Little Para Pants.
That’s what I’m calling my nappies. Little Para is the river a kilometer north of us, and para is an Aboriginal word meaning “river.” So the name fits.
I’ll be registering a domain name for it on Tuesday, but for now you can see a basic site here.
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Got my thread. Got the leg elastic fixed on 2 of my Baby Beehinds. Got only 2 more nappy inners to sew before I can put the inner & outer together.
Getting tired of sewing, to be honest…but I have to finish these, and I have to sell them, because I’m going to kick myself if I don’t.
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Right in the middle of sewing in the absorbent part of the 4th nappy inner, my white thread ran out. Grr. So tomorrow I have to go shopping for more, dang it. I do hate shopping.
Hahahahahaha….
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Front velcro piece is sewn on all nappies. And I’ve got two of the inner pieces with an absorbent pad finished. Five more to go and then I can start sewing the inner & outer pieces together. Yay.
In other news, I have three Baby Beehinds sitting next to my machine needing new leg elastic. I’ll get around to that someday.
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I got some actual sewing done today. I sewed the back elastic onto all the nappy pieces. Tomorrow (time permitting) I’ll start putting the hook & loop pieces on, then start on the absorbent pad that goes down the centre.
Of course there’s a problem. I only ordered enough hook & loop for six nappies, but I ended up with enough fabric for seven. But I’ve decided I’ll keep one (so I know for myself how well it works) and sell the rest, so the one I keep doesn’t have to match the rest.
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So yeah, my nappy making stuff arrived on Friday. And I cut out some of the bits already Friday afternoon. We were gone all weekend so obviously I didn’t get anything done then. Monday I spent recovering & cleaning up from said weekend. So yesterday was the first time I had time to do anything.
And what I did was cut out the rest of the fabric bits. And hopefully today I’ll get some actual sewing done. I decided I’m doing all the nappies together, one step at a time. That way they’re all done at (roughly) the same time and if people happen to want more than one, they don’t have to wait for the second one. And hopefully the whole process goes quicker that way.
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My package arrived today with my fabric, elastic, velcro, and a special gift (a pack of pins) because it’s the shop’s 5th birthday this month. Their birthday and I get a gift, hmm…. And guess what! One of the PUL pieces (that’s the outer waterproof stuff) were big enough to make FOUR cutouts of each colour, instead of the three the shop said would fit. Yay.
We’re off to Victor Harbor this weekend for an orienteering trip.
It rained today. Just a little.
Caleb likes blueberries. But we don’t like his nappy after he’s eaten them. Ewwww….
Remember those nappies I made? Yeah, people kinda like them. I’ve now had at least two people suggest making them to sell, and it’s kinda been in the back of my mind for a while anyway, so I’m going to do it. My mind’s been racing with all the possibilities since last week when I decided to go ahead with it.
The only thing really holding me back up till this point was thinking I didn’t have enough time. But you know what? The housework can wait. And we’re at the point now that I can wash nappies every second day instead of every day, and still have room in the wash load for a few other clothing items. And I’ve been really eager to do some paid work again, but since I’m not comfortable leaving Caleb with someone else while I do it, this is perfect.
So I went to the website I’ve ordered stuff from before, and they’re closed for the month while the woman who runs it moves house. Okay. So wait till March or go to eBay or…wait a minute, what about this other site? Yep, they look pretty good. Let’s run some numbers…whoa. They’re cheaper than the other place. Not only that, but nearly everything can be bought in bulk and even wholesale. I think I’m switching.
So I have enough materials on order to make six fitted nappies; it shipped yesterday. Hopefully I’ll have the package by the end of the week and I can start sewing. If not, then early next week.
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