Cotton Diapers by Grannie L.

My MIL makes and sews "amazing" things for my children. I have talked about her before on my blog and will continually. She has spent some hard work and time tweeking some Fluff Bottoms for Mr. E. how special and lucky am I and Mr. E.

Here is the Fluff Bottom aka Cotton Diaper SCOOP written up from my MIL and typed by me.

The outer fabric is called PUL, Polyurethane laminate. It comes in quite a few colors and I have found a few prints: REd, BlUe, nAVY, gREEn, YELLOW, pInK, bLAcK, oRAnGE. I found mine at JoAnne's and online at  Celticclothsforwholesale.com .Cost is about $7.50 per yard and I got 8 Diapers out of 11/4 yards.

The lining fabrics I have found that work the best are: micro fleece, which is very soft against baby skin. It has the ability to keep moisture away from baby and keep baby dry. I am aslo impressed with the natural color hemp fabric which is very absorbent but not readily available. I have only found it online. I ordered mine from Celtic Cloths for about $10.00 per yard. It is organic cotton and hemp french terry. Not available at JoAnne's.

The Soaker pads I used 3 layers of fabric for each soaker pad. Two layer of micro fleece and inner layer of cotton terry cloth. you can add 2-3 soaker pads for night time if you want. I used my serger to sew the 3 layers together.

The Snaps I used have no metal parts and won't rust in the wash. They are only available online and I found them at several online stores. I purchased mine from Kamsnaps.com and was very happy with their quick service. It is a family owned company in California. I ordered on Friday , and received my order on Monday. They also sell a tool for attaching the snaps. The snaps also come in a variety of colors and kamsnaps sent me a sample of each color snap they carry.

I also made a few diapers with velcro and it was a special kind of velcro which is a bit softer then regular utility velcro called Aplix. I ordered mine from Verybaby.com. I also purchased a basic all in one diaper pattern which has good instructions, however, I am in love with my pattern, Nykibaby, available online.I like how it is adjustable from infant to toddler.

I found many tutorials online on how to sew these diapers and have made alterations and adjustments to my preferences. These tutorials were a good starting point for me.

 AHHHH' THESE FEEL NICE GRANNIE... thanx my toosh is cozy. (can you believe he is 2 months already. :( )

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  NO MORE PICTURES, PICK ME UP! FEED ME!

 THERE THERE my chub.

FLUFF BOTTOM!!!

they fit so perfectly around THUNDER THIGHS. SIGHHHH....

 I will sleep GOOOOD tonight with my cozy soft FLUFF BOTTOM. THANKS GRANNIE I LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU INNIE aka Grannie- you are the best, and we love all your hard work and time you spend sending us hand made creations made with lots of love. 

 P.S. you can Google so much about cotton diapering and how to clean them too. ;)

thanks for stopping by to all of you.
winks-jen

Featured Guest Post- Darling Thrifty Blessed Sign

Hello! fellow Craft-O-Maniacs. I'm Laura Beth from A Step in the Journey, but my friends call me LB! I'm thrilled to be here on Craft-O-Maniac, and so honored Jen is letting me share this tutorial. So without further ado...

Years ago I saw an amazing BLESSED sign in a local store in Auburn, Alabama
(WAR EAGLE).

I wish I had a picture...

I've been dying to try my hand at replicating it ever since.
When we moved in our house, I found a home for this piece of art, now all I needed was the art.

So, with III out of town this past weekend, I knew the perfect project!

Supplies:

Wooden Board
Paint
Patterned Paper
Cardboard
Spray Adhesive
Grapevine Wire
Hot Glue Gun

Directions:

First, Wipe down the board to clean off any residue. I had found the perfect piece in my parent's garage. Finders Keepers. Paint the board a color of your choice. I used some paint in the closet as the base coat.


If you would like brush in a little brown (or darker color) to add some depth to the board.


