Last night I cut out 12 Newborn sized layers of flannel to use as the outer layer (the side you see) of my new diapers. It's a lovely medium green with darker green swirls. I had the flannel left over from my first sewing project, a body pillow sized pillowcase. I had about 1.5 m left of 45" wide fabric.
I had figured to use the waterproof material from a waterproof sheet that I've had for a while but no longer use as the inner layer of the diapers - but the ladies on my diaper making yahoo group had told me it's likely vinyl, which will crack and dry out after repeated launderings. I COULD use it to make waterproof covers and hand wash them and air dry to get maximum life from them. Maybe I'll do that, there's no point in wasting the material.
I'll have to check out FabricLand. I called yesterday but the lady had no idea what I was talking about when I said I wanted PUL (polyurethane laminate)-she looked and came back with a "hospital grade barrier cloth"-likely vinyl-that costs $20/a metre. No thanks. I'll order PUL online!
A lady at Scouts has some PUL left, a metre or two. She's going to look for it and bring it to Scouts next week. I'm impatient to start NOW.
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