't know Joann's sells PUL...where did you find it?  Home dec?  I want to make new pail liners since my WAHMIES ones are full of little holes!   Our washer has not been kind to them. 

MauiWedding08

Married2MrWright:

Cute!  I didn't know Joann's sells PUL...where did you find it?  Home dec?  I want to make new pail liners since my WAHMIES ones are full of little holes!   Our washer has not been kind to them. 

I read on the EFF board that it really can be anywhere - some were reporting it was by the muslin, some say it's by the "reusable bag material" (not sure what that is) and in my store it was by the vinyl table cloth material. 

Good luck.  Also many girls reported they were told the store didn't carry it by an employee that just didn't know what it was, b/c if they kept searching for it they did find some.  Just pastels (pink, yellow, peach) and aqua and white at my store.

MauiWedding08

mrspresley:

how great that your daycare will do CDs too!

now that I see what they do I really don't understand why some places don't do it (except those dumb states that seriously have laws against it - grrr).

The process for CDs is almost easier than the disposables.  Most of the babies have CDs so we all bring in a bucket (the ppl that use prefolds can get away with one of those large ice cream buckets - I use a 2 gallon bucket I found at the hardware store). 

SanHawaii08

love it!!  will definitely need to try my hand at these once we're moved in and settled...(and sewing machine unpacked!)

MrsZiz

did you follow a pattern or wing it? My bag now has the elastic exposed so I wasn't sure how to sew that... maybe if I enclosed the elastic I could do it... I'm still new to this whole sewing thing.

MauiWedding08

I didn't have a pattern.  This one was a little more unusual b/c I made a circular bottom since the pail isn't very big to begin with I didn't want excess fabric.  Also I had foldover elastic on hand - that is probably what your bag has but it's not necessary - you could make an elastic casing.

BUT, sewing a normal pail liner would be super easy, the ones I have are just rectangular so it would be like sewing a pillow case.  youtube always has great tutorials search for casing. Basically, you just fold over your fabric as if to make a large hem, leave a little opening and thread your elastic through (attach it to a safety pin so you can feel your way) and then either tie the ends together or sew them together. 

elastic casing tutorial:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQtwIwAA&url=http://www.ehow.com/video_4437874_making-sewn-elastic-casing.html&ei=KeQ9TJeFHpP6swPu6rDbCg&usg=AFQjCNEigtT7iSi6QDsk3bmIh8s_-CZZ_g&sig2=76zhmJdqqdJFY9N-mTmh2A

fold over elastic tutorial:

 https://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2008/07/foe-fold-over-e.html

MrsZiz

MauiWedding08:

I didn't have a pattern.  This one was a little more unusual b/c I made a circular bottom since the pail isn't very big to begin with I didn't want excess fabric.  Also I had foldover elastic on hand - that is probably what your bag has but it's not necessary - you could make an elastic casing.

BUT, sewing a normal pail liner would be super easy, the ones I have are just rectangular so it would be like sewing a pillow case.  youtube always has great tutorials search for casing. Basically, you just fold over your fabric as if to make a large hem, leave a little opening and thread your elastic through (attach it to a safety pin so you can feel your way) and then either tie the ends together or sew them together. 

elastic casing tutorial:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQtwIwAA&url=http://www.ehow.com/video_4437874_making-sewn-elastic-casing.html&ei=KeQ9TJeFHpP6swPu6rDbCg&usg=AFQjCNEigtT7iSi6QDsk3bmIh8s_-CZZ_g&sig2=76zhmJdqqdJFY9N-mTmh2A

fold over elastic tutorial:

 https://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2008/07/foe-fold-over-e.html

Thanks! I'm going to have to check into this... I have so many projects in the wings