What do you do with your PUL scraps?

[Juliamine]

I have all these scraps and feel terrible not doing anything with them. I know PUL isnt the most expensive stuff in the world, but I hate not using it up. So, I was curious what you ladies do with scraps. Also, how many large dipes do you get out of a yard? I got 4, and Im wondering if I did bad placement or decent. Of course I had alot of scrap, but nothing big enough to make another large

[Juliamine]

Of course I find a thread about it after I post this...

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ght=PUL+scraps

[tug]

why not breast pads for nursing women? my cloth pads leak through so i have to use disposable pads 'cause i haven't found cloth ones that don't leak through (really embarassing in a professional meeting).

[marisa724]

I posted in that other thread, but I found another use for my PUL scraps, or at least one of them -- I put it under my snap press! Non-slip, and it saves my work table from scratches.

[Tummy]

Originally Posted by tug

why not breast pads for nursing women? my cloth pads leak through so i have to use disposable pads 'cause i haven't found cloth ones that don't leak through (really embarassing in a professional meeting).

: Why did I not think of this before I threw out some scraps...
Well... pail diving I shall go... duhhhhhhh..
great idea!

[boingo82]

You could make cloth mama pads.

[gargoylelib]

My dd is the queen of spitups so my first thought would be to make bibs with PUL on teh back so the spitups don't soak through.

[our3boys]

If you have a slightly bigger scrap:
I once thought of making an absorbant pad to put on the car seat when my 2nd son was potty training. Then I did not need it before I got to make it. I think I will still make some for ds3 when it comes time.

As for how many large dipes per yard - it would depend on if you have 45" or 60" fabric, your pattern, and how you place them. I think with 60" wide PUL I am getting 3 large dipes per length. I use the Honeyboy pattern, which has tabs sewn in as an additional piece. If the tabs were included in the main pattern piece, I would have to stagger the larges and so would need a little more than one length to get the three dipes. From 1-1/4 to 1-1/3 yards of 60" (I can't remember right now) I can get 6 dipes.