My friend Tamara is expecting their fourth child.
Lots of folks here have been pregnant, but none of them is interested in cloth diapering. Now that I’ve heard Tamara’s news, I have someone to give Amy’s old items to. She’ll be getting a couple dozen infant diapers, two wool soakers that Amy recently outgrew, a pocket diaper Tamara made for Amy that no longer fits, and these two new newborn soakers I made with sweater fabric leftover after making Amy some new pants and shorts.
Since she’s moving this summer, I’m to wait and send the package once they’re in their new home. Meanwhile I’m posting this picture as a preview:
I love the triangular soaker (the one on top, to the right). I’d never made this kind before (I don’t remember why, but I hadn’t thought it would work well), and I wish I had — sooooo cute! You basically cut a triangle out of the sweater, with the base at the waistline — I cut straight through the waistline before angling the triangle sides, because I wanted a longer rise. Then you bring the three corners together and sew, leaving leg openings. To finish the legs, I cut strips from the sweater body, folded them into cuffs, and sewed them to the leg openings.
Thank you! They are so cute. I can’t believe I’ll be using them on a newborn in a matter of months!
Oh, and thanks for the noodle suggestion. I never even thought of using a pizza cutter, it will help in other recipes I have too.
6 eggs! Your noodles are protein packed!
I’ve enjoyed catching up. How do you do it. Blog, sew, garden, all the work a homemaker requires and mother a toddler!?
You’re SuperMom, for sure!
Comment by Tamara — April 22, 2008 @ 9:57 pm
Just leave out the homemaking part. Don’t ask when I last swept, dusted, cleaned bathrooms…
I only have one toddler… and she still naps once a day. And much of the time she can play independently while I work on something. And Mark takes over evenings and much of each weekend!
Comment by Marcy — April 22, 2008 @ 10:04 pm