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Originally Posted by Isaac'sMa
I've seen mamas talk about prefitteds here which I am guessing is a prefold modified/converted to a fitted?
How would I make these? It seems like such a good idea! And I love the absorbency of the pfs I have...but love the convenience of the fitteds I made. Plus dh prefers the ease of velcro.  Would I need a serger? Can anyone give me some pointers? Thanks! Laura |
Basically, it is a prefold that is partially converted to a fitted - contoured with elastic, but no fasteners - I use a Snappi on mine. If you add fasteners (velcro or snaps) they will be fitteds. Since the prefolds I have last a long time, I didn't want to add velcro which, IMO, would shorten the life.
I recently did this with Toddler Prefolds that were just too bulky. I don't have a serger, so what I did was:
1. Cut a piece of fleece in the shape I wanted. (made my own pattern from a fitted and tested it with old towels)
2. Sewed it to the prefold right-sides together, leaving an opening to turn.
3. Cut the prefold to leave a very narrow seam allowance most places, with a larger allowance where I wanted elastic. I just did elastic in the legs, but you could do front and/or back if you wanted. I also removed all but two layers in the seam allowance in the legs.
4. Sewed elastic to the seam allowance in the legs. I used polybraid on the first on and Lastin on the other two. The Lastin has more stretch, but you don't need tons for a toddler (more for an infant to contain BF poo). You do need a 3-step zig-sag for lastin, though.
5. Turned inside out.
6. Topstitched around front and back up to where the elastic started. (I had to remove a couple of layers where the opening was - machine couldn't handle 18 layers
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It sounds complicated, but once I had the pattern, it was around 30 min or less for each one. Using fleece means we don't need separate fleece liners, but you could use flannel, too. By cutting the prefold AFTER sewing the fleece on, you can have very narrow seam allowances and don't have to try and hold edges together perfectly. You also get less ravelling from the cut diper fabric as there is less handling of the cut edges. Oh, and StretchRite clear elastic is NOT a substitute for Lastin
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An alternative that I haven't tried would be to bind the whole thing with FOE, stretching in the legs.
