Flannel

[Summertime Mommy]

I want to try and make diapers for my dd, and when I was at the fabric store today, the lady recommended that I use flannel instead of fleece, I went ahead and bought some, becasue she didn't have anything else, and it was extremely cheap, but I want to know how absorbant it is. Does anyone have any experience w/ it? I am going to try to make AIO's and was thinking of using terry for the soaker. Where exactly would the flannel work best? Thanks.

[OTMomma]

I have only made a few diapers so I'm no expert, but from what I can tell you can use flannel for any part of the diaper- inner, outer or soaker pad. Personally I have made a couple of fitteds with the inner and outter of flannel and the soaker was a thin folded wash cloth between the 2. I think flannel is fine for a soaker if your baby isn't a heavy wetter, or is a newborn, but I think a toddler needs more absorbant material. I hope this helps.'

Laura

[kathryn5kids]

Flannel absorbs and fleece wicks away wetness from baby's bottom, terry is better for the soaker however but you can get away with just flannels: Check out this post when I first started to sew diapers. The websites mention really tell you how to put the diapers together! Have fun!

http://216.92.20.151/discussions/sho...hreadid=102300

[tinksmommy]

For my covers, I'm using flannel for the inner and outter layer (with PUL in between). For the dipes, I use flannel for the outter layer, fleece for the inner, and hemp terry for the soakers. Seems to be working so far.

[Summertime Mommy]

Thanks for all the advice and the links. I think I have pretty much figured out what I am going to do now.