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A Challenge for August

I decided I'd challenge myself to make 50 items for my shop this August. And it's August tomorrow! I also decided I'd go on a diet in August (ugh!!). Hopefully I'll be so busy making things that I don't have time to snack.

I finally managed to order the fabric and snaps I need to finish/make new things. None of them have arrived yet but I still have some things I can get on with tomorrow. I wanted to finish the covers I started, and the pocket nappies I've embroidered. I tried to order a load of bamboo fleece so I could finish off the fitted nappies I started but again nearly everywhere was out of stock. I tried to order 3 metres from one place but they only had 1 metre left in stock. Hopefully I'll find a source and manage to finish them this month. I want to make some more cloth pads and then some wet bags and some of those little hanging strap things you can snap to your pads. Or nappies I suppose. To make 50 items I figured I'd have to make 7 of each type to get 49 and then one extra random thing.

My goal is:

  • 7 pocket nappies
  • 7 all-in-one nappies
  • 7 fitted nappies
  • 7 nappy covers
  • 7 cloth pads
  • 7 wet bags
  • 7 pad strap/hangers

Sewing things assembly style does seem to make it go quicker, but I don't think I'd want to sew more than 7 of something at once because that would be a bit tedious. I think this sounds do-able. Maybe! I doubt the pad hangers would take more than an hour to make altogether, and sewing wet bags is fairly simple. Cloth pads don't take too long to sew either once they're cut out. 

I'll update my progress throughout the month. Weekly seems like a good idea I think. Wish me luck!
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