Baby Makes... clothes!

 Ahh! I still have so much work to do and I'm down to three weeks until my due date.  I was hoping to finish work a couple weeks early so that I could try to relax and prepare a bit more for having a new roommate, but I'm not sure that is going to happen. I'm really feeling down to the wire now.

Over the last few months, I have snuck in a bit of baby-sewing.  I bought a bunch of patterns from Brindille & Twig on Etsy. They were super easy to sew and a great way to use up some of the smaller pieces of jersey I had kicking around my studio. The thing I'm loving about sewing kids clothes is that it takes absolutely no time to make an outfit... they are so small!

The slightly less exciting project I had been working on was cloth diapers.  We decided we would use cloth to save a bit of money and reduce waste.  When we made that decision, I had no idea how incredibly complicated cloth diapers were... All in ones, pocket diapers, prefolds, flats... Then when I walked down the disposable diaper aisle at Target, I got even more confused... Diapers are as complicated as strollers and car seats (all of which we finally did figure out).  I ended up making 25 prefold diapers using cotton flannel and bamboo fleece.  I also made a few diaper covers, and bought a few too. I am a little nervous about this endeavor, and I really hope they work. I've only changed half a dozen diapers in my life, and they've all been disposable kinds.  I've been tempted to borrow a baby for a diaper test drive....

Making diapers this way was definitley way cheaper than buying fancy all-in-one diapers. I did buy several premade covers because I found that they were too time consuming to make.  The best part of diaper making was when Dan sewed half of them for me.  Everyone loves a cute guy with a beard sewing stuff for his baby, so here's a picture: