I think last time I updated I'd completed 33 items. Over the last couple of days I've finished 29 more cloth pads, which takes the total to 62 items made this month! I did say I was going to make some fitted nappies, AIOs and other stuff but I haven't got round to that yet. Most of the stuff is cut out for them so I might make a start on them. I think I might sew up the pocket nappies I embroidered recently though. I really need to stop making pocket nappies because I've hardly sold any. They're obviously not very popular items. The last pocket nappies I put in my shop (the robots and dog ones) have hardly had any views, and almost none of the new ones I uploaded have had any views yet. Views and visits are picking up a bit though, but still no sales yet. I need to pay my credit card bill for this month... Luckily I had a bit of cash set aside for that.
I'll add some new photos here tomorrow once the new cloth pads are washed and dried. Maybe I'll have finished the pocket nappies too.
Updated: I haven't taken any cloth pad pics but I have some crappy phone photos of the AIOs I started today. I'd been putting off starting them because the pattern looks complicated. It's the Opulent Monsters AIO pattern. So far it's going okay, but I'm about to come to the most difficult part, so I've saved that for tomorrow. I had a metre of bamboo fleece and I was able to cut the soakers and other parts for three AIOs. That's not exactly great considering bamboo fleece costs about £20 a metre, but it's better than I expected. There are a few tiny scraps left over that might make a few cloth pads. £20 divided by 3 is £6.66 (fun!) so these are going to be some costly nappies. I really hope I don't screw anything up tomorrow....
These are the inners for two of them. The soakers will be attached to both ends and will be able to come out in the wash, making them quick drying. I need to sew the PUL outer part to the stay dry centre tomorrow. I'm scared!
These are the outers. The green cow print will go with the green inner, the navy space bunnies are going with the yellow and blue. There are yellow stars on the embroidery so I thought it might match. The grumpy cat is going to go with the same pink and has a white stay dry section.
This is my jackalope, he's going to be a pocket nappy, with a pink wicking fabric inner. I usually cut the PUL pocket part the same colour as the outer PUL but this time I thought I'd cut it to match the wicking fabric, so they're both pink. The snaps I've put on are pink too. I'm sewing the AIOs production line style and I plan to fit this one into the production line somewhere. I should probably hem the pocket sections before I go any further so that it's ready to be sewn together when the AIOs are ready to be sewn together.
Fingers crossed the inners aren't too difficult to sew together! Hopefully I'll have managed to complete at least one AIO by tomorrow. Oh, I did sew three escapee cloth pads today, so that makes a total of 65 items now.
I'll add some new photos here tomorrow once the new cloth pads are washed and dried. Maybe I'll have finished the pocket nappies too.
Updated: I haven't taken any cloth pad pics but I have some crappy phone photos of the AIOs I started today. I'd been putting off starting them because the pattern looks complicated. It's the Opulent Monsters AIO pattern. So far it's going okay, but I'm about to come to the most difficult part, so I've saved that for tomorrow. I had a metre of bamboo fleece and I was able to cut the soakers and other parts for three AIOs. That's not exactly great considering bamboo fleece costs about £20 a metre, but it's better than I expected. There are a few tiny scraps left over that might make a few cloth pads. £20 divided by 3 is £6.66 (fun!) so these are going to be some costly nappies. I really hope I don't screw anything up tomorrow....
These are the inners for two of them. The soakers will be attached to both ends and will be able to come out in the wash, making them quick drying. I need to sew the PUL outer part to the stay dry centre tomorrow. I'm scared!
These are the outers. The green cow print will go with the green inner, the navy space bunnies are going with the yellow and blue. There are yellow stars on the embroidery so I thought it might match. The grumpy cat is going to go with the same pink and has a white stay dry section.
This is my jackalope, he's going to be a pocket nappy, with a pink wicking fabric inner. I usually cut the PUL pocket part the same colour as the outer PUL but this time I thought I'd cut it to match the wicking fabric, so they're both pink. The snaps I've put on are pink too. I'm sewing the AIOs production line style and I plan to fit this one into the production line somewhere. I should probably hem the pocket sections before I go any further so that it's ready to be sewn together when the AIOs are ready to be sewn together.
Fingers crossed the inners aren't too difficult to sew together! Hopefully I'll have managed to complete at least one AIO by tomorrow. Oh, I did sew three escapee cloth pads today, so that makes a total of 65 items now.
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