I finished the twelve diapers I committed myself to making and I am packing them to send to my daughter and son-in-law. I could have sent them a couple of days ago but wanted to get some diaper covers into the box. It is looking like I may not find any in my town, though, so I am going to go ahead and send the box. I can order covers to follow or send them later if I do find them.
I got the pattern from my sewing teacher, who has had it since the 1990s. Here are instructions for a similar diaper, and this website has lots of links to diaper patterns and info on making your own. Here is a nice pdf pattern, a bit more complicated than the one I used but it looks like the directions are good. There is a lot of information out there for those who are interested.
The pattern I used is simple. The elastic is sewn in, no casing, the edges are finished by some kind of overcast stitch (those with sergers have a little advantage but most machines can do something suitable). The extra-thick pad is sewn inside. Our teacher also suggested sewing an extra pad from fleece where it can do the most good: connect with the poop. "The poop just slides off", she says. And it would, wouldn't it? Fleece has water-resistant qualities. I'm not entirely sure if the fleece addition would get in the way of the water-absorbing inner layer. In any case, I added the fleece pad to two of the diapers. Jury's still out, seems to me.
The good part for me was that sewing these diapers was easy enough that it became almost rote for me and I did not get impatient with how much I had to do or how long it takes. It takes maybe a half hour. I don't think I finished one straight through without interruption so I can't say for sure.
I am hoping my daughter and son-in-law like them enough to ask for more! I think I can get more creative as I go along.
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