Thursday, 17 April 2008

• How To Recycle A Gerber Prefold: Part 2

  I took some old hand towels and ripped the seams out of the ends and then ironed them flat.

  Then, cut them into fourths.  And, that makes our 'soaker'.

  I also washed and dried all the disassembled diapers so they would fray and shrink up (if they will) and then ironed them and folded them completely in half.  This is opposite to how they were originally folded.

  So, here we have our diaper flat and towel insert.
  

  I laid the towel down the middle of the diaper and then stitched it to one side.
  I tried just folding the diaper down over the towel insert and it moves, so I want it to stay put.
  Towel is stitched in place and we fold the diaper back in half like we want it.
  
  

  Then, I stitched around all four sides.  I did not turn under any seams or anything.  I'm leaving frayed edges and all.  I may, in the future, put bias tape around the outer edges, should the fraying get too bad, but for now, I'll leave it as is.

  

  All done!

  Basically, I put something I believe to be more absorbent in the middle and I made the diaper just a bit bigger.

  Tip:  Use a ball point tipped needle for sewing this type of fabric.  It snags really easy.  And, I think my ball point was a tad too small, because it still snagged, but not half as much as it was before I switched to a ball point.

  Tucker is sleeping, so no diaper pic for this one.

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