Fleece liners DIY

tortuga47

Quick question. I went into JoAnn's today and was looking at the fleece to do some of my own liners to save money. No one there knew anything about cloth diapers to help me. As long as I get the microfleece I should be ok right? If you've used theirs did you like it, or should I just order online from a specific cloth diaper supply sewing site?

TIA 

michellepeanut

I made mine from a local fabric store, as long as the fleece is all synthetic you should be fine (I made that mistake thinking cotton/bamboo/hemp blends would be better).

tortuga47

michellepeanut:

I made mine from a local fabric store, as long as the fleece is all synthetic you should be fine (I made that mistake thinking cotton/bamboo/hemp blends would be better).

Thank you. I'm glad you said something, because I debated doing bamboo/hemp myself. 

mypalbabs

I recently bought some microfleece from Joann and did a little test.

I laid out a square of microfleece and also of standard polarfleece (because I had some).  then I dripped a few tablespoons of water on each one.  On the polarfleece, it stayed on the surface, but on the microfleece, it soaked right through - score!

I'm going to cut it into liners.  I don't plan to do any edging, just rectangles.

That is my long way of saying that the polarfleece at Joann appears to be good liner material.

saywhut82

I am making mine from the 18 kajillion receiving blankets I've gotten from people, found at yard sales, and kept from my first child. Since we are basically going to use prefolds, I didn't want to spend a lot of money on the fleece liners...so we just recycled fabric. 

tortuga47

mypalbabs:

I recently bought some microfleece from Joann and did a little test.

I laid out a square of microfleece and also of standard polarfleece (because I had some).  then I dripped a few tablespoons of water on each one.  On the polarfleece, it stayed on the surface, but on the microfleece, it soaked right through - score!

I'm going to cut it into liners.  I don't plan to do any edging, just rectangles.

That is my long way of saying that the polarfleece at Joann appears to be good liner material.

Perfect! Thank you. I plan to do the same, no edging just rectangles  

Rachel Sonnier

So you don't have to sew the edges of the liners?? I am currently doing the same thing with polyester fleece from Joanne's. Won't it unravel if there is no edging? Just wondering if I'm going through a ton of trouble edging them for nothing ;

lageorgiapaperie

Rachel Sonnier:

So you don't have to sew the edges of the liners?? I am currently doing the same thing with polyester fleece from Joanne's. Won't it unravel if there is no edging? Just wondering if I'm going through a ton of trouble edging them for nothing ;

No, it won't unravel. Fleece is not a woven fabric. T-shirt material, called jersey, is the same way. 

I've used the blizzard fleece from JoAnn's and it works pretty well! Only synthetic fabrics are stay-dry.

Rachel Sonnier

lageorgiapaperie:

Rachel Sonnier:

So you don't have to sew the edges of the liners?? I am currently doing the same thing with polyester fleece from Joanne's. Won't it unravel if there is no edging? Just wondering if I'm going through a ton of trouble edging them for nothing ;

No, it won't unravel. Fleece is not a woven fabric. T-shirt material, called jersey, is the same way. 

I've used the blizzard fleece from JoAnn's and it works pretty well! Only synthetic fabrics are stay-dry.

Thanks!! I'm def not going to continue with my stitching efforts then :