Friday, February 11, 2011

Pocket fitted t-shirt diaper





Pretty sad I know, but I haven't posted anything new since the holidays. I do have a pretty good excuse. We are trying to sell our 860 square foot house and it needs some tlc. Mainly cosmetic including a lot of painting which in general I really like to do. However at this point I am really glad it is almost done. I still need to paint the laundry room and touch up a few spots. After that is my least favorite task which is cleaning. The house is a big old mess and needs some serious cleaning. In between all the house fixing up I have managed to sew a few fun items including trying out a few new diaper patterns. He wears training pants for the most part but still wears diapers at night time so I still have an excuse to make more fun diapers.

This diaper was made with a t-shirt of course and lined with two layers of hemp jersey dyed with Procion dyes in avocado. I really like pocket diapers since they dry so quickly. However, I make so many different types of diapers that it gets a bit confusing as to what insert goes with what diaper. So I am experimenting with making pocket diapers that have an attached insert that can be stuffed in a pocket. The pattern I used for this diaper is the free BaaBaaBaby diaper cover pattern. I made the large size. I did tinker with the pattern a tiny bit and added to the front wings to make it a bit larger in the waist. It fits really awesome and since I put elastic throughout the entire top he can actually pull this diaper off like training pants. It does not come with an insert pattern since it is a cover, so I borrowed the insert from the Trimsies diaper pattern which is another really great side snapping pattern. I made a cute pocket Trimsie with a lay in soaker that I will have to write about soon. I plan to wash the diaper with the next load and see how quickly it dries. I am not sure if you can see it, but there is a tiny little hole in the front of the diaper. I didn't notice the hole on the shirt when I cut it out and of course it is right up front. I will have to think of way to cover it up. I might try an applique or more than likely I will forget about it which is the likely scenario these days.






So I did fix the tiny hole with a heart applique. It turned out pretty cute.


2 comments:

Jahnavi said...

Hey, that's my pattern! I love to see people tweaking it and doing different fun things with it. And I love those colors! :)

Natural Violet said...

Hi Jahnavi - Awesome pattern!! Thanks so much for visiting my blog and also for offering such a great pattern!

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