Diaper Sewing_: Ideas on making diapers/burp cloths
Thanks to Tami for this Frugal Baby Tip!

My mom had made me machine-embroidered hand towels to use as burp
cloths, but because we used so many I saved them for when we went out
and mostly used the receiving blankets and hand/kitchen towels around
the house. Oh she told me that she would make them into bibs when I
didn't need them as spit cloths any more -- Ha Ha

Needless to say she had to make bibs out of new ones because she was
eating solids long before the reflux spitting stopped (nearly a year).

Well finally when I was thinking what would make a good gift for my
cousin that was expecting I bought some cute flannel fabric and some
terry cloth in a solid that matched and cut them into large squares
(not as large as most diapers but definitly larger than a fingertip
towel or any burp cloth you buy in the store) and had my mom use her
serger to sew around them so they were finished off. By then Meg was
about 8 months so I only kept a couple for myself and gave the rest
away as gifts. They're the best we've used.

But for next time I have a few ideas about making some multi-purpose
cloths that are aterry/flannel combo. I'm thinking of making them the
size of a newborn prefold or twice the size of a liner insert and
then they could be rolled up and put in the diaper bag to be used for
burp cloths, wipes (I carry a spray bottle of water instead of
keeping them wet), or a diaper insert when we get to the point of
needing them. I thought that way I wouldn't have to worry if I had
all of those separate things when we went out. Now I often try to
include a larger prefold in the bag that can be used as a changing
pad or if I decide to stay at my parents or my sisters at the spur of
the moment I use it to as a doubler for the nighttime diaper. That's
way I wanted to make these a size that was convenient to just fold
over and use as a doubler.

Well those are some of my ideas on making diapers/burp cloths....

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