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This is a great way to use up those old towels, and old clothing thatrsquo;s hanging around, plus yoursquo;ll save a lot of money on nappies� :-)

Donrsquo;t make lots of these at once, then discover they donrsquo;t fit your baby� Each baby is different, so make one, try it out on the baby, then adjust your pattern according to how well or badly it fits.

You will need:

1 disposable nappy
1 marker pen
Masking tape
Large piece of card
Tracing paper or greaseproof paper
1 large old towel
1 piece of patterned fabric or big old t-shirt, nightie, etc. That you can cut up
Elastic
Velcro or Aplix
Thread
Sewing machine
Overlocker/serger (optional)

1������������� Find a disposable nappy that fits well.

2������������� Stretch it out and stick it to a large piece of card with masking tape.

3������������� You can see or feel the inner soaker pad inside the nappy.� Draw around it with the marker pen.� Take a piece of tracing paper (or greaseproof paper) and stick it over the nappy.� Using the marker pen, trace around the soaker pad.� Remove the tracing paper from the cardboard, cut out the soaker shape and label it ldquo;inner soakerrdquo;.

4������������� Take another piece of tracing paper (or greaseproof paper) and stick it over the nappy.� Using the marker pen, trace a line ? from the edge of the soaker pad.� Remove the tracing paper from the cardboard, cut out the soaker shape and label it ldquo;lay-in soakerrdquo;.

5������������� Using a marker pen draw a horizontal line ? from the top of the nappy.

6������������� Draw two vertical lines ? from the edges of the tabs.

7������������� Draw a curved line, ? from the edges of the soaker pad.

8������������� Extend these lines down below the end of the nappy.

9������������� Draw a horizontal line ? from the lower edge of the nappy.

10���������� Draw along the bottom edge of the nappy ldquo;wingsrdquo;.

11���������� Connect all your lines using smooth curves.

12���������� Cut out your nappy pattern.

13���������� Place the pattern pieces on the towel and cut out two nappy shapes, �three inner soaker shapes and three lay-in soaker shapes.

14���������� Place the nappy pattern on the patterned fabric and cut out a nappy shape and (if you have enough fabric ) a lay-in soaker shape.

15���������� Take one nappy-shaped piece of towel, and place the three inner soaker pad pieces onto it, fairly centrally, like this.� Sew a line down the centre.� Sew around the edges with a zigzag stitch to secure the pads and prevent fraying.

16���������� Take a long piece of elastic and stitch the end at this position on the leg edge of the piece of towel with the pads on it.� Stitch back and forth once or twice to secure the elastic.� Keeping the elastic well stretched, but the fabric flat, sew along the elastic with a zig-zag stitch (preferably a 3-step zigzag which looks like this) till you reach this point at the other end.� Make sure you sew through the elastic as you go, not over each side of it.� Cut the elastic.

17���������� Do the same with the other side.

18���������� Take a long piece of elastic and stitch the end at this position at the top of the piece of towel with the pads on it.� Stitch back and forth once or twice to secure the elastic.� Keeping the elastic well stretched, but the fabric flat, sew along the elastic with a zig-zag stitch (preferably a 3-step zigzag which looks like this) till you reach this point at the other end.� Make sure you sew through the elastic as you go, not over each side of it.� Cut the elastic.

19���������� Overlocker (serger):� Pin the patterned fabric to one side of the elasticated nappy shape ndash; right side up - �and the second towelling piece to the other side.� I try to put the side with the soaker on it facing the second towelling piece, but it really doesnrsquo;t matter.� Now simply serge around the edges.� If you are not confident about getting this right, you could sew around the edges with the sewing machine first, to make sure yoursquo;ve caught all the layers together.

No overloc ker:� Pin the patterned fabric to the two towelling pieces.� Put the patterned fabric at the top (right side downwards), the plain towelling piece in the middle and the piece with the soaker on it at the bottom. �Stitch around the edges, about half an inch from the edge, leaving a fairly big gap at the front edge for turning.� Clip the edges.� Turn the nappy in the right way and stitch the gap closed.

20���������� Take a strip of Velcro or Aplix �(the soft, looped side) and stitch it along the front of the nappy, as shown in the picture, just like the coloured strip on a disposable.

30���������� Stitch two small pieces of Velcro or Aplix to the inside of the ldquo;wingsrdquo; on the nappy, as shown in the picture.

31���������� Overlocker/serger:� Take the three lay-in soaker shapes.� If you have a patterned fabric piece too, place it on top. ��Stitch them together down the centre, using a zigzag stitch.� Serge around the edges.� This soaker can now be laid in the nappy to add extra absorbency.

No overlocker:� Take the three lay-in soaker shapes.� If you have a patterned fabric piece too, place it on top, right side downwards.� Stitch around the edges, about half an inch from the edge, leaving a gap at one side for turning.� Clip the edges.� Turn the soaker in the right way and stitch the gap closed.� This soaker can now be laid in the nappy to add extra absorbency.

32���������� Put nappy on baby

If you make a nappy using these instructions, please let me know how well they worked for you, or how you changed it to suit you.

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