Ok, I finished my diaper... Well, except for adding snaps.
If my dad has drilled the holes in my arbor press, I might be able to try it out today on some industrial snaps (I've got a standard size die set coming soon, and then will be finding a new home for the industrial size, if anyone needs them
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Screw up for this version... After unsewing, and then sewing the newly trimmed soaker pad back in... I sewed the WRONG side of the inner body to the RIGHT side of the outer body. So now my franken-soaker is on the side that touches baby.
Oh well. At least it's really soft, so even the serged edges of the original blanket shouldn't bother him. It's still a useable diaper, just not as pretty.
I ended up using the Lastin on the legs afterall, and then using swimsuit elastic on the back waist. Overall, I think it turned out fine. I'll do another baby blanket fitted to perfect my stupidity, and then try it out on some hemp french terry and sherpa!
Oh, and I ordered the VB fitted pattern today, and have the DD Potty Dance Pants pattern in hand, so I'll be sewing some diapers with tried and true patterns to help get my diaper sewing skills up. I think my drafted pattern is working out ok though. Seeing how the VB fitted does the different sizes will probably help me resize my own pattern for different sizes, so I know where it's best to take stuff in, etc. My current pattern is a size large. Also, the VB fitted pattern gives me a chance to practice with my serger after Christmas.
And I'll be sewing a dozen training pants for my autistic nephew before Christmas. I need to get one done before Thanksgiving to try out on him and make sure that ye verily, they will work for him. My sister picked out orange for the outer color (she thinks he tends to prefer orange over other colors), and I asked if I could do neon orange since that's just a cool diaper color.
So supplies are ordered for that, and now I'm anxiously watching my mail box for die set, snaps, and OSDS supplies/pattern.
I also got a pair of longies in the mail yesterday that my sister made, so I'll post a pic of those later. I need to add elastic to the waistband (BIG TIME), but I hope to have him wear them tonight to a hockey game. They say "UAH" down the side - that's our university's letters. And the longies should go well with his hockey jersey.
