Reusable nappies are of course more expensive to buy at the beginning but they pay off for themselves in the long run buy saving you lots of money. Example: in a day you use on average 6 nappies, by 365 days that make it 2190 nappies.
Now let's use as a comparison price the cheap €8,99, 56 nappies pack I used to buy at Lidl (they now stopped the CIEN brand i liked and after trying the TOUJOURS brand I can honestly say they lost a nappies' customer).
In a year to use 6 nappies a day would mean buying more or less 39 (,10) packs of nappies which equals to a total expense of €350, 61.
If I make 12 or more nappies out of recycled used fabric (old towels, t-shirts, etc.) I will be spending only the money involved in the water, electricity and soap for the washing machine that I use anyway.
The only problem is that I can't really use them when we go out if they are handmade as they will not be as good as the ones you can buy, unless they are perfect and mine are rarely going to be perfect... LOL
So what I was planning on doing is use the washable ones in the house and the disposable ones when we go out. Better than just using just disposable.
Making a washable nappy is not too easy neither too difficult, I started mine buy using a disposable nappy as a template. While stretching it, I marked the used bed sheet with a special pencil and cut the shape (i had previously folded the sheet so that I will have more than one nappy cut out).
After cutting it properly and leaving a couple of inches of border I ironed the fabric and divided the fabric in 2 nappies formed by a few layers each.
Then I chose another piece of fabric (synthetic) that was put on the outside to make the nappy look cuter and since I have a baby boy I chose this pattern. Cut it and then leave it aside for a while.
I sewed the top and bottom of the nappy so that the fabric would keep in place and then along the inside lines applied elastic with a zig-zag sewing.
Then I pinned the other fabric on one side and decided how to apply it later and left it pinned on.
Because the elastic would have rubbed against the baby's skin I folded over the excess fabric and sewed it on, in order to make an all-cotton feel for the skin.
TO BE CONTINUED....
Now let's use as a comparison price the cheap €8,99, 56 nappies pack I used to buy at Lidl (they now stopped the CIEN brand i liked and after trying the TOUJOURS brand I can honestly say they lost a nappies' customer).
In a year to use 6 nappies a day would mean buying more or less 39 (,10) packs of nappies which equals to a total expense of €350, 61.
If I make 12 or more nappies out of recycled used fabric (old towels, t-shirts, etc.) I will be spending only the money involved in the water, electricity and soap for the washing machine that I use anyway.
The only problem is that I can't really use them when we go out if they are handmade as they will not be as good as the ones you can buy, unless they are perfect and mine are rarely going to be perfect... LOL
So what I was planning on doing is use the washable ones in the house and the disposable ones when we go out. Better than just using just disposable.
Making a washable nappy is not too easy neither too difficult, I started mine buy using a disposable nappy as a template. While stretching it, I marked the used bed sheet with a special pencil and cut the shape (i had previously folded the sheet so that I will have more than one nappy cut out).
After cutting it properly and leaving a couple of inches of border I ironed the fabric and divided the fabric in 2 nappies formed by a few layers each.
Then I chose another piece of fabric (synthetic) that was put on the outside to make the nappy look cuter and since I have a baby boy I chose this pattern. Cut it and then leave it aside for a while.
I sewed the top and bottom of the nappy so that the fabric would keep in place and then along the inside lines applied elastic with a zig-zag sewing.
Then I pinned the other fabric on one side and decided how to apply it later and left it pinned on.
Because the elastic would have rubbed against the baby's skin I folded over the excess fabric and sewed it on, in order to make an all-cotton feel for the skin.
TO BE CONTINUED....
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