While the board is drying, it's time to begin on the letter squares. Start by using some cardboard (maybe an old box). Use a ruler to measure & cut 4x6 rectangles, two for each letter of the word BLESSED (or however many you need for your word).


Use the spray adhesive to attach each pair together.




As the adhesive does it's work, cut out 5x7 rectangles from your patterned paper. The 5x7 size will give you room to wrap the paper around the sides. Since BLESSED has a odd number of letters, I did two cuts for each piece & then cut the last pattern for the center letter.

Pull, out the adhesive again. Now, attach the forms to the center of each piece of paper. Let dry.

Before you glue down the sides, you need to cut a diagonal slit from each of the paper corner to the cardboard corner.


Spread the hot glue on each edge and glue down the sides.



Then fold down the corners & glues as well.


Voila.


Using grapevine wire,
shape each of the letters in a a way of your choosing, & glue down one at a time.

Now, it's time to center them on the board & attach using the trusty hot glue gun again!

And there you have it, now all that is left it to hang it on the wall & dazzle everyone around.

Mine is currently in limbo awaiting the arrival of III to find it's permanent home.

Update...it's On the Wall...Check it out!

LAURA THIS IS SO THRIFTY AND SO DARN CUTE, I am so pleased to of featured you today. Thanks, jen

Guest Post- Beautiful DIY Pillow

Hello!! This is Connie and I'm [really, really] thrilled to share this project with you all today from my little blog- Salvage Savvy.

I went shopping the other day to purchase a throw pillow. Since I have a really long to-do list of DIY projects, I really was just gonna "pay-the-man" and buy one. Until I saw the grey pillow shown below [I know, it's tiny... but it's the best picture I could find, sorry]: It's from Vera Wang's new collection @ Kohls, and it's just lovely... and the wrong color... and I had a solid green dupioni silk pillow that was exactly the right color. So just like that... another project fell out of heaven and onto my DIY list [plop.].
Here's what you need:
Pillow cover, pen, fabric (I chose one that was shiny on the front and dull on the back so I could get 2 tones), a spool of thread & needle, scissors, and a quarter [oh, and a good movie- you'll see why].

Here's what you do:
Trace quarter onto the fabric for a circle pattern, then fold the fabric back and forth like a fan, this allows you to get several circles from one cut.

Next, cut out your circle(s) (I got about five circles @ a time). Repeat this many, many times [thus the good movie... ].

Next, do the same thing using your spool of thread [I wanted 2 different sizes of circles]. Now you have a pile of circles.

Arrange them on your pillow cover to get an idea of how/where you want them [and to make sure you have enough].

Get your thread and start sewing them into place. I just tacked each circle down once or twice because I wanted them to be loose and flow-ey [and I don't like sewing all that much!]. I went from circle to circle until my thread ran out [then I'd knot it and start a new one] to save time- which means the back of my pillow looks like a spider's web [but no one will see that... unless you take a photo of it and post it on your blog].

And that's it! Once the front looked like I wanted I put my pillow back in and I was a happy gal! A brand new look for $0 dollars! I have so many more pillow ideas now... so just expect more of these in the future!!

Thanks Connie for sharing, its so pretty, and I JUST LOVE it. winks-jen

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My Bicycle Stencil Sign

 

My project started with a piece of compressed particle board from my sons torn apart changing table. I flipped it over and got to work. Krylon Bright White was sprayed on the board first, then Blue Ocean Breeze for the sky, and last in the corner I did Sun yellow. I used the tip of a flat sponge brush and green acrylic paint to make the green grass. I let the board dry. Next I got to work on the stencil. The lovely Desiree from 36th Avenue sent me the stencil as a Thank You for featuring her pillows on my blog. THANK YOU Desiree I adore the stencil so much. smooch.

 THANK YOU KRYLON FOR MAKING MY PROJECT COME TO LIFE.

It ended up with two drilled wholes and some grosgrain polka dot ribbon running through it, to hang from my entry way mirror.

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