Can you redo elastic in fitteds?

[wahoowhippets]

I have some fitteds where the elastic is shot in the legs redering the diaper worthless against blowouts or sometimes even pee. Is there any way to redo the elastic? I do not own a serger and barely know how to use my dinosaur of a sewing machine (It is OLD! and it only does a straight stitch). Any ideas? Any way to fix it by hand or would it even be worth the trouble? Thanks!

[Kari_mom]

Honestly, it would be tough. My friend used diapers with shot elastic as contours or cuts out the soakers to use in pocket diapers, if you want to keep using them.

[andisunshine]

Well, I saw how to repair shot elastic on this one page and it looked pretty easy. If you want to check it out:

http://www.sewdiapers.com/showthread.php?t=67


Andi:

[Rebecca]

It'd be tough wiht just a straight stitch. If you had a zigzag you could simply do a 3 step zigzag of swimwear elastic on the outside of the fitted (or inside if you prefer). The diaper would still be useful, but not too attractive.

[andisunshine]

That tutorial uses a straight stitch to apply the elastic... as long as you stretch the elastic well while stitching it shouldn't be a problem.

Andi

[wahoowhippets]

I did it! Thanks mommas for all the help! It was somewhat of a pain being that I am sewing-impaired but somewhat fun too. I'll post pics later on when I can find them (I am computer impaired too!)