My new sewing project

D's baby is due at the first of May and she is wanting to use re-usable diapers. So I purchased a pattern and compared other patterns and then made some personal adjustments and came up with this:



This is for an 8-16 lb baby. With a few more adjustments I think I can make it to fit a larger baby.

This is an "all in one" diaper. It has a waterproof outer layer made from black out curtain material, several layers of flannel, a folded wash cloth as the inside soaker and t-shirt material for the inside layer that will go next to the baby's skin. This diaper cost me almost nothing other than my time. I purchased the black out material from Joann's remnant section for $2 and I should be able to get a total of 6 diapers from it. So that makes the outer layer $.33 per diaper. The flannel was from scraps from a previous project which originally cost $4. I will be able to get at least 2 more diapers from the scraps. That makes this layer aprox $.50 per diaper. The wash cloth for the soaker was a well used one we had that was fixing to head to the garage as a rag for Jay's projects and the t-shirt material came from a free t-shirt Jay had gotten from a previous employer. The amount of Velcro and elastic probably equaled $1. So I was able to make this real diaper for less
than $2. Let's hope it works!! I will keep you updated.