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Cloth Diaper Patterns and Resources

Sewing your own cloth diapers is a great way to save money and can be a fun hobby. You can start out with recycled materials such as old t-shirts or flannel pajama pants and wool sweaters. Or you can invest in top quality materials such as polyurethane laminate (PUL) and cotton or hemp absorbent fabrics. (You can find cloth diaper sewing supplies and more pattern links at my other store: Sew Cloth Diapers.)

You can find many free diaper patterns on the internet, although some of the best patterns are worth paying for. It makes sense to pay $12-18 for a really good pattern if you will be sewing a lot of cloth diapers. You'll save money on materials as well as frustration!

Cloth Diaper Patterns

There is a much longer, updated, list of patterns at Sew Cloth Diapers.

Diaper Sewing A tutorial site for cloth diaper sewing. Step by step pictures and instructions for diapers, covers, cloth menstrual pads and more.

Mama Bird Pattern A really nice diaper pattern. They do run a little small so you may want to add a bit to the length and the tabs.

Ottobre Designs Ottobre designs has a nice 2 size diaper pattern. Runs a little big, so you may want to make one, then adjust the pattern to fit your needs. The larger size is good as is for older toddlers. Ottobre also has a popular knitted wool diaper cover pattern.

Frugal Diaper Patterns Recycling fabrics is a good way to save money if you are looking for truly frugal diapering. You can use cotton t-shirts, flannel blankets, towels and, flannel sheets to make really, really cheap diapers. Pick up a set of flannel sheets at a garage sale or thrift store (easy to find in the summer) or grab a brand new flannel sheet set on clearance in late winter. You can sew a whole stash from a few sheets and you'll save a bundle. Jersey knit sheets work as well as long as they are 100% cotton.

Celtic Cloths Medium All in One free pattern. Super cute, sews up fast. Works great.

Recycled Butt Sweater Wool covers are easy to use and cheap to make with a few soft wool sweaters from a thrift store or garage sale. Check your closet or ask relatives if they have any soft wool sweaters that need a new life. Just be sure it is as close to 100% wool as possible. You can also make long pants with the sweater arms.

More Wool Soaker Patterns With a few skeins of soft, pure wool yarn ($4-8 a skein or so, most covers require about 100-150 grams or 1 1/2 skeins) you can crochet or knit wool diaper covers while watching movies or waiting at the doctor's office. Wool soakers are soft, cute, and very addictive.

Pull On Fleece Cover A step by step photo lesson on how to make a fleece diaper cover.

Chloe Toes The Chloe Toes diaper pattern is recommended time and again all over the diaper sewing groups. This is a cute pattern that sews up very quickly. It requires the use of FOE (fold over elastic) so it works best if you have all snap diapers. Velcro like hook and loop tape does very bad things to FOE. This is a trim fitting diaper and has many raving fans. You can use this pattern to make pocket diapers, all in one diapers, itted diapers and diaper covers. In addition, Catharine is a super nice lady and very willing to answer questions.

Little Comet Tails patterns are currently very popular. They are well-designed and make very cute diapers and covers. The Little One Size Diaper Pattern comes with patterns for several different styles of diapers and covers. They are available at Amazon.com.

  

 

Where to buy diaper sewing fabrics?

You can find diaper sewing fabrics on group buy or coop sites and in a handful of online stores. As I mentioned, I do carry a small but growing number of supplies in my store. These are usually leftovers from my group buying list:

A couple of other great group buy sites for diaper supplies:

This End Up Denise runs a great coop and often has hard to find items like colored fold over elastic.

Cloth Diaper Supplies Stacey often has hemp, cotton sherpa and other good buys.

Diaper Sewing Supply Stores

Sew Cloth Diapers One of my other stores. You'll find extensive lists of free cloth diaper patterns as well PUL, bamboo, hemp, elastic and more. Use the code LFN to save $5 off any order of $50 or more.

One Stop Diaper Shop Carries fold over elastic, size tags and other useful supplies.

The Snap Store A great place to buy plastic snaps and a snap press. They also carry hemp fabrics.