Ok I'm so addicted to makeing both soakers and longies right now. I don't even have any in diapers right now,I have to make them for other people to justify it!
2 links for ya
http://www.borntolove.com/frugal-column2.html
frugal baby tips section.
I have made these and have since made soakers a different way that I like better. short and sweet:
Take your sweater bottom band facing you. The waist band on the sweater will be the waist of your soaker. cut as wide as you need for 1/2 your babies waist I allow enough room for some stretch as I use elastic in the waist band. Cut a rectangle the length you need for 1/2 your babies rise.
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bottom
Sew the two length sides and the bottom shut.Right sides together.
On the two bottom corners cut a leg hole in the shape of a quarter of a circle,
Make sense?
I then turn over the top waist band sew a casing for elastic and thread elastic.Sew shut.
Now I make the leg bands. You can do this a few ways.You can use the rest of the waist band cut to length and sew end to end, insert in the leg hole and sew right sides together.
Or you can make your own out of a piece of the sweater.This means you cut two rectangles the length of your leg opening and double the width you want your leg band to be. Sew the short ends of each piece together (not both pieces to each other,there is one piece for each leg
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Then fold the piece so that the long ends are together right sides out.. Now you have one raw side and one folded side Insert into leg opening and sew right sides together.
You got your self a butt sweater. If these directions suck ask me some questions!
Wool longies: I used the
www.babyluv.net pattern.Just like they say.
I can get one set of wool longies and 2 butt sweaters out of one sweater. Or 2 wool longies and 1 sweater.
The fun is in the hunt for the sweaters and cutting them up!!!
