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Week One

Total items made this week is:

2 covers

And that's it.

It doesn't sound like much. I did spend a whole day putting snaps on. My arm was killing me... I spent another whole day cutting out all the inners, pocket pieces and backings for the embroideries. I then spent a day hemming the pockets and the wicking fabric. It was going quite well until I came to hemming the black wicking fabric. The black looks exactly the same as the white and other colours, and the black thread is made by the same company that makes the white thread so I have no idea why I couldn't hem them. The tension was all messed up and it either ended up tangled or too tight. It took me hours to figure it out. In the end I changed to the smallest needle I had (out of desperation really!) and that somehow magically worked.

Next week should be much more productive since everything is cut out ready to sew. I've sewn together all the pocket nappies I had cut out (there's 12 altogether rather than the 7 I said I was going to make). I've installed the elastic in 9 of them so far. They just need top stitching now. In between sewing nappies I've been randomly sewing parts of cloth pads that I've had cut out for a while. I'll work on assembling them properly once I've sewn the nappies.


My to-do list is getting smaller. I've scored a few more things off since I took this picture. I need to make a new list for the rest of the stuff I'm planning to make.


This is my workshop. Also known as 'The Shack'. I really do need to sweep the floor. I made the cutting table out of a piece of left over wood and two saw horses. I share the workshop with a bunch of paint, tools and pet food, and hundreds and thousands of midges. I really need to do something about them.


I also lost 0.4kg this week, which I'd guess is about 1 pound. I'm quite happy with that considering my diet has been pretty low effort.

Hopefully by next week I'll have a whole bundle of stuff made. I only have 10 items left in my shop right now so it could do with a restock.

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