How to Make Cloth Diaper Liners
Cloth diapers are just the start of cloth diapering an infant; cloth diapers work best with accessories such as cloth diaper liners and cloth diaper inserts, or doublers, to add absorbency. Cloth diapers are an economical and earth-friendly alternative to disposable diapers that take forever to break down. Cloth diaper enthusiasts often make their own cloth diaper liners and inserts. Here's how to get started making cloth diaper liners.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Fabric--fleece and cotton pieces
- Thread
- Sewing Machine or serger
- Scissors
- Paper & pen or pattern
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Make a pattern of a rectangle or oval about 3 to 4 inches wide and 10 to 12 inches long. Use tracing paper or cardboard for your pattern. Adjust for the size of your cloth diapers. The liner should fit neatly inside the edges down the center of the open cloth diaper.
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Trace the pattern onto micro fleece fabric for cloth diaper liners. For doublers, use thick absorbent cotton layers topped with fleece. Use the pattern to cut several cotton layers and one fleece layer per cloth diaper doubler.
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Serge the edges of each piece of fabric, or use a zig-zag finish stitch on the sewing machine. Sew the layers together in a line down the center for cloth diaper doublers.
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thislittlemama
Mar 14, 2010
liners in this case also sound like they are being used to wick moisture from the babies skin. I can tell you i use an insert, a doubler, a micro fleece liner and a biodegradable liner in most diapers. they all serve a purpose. i need to make some of each, except the biodegradable of course! I would like to know if there is any specific order that the fleece and cotton layers should go together though... -
shoopgirl
Oct 20, 2008
From a previous comment: "Also, liners, inserts and doublers are all the same thing!" This is not true. A liner gets put in the diaper to prevent poop from sticking to the diaper so easily. Many times you can get disposable liners that break up when flushed, but this person was giving an idea of how to make reusable liners. Doublers and inserts are what soak up the wet.
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CrunchyMama
Apr 23, 2008
"cloth diapers work best with accessories such as cloth diaper liners and cloth diaper inserts, or doublers, to add absorbency." If you buy quality diapers, this is not necessarily true. You MAY need doublers, but don't count on it. It depends on how heavily you baby wets. Also, liners, inserts and doublers are all the same thing! Seems like a bit of an overblown article to me.
