How to Make Cloth Diaper Liners

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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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Fabric--fleece and cotton pieces
  • Thread
  • Sewing Machine or serger
  • Scissors
  • Paper & pen or pattern

Step1
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.
Step2
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.
Step3
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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welch said

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on 4/27/2008 Great Article!

welch said

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on 4/27/2008 O.k, Crunchy mama, wheres your articles........You dont have any ,do you?!!

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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.

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