Tie Dying Fun Pt. 2

So I finally dug out the pictures from the finished tie dying project! The prefolds didn't turn out as awesome as hoped - they are thick and difficult to spin dye. I admire those who have gotten better results! Oh well, they will still make great diapers. :D The big piece of fabric that I dyed turned out fantastic but the dye didn't stick very well. I'm assuming that's because it's a thinner material. I hope to make pillowcases for my older kids but the spirals are so big that it will be hard to cut it up! Clearly not a dying pro:

Tie Dying Fun Pt. 1

A few weeks ago I snagged a tie dye kit from Target for $3 on clearance. It came with primary colours (red, yellow, and blue), 20 rubber bands, 4 pairs of gloves, and 3 squirt bottles (with the colours already inside - just add water). I waited until my kids were good and bored of all of our regular summer activities and invited them out to dye some prefolds and a big sheet of white fabric I had and intended to make pillowcases for the kids. Here is part 1 of our adventure. :)

The stuff to dye:


The dye:

The Gloves and Rubberbands:

After dying but before the unveiling: I will post a part two hopefully tomorrow. I have since set, rinsed, and dried everything and it'll be ready for unveiling pictures!

Fitteds

I definitely have the fitted love, I'd say they make up at least half of our stash for the older cloth diapered babe. There is something about their squishiness and all of the different fabrics that they are made with that make them so fun and functional.

The bulk of both the newborn fitted stash is good.mamas. I've definitely eased up off of my good.mama  obsession but it's hard to resist all of those awesome diapers! 

Here is a picture of our fitteds drawer. You can see a list of the brands that we have of fitteds here.

Here are pictures of my two most favourite newborn gender neutral good.mamas. Succulent is the stripe and is easily one of the most beauiful knit stripes I've ever laid my eyes on. We have a big diaper, a full size blanket, and some fabric too! The puppy prints is called Magical Puppy Tracks and we have a one size diaper in this as well. It's such a beautiful batik!





I also have a handful of fitteds that I've made from various fabrics. I really love making diapers but having 3 kids underfoot all the time makes it a tad difficult to get more things whipped up (this is why I knit a lot, easier for me to set it down than packing away a sewing machine!) The ones with whales are a really soft cotton that I made using the Baa Baa Baby pattern. The pac man and bumble bee diapers were made using woven fabrics for the outside and cotton velour for the inside. I used a Muttaqin and a good.mama as the templates.

The Stash

*Updated as of 8/21/2012*

So the whole idea of this blog began when I made my 1 millionth purchase of diapers for either my daughter Elenor or my little gender unknown bean growing inside of me. I realised that I have quite the stash with a good amount of variety and what better way to highlight this variety than by doing a newborn diaper showcase?

Now folks, we have a problem! I'm not due until October 1st with this newbie. But, until then we can enjoy the stash inventory and pictures and details about older sister (21 months) and her cloth diapering journey.


The newborn stash by type/brand:

*All in Ones*
Tots Bots Easy Fit
Bumgenius XS
Wahm - made by me with the Baa Baa Baby pattern
Wahm - Dream it to Be
Wahm - Bambino Dolce
Lil Joey's

*Pockets*
Happy Heiny Mini OS
Rumparooz OS
Fuzzibunz Elite OS
Swaddlebees Mini OS

*Covers*
Thirsties Duo Size 1 - Snaps
Thirsties XS - Aplix
Flip - Snaps
SBISH Wool Soaker XS
Wahm - made by me hand knitted soakers
Wahm - made by me upcycled wool with the Katrina pattern
Wahm - made by me and others fleece with the Katrina pattern
Applecheeks Size 1

*Flats and Prefolds*
Thirsties Size 1 Hemp Prefolds
Bummis Newborn Prefolds
Swaddlebees OS Flats

*Fitteds*
(These are all newborn sized)
Goodmama
Muttaqin
Butterfly Baby
Very Baby
Peace, Love, Yarn
The Graceful Moose
Domestic Miracles
Wahm - made by me using the Baa Baa Baby pattern
Wahm - made by me using my own pattern


I will update the stash list as it grows and will be taking pictures for subsequent blog posts. Check back soon for more!