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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Resources

• More Steps for Making Cloth Diapers
• Diaper Swappers Website and Forum
• The Diaper Pin Site
• Cloth Diaper Making Fabric and Patterns
• The Diaper Jungle

[shoopgirl]

on 10/20/2008 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.

[CrunchyMama]

on 4/23/2008 "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.