Diaperkit.com Pocket Fitteds

Amber of Diaperkit.com sent me a pocket fitted kit to try for my little one, hers is the white one (below).

I also used her pattern for a pocket fitted with my fabric from Wazoodle.  Not counting the free one she sent me, my pocket fitteds ended up costing around $8 each, though $2 of that was from shipping. The sherpa is organic cotton, and the flannel is the nice high quality diaper flannel, they say it's periwinkle but I think it's a nice medium blue.  I ended up buying 3 yards of the flannel, 2 of the sherpa, and 5 yards of diaper elastic and that made 5 large diapers that were two layers of flannel and one of sherpa.  

The Diaperkit Fitted pattern is my new favorite. Generous wings make them easy to pin and they fit well.  The large is even a little big for my 90th percentile 14-month-old, but they still 'catch' everything just fine thanks to the elastic legs and back. I just overlap the wings a little bit when I pin.  I've been using other pocket fitteds now for a couple weeks and I absolutely love pocket fitteds now! I'd shown you before that I stuff them with prefolds, which still works really well for us. Easy washing, and I already had a ton of prefolds (what cloth diapering mom doesn't?).  They dry in one dryer cycle rather than two. I'll be honest, I don't even take the prefold out of the pocket part before washing; the agitation of the washer almost always shakes it out.

When making diapers, especially a new material or new pattern, I like to make one or two and then wash/dry/put them on the baby to check fit and that they hold up, then do the rest assembly line style.  In the trial run I realized that the diapers would be a lot easier to stuff if I had the stretch of the sherpa going across the diaper, so I did that on the other 5.  I'm glad I checked and adjusted how I cut the fabric. 

The Diaperkit that Amber sent was all white diaper flannel (it's really absorbent) with velcro closures and a size tag. I forgot to put my size tag on, but there are instructions in there for it.  She also has instructions for snaps, or you could just topstitch the wings like I did and pin. I think I've got my diaper stash caught up pretty well for the time being, to cap this little flurry of cloth diaper making posts, I'll post a tour of our diapering setup soon. :)



Why try a Diaperkit? 
 1.  Cloth diapering saves money. Compare sewing your own (7.49 for an AIO) to buying pre-made ($16-$22) to disposables ($20/package that will be *gone* in a week or two!).  You easily save half by cloth diapering vs disposable, and save even more than that by sewing your own!
2.  DiaperKit saves waste. When ordering fabric, it’s hard to tell how much of each different kind you need, I’ve always ended with extra of something, or not enough of something else to finish the amount of diapers I was wanting to make.  With DiaperKit, Amber can cut out what’s needed from a big piece of fabric, ensuring the resources are used in the most efficient way possible and you have everything needed to finish.
3.  DiaperKit allows you to vary your stash.  Want to try some fitteds, all-in-ones, and covers with prefolds? No need to buy three different patterns and then sort through how much fabric you’ll need for each one, try a couple kits of each and you’re good to go!

.... Continue reading Ten Reasons to Use Diaperkits to Make Your Own Cloth Diapers. 

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