My Son's Kindergarten teacher is an amazing woman. She founded Hearts & Hands International with her husband which is a non-profit organization that helps children at risk around the world. They run several orphanages internationally. One is in China. Last year when I was chatting with her, she mentioned the orphanage and her face lit up when speaking of the children over there. So it popped out of my mouth before I even could think about it, "Hey, I make cloth diapers, do they need any?" And so started my huge project because yes, they need them. At the moment they use strips of cloth that is put between the legs and covered with waterproof pants. So I got busy and started hounding my online friends, haha, like Samantha of Little Comet Tails, who designed a diaper pattern that would work for quick sewing and easy washing and line drying. I had several fellow cloth diapering seamstresses volunteer their time and supplies and got the first two sizes completed. I plan on making more in both these sizes but this is a good start. Next will be a newborn size and a larger size equivalent to a large. I color coded the sizes for quick identification. So the outside of the diaper, (water repellent fleece) is the color size and then I put color coded snaps on the snap in soakers that will fit into the shell of the diapers. I had a lot of fun making these, though I didn't care much for the snapping. Too repetitive for my taste. I already have flannel for the next batch and I'm using T-shirts for the inside of the covers. hopefully I have enough for both sizes. And now the pictures.
Getting desperate for inner layers -- a ugly knit shirt was sacrificed. I think it's my favorite!
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