I finally made my first diaper!! ETA: pics of a baby in it!

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

Huge AW here but I'm so giddy about finishing my first diaper! It's not perfect but I can't wait to have the time to sit down and make a few more to try to remedy a few of my error. LO is still sleeping so I will have to wait to put it on him. It's a pocket so I hope some of my other pocket inserts fit it since I haven't taken the time to make any inserts yet.

ETA: For reference he was a little over 24 lbs and 30" at his one year check up in January. I'm guessing he is probably pretty close to 25 lbs at 14 months. The pattern says it should fit a newborn but we shall see in a couple of months!

usernewname · March 2014

Wow! Looks great!

talkthewholetime · March 2014

That's awesome! Great job!!

Roufi · March 2014

So awesome! I wish that I had the guts/mad skillz to try my hand at that. Great job.

spacepotatoes · March 2014

Looks great! Way to go!

Jillzy86 · March 2014

It looks wonderful! Let us know how it fits and if it leeks. I've been debating on making my own.

FlemDance · March 2014

Kudos to you! I do NOT possess the talent to do something like that!

babyaotw · March 2014

Impressive! I could never do that!

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

Jillzy86 said:
It looks wonderful! Let us know how it fits and if it leeks. I've been debating on making my own.

3 hours and zero leaks! I'm calling it a success! Just make sure that you use 100% polyester thread and any pinning is done on the outside of where you sew since any punctures would cause a potential for leaking. The pattern I followed was pretty easy!

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

And really, there are plenty of flaws. I guess it just photographs well.

chknma · March 2014

Great job! Which pattern did you use? So far I've only finished one newborn cover. I'm hoping to at least try a fitted and a pocket before LO arrives....we'll see of that happens. Momma needing Naps and early bedtimes make it tough to get much done with a toddler running around!

cnbean · March 2014

It looks great! As long as it doesn't leak I'd call it a success! That's always been my standard.

I've been on a diaper sewing kick this last week and finally got some new diapers sewn up for my son too.

Jillzy86 · March 2014

Super impressive! I would say it was a success. Thank you for the advice!

ABColeslaw · March 2014

Dude, effin awesome! I wish I was crafty. How much did it cost in materials?

Cupcakes89 · March 2014

Looks professional! Good job! I love sewing and doubt I could make that!

Cute LO!

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

@cknma I used this pattern: https://www.mammacandoit.com/One-Size-Diaper-Pattern.html

@ABColeslaw‌ I think I had a total of $70 but that includes the $20 pliers to do the snaps, 1 yard of both the pul and the microfleece inner as well as a fee other materials to make inserts out of. I estimated that it probably costs around $5-10 to make one diaper. I'm going to make a few more, look at what material I have left and really try to figure it up better on my next fabric order.

ABColeslaw · March 2014

pistolpackinmomma said:

@cknma I used this pattern: https://www.mammacandoit.com/One-Size-Diaper-Pattern.html

@ABColeslaw‌ I think I had a total of $70 but that includes the $20 pliers to do the snaps, 1 yard of both the pul and the microfleece inner as well as a fee other materials to make inserts out of. I estimated that it probably costs around $5-10 to make one diaper. I'm going to make a few more, look at what material I have left and really try to figure it up better on my next fabric order.

5-10 bucks a dipe...not bad

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

The pattern I used shows how to get 5-6 dipes per yard of material. I paid 7.95 for the microfleece (inside material) and $6.95 for a yard of the PUL. MF terry (for inserts) was $12.95 for a yard, not sure how many inserts that will make. Also ordered some zorb for $7.90 for a yard to use in inserts. I'm just kinda playing to figure out what works best on inserts. The elastic was maybe $3-4 and I didn't use hardly any if it and the snaps were $1.39 for 100 snaps and I only needed 33 of those. That takes the shell (estimating very conservatively that I only get 4 per yard instead of 5 or 6) to being around $5.12 but I need to make inserts to figure out which materials I want/need and how many I can make per yard.

QOTR · March 2014

Nice work!

mirdamae03 · March 2014

That is awesome! Good job!

cnbean · March 2014

If you have any prefolds laying around those are what I use for inserts in my diapers. I played around with everything under the sun trying to make inserts that I didn't hate. And finally just started using the prefolds DS has grown out of. I never had good luck making mine, it seemed like they just sucked no matter what.

TaylorHam86 · March 2014

That looks so good! Was it hard doing the snaps? Do you just pinch them together with the pliers?

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

TaylorHam86 said:
That looks so good! Was it hard doing the snaps? Do you just pinch them together with the pliers?

Funny story about the snaps. I told my husband that I didn't understand why but the first time I would do it it messed up the second time it would be fine. Every single snap was like this. He was like did it come with an all (aul? I have no clue how to spell it) and I was like a what? He asked if it had a sharp pointy thing and I was like yeah right here! He told me to poke the material with that first and then try it. Instantly better. I never thought my husband would be the one to help me with sewing projects! I think it took maybe 10-15 minutes to do all of the snaps after he explained that to me. I had the pliers.

TaylorHam86 · March 2014

pistolpackinmomma said:

That looks so good! Was it hard doing the snaps? Do you just pinch them together with the pliers?
Funny story about the snaps. I told my husband that I didn't understand why but the first time I would do it it messed up the second time it would be fine. Every single snap was like this. He was like did it come with an all (aul? I have no clue how to spell it) and I was like a what? He asked if it had a sharp pointy thing and I was like yeah right here! He told me to poke the material with that first and then try it. Instantly better. I never thought my husband would be the one to help me with sewing projects! I think it took maybe 10-15 minutes to do all of the snaps after he explained that to me. I had the pliers.

Good to know! Thanks!

pistolpackinmomma · March 2014

TaylorHam86 said:

pistolpackinmomma said:

That looks so good! Was it hard doing the snaps? Do you just pinch them together with the pliers?
Funny story about the snaps. I told my husband that I didn't understand why but the first time I would do it it messed up the second time it would be fine. Every single snap was like this. He was like did it come with an all (aul? I have no clue how to spell it) and I was like a what? He asked if it had a sharp pointy thing and I was like yeah right here! He told me to poke the material with that first and then try it. Instantly better. I never thought my husband would be the one to help me with sewing projects! I think it took maybe 10-15 minutes to do all of the snaps after he explained that to me. I had the pliers.

Good to know! Thanks!

Also, I used the Kam brand snaps. I've heard they are better quality than babyville.

momthatlifts · March 2014

Very cool!! Looks awesome. I wish I could do something like this... I would always be keeping myself busy!

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