Making your own cloth diapers

Rey2009

Does anyone here have any experience making their own cloth diapers? Any advice?

cassoppea

I posted last week about this and some of the ladies on here had great advice for patterns and websites to buy cloth. (I'm on my phone so I can't link it.) I ordered some PUL and fleece fabric and notions from Wazoodle fabrics. I also bought some cotton fabric and microfleece and some other notions from JoAnns fabrics. I tried my first diaper last night and it didn't come out very well but I didn't follow any instructions and I'm a pretty novice sewer. After I botched that first diaper, I watched some YouTube videos on how to sew cloth diapers and that helped a lot! Now I know what I did wrong!

MrsOjoButtons

My MIL is making most of ours.  She started by reading and experimenting with the patterns from Babyville Boutique (from Joann Fabric and Hobby Lobby, I think), and she got her hands on an assortment of brand name diapers and covers (BG, FB, and a few other popular ones) to be models, since she hasn't used a cloth diaper since the early 70s. 

I have a few wool sweaters that I felted and need to upcycle into soakers, since that sounds easier than sewing PUL.

My babies aren't here yet though, so I can't tell you how well it's working out.

pixy_stix

There should be a section in the FAQs that addresses this.

3giraffes

I made a few fitteds from free patterns I found online.  I am a novice seamstress and found it pretty easy   Have fun!

elviebird

I made some fitteds with openings for inserts out of old t-shirts.  The only fabric I bought was microfleece to line the inside.  The inserts are made from a terry cloth robe.  They're not the prettiest things, but I'm ok with that since they'll just get covered in poo.   

SaraTF

I made some diapers and covers using the darling diapers pattern. Some advice, don't make a lot of diapers before your LO comes. The nice thing about sewing your own is you can customize. My LO has skinny legs.

ETA: Advice!