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How to Sew a Side-Snap Training Pant (Step-by-Step Tutorial)
Side-snap training pants are a great option when you want something easy to put on and take off, while still offering absorbency and leak protection. Whether you’re potty training a toddler or want a discreet way to change leakproof underwear, side fastening products...
How to Sew a Side Snap Pull-Up
If you’re looking for a flexible alternative to a standard pull-up, a side-snap pull-up is a great option for both toddlers and adults. This style works like a pull-up but includes stretchy side bands with snaps or Velcro, enabling the item to be removed without...
How to Add Rise Snaps to a Cloth Diaper Pattern
How to Add Rise Snaps to a Cloth Diaper Pattern In this tutorial, we’re going to walk through how to add rise snaps to a cloth diaper pattern. Rise snaps let you adjust the height of the diaper, which means one diaper can fit for a longer period of time or work for...
How to Calculate Elastic for a Cloth Diaper Pattern
Once you’ve resized your cloth diaper pattern, whether that’s by adding a wider crotch, a higher rise, and/or longer wings, the next step is figuring out how much elastic you need for the legs and waist. Getting the elastic length right is key to preventing leaks,...
Adjusting Crotch Width for a Better Fitting Cloth Diaper
In Part 1, I walked through how to enlarge a front closure diaper through the wings. This is useful if you fall between pattern sizes or you just want to size up a current front closure style pattern. Part 2 shows how to make the rise higher on a pattern. If you...
How to Increase Rise on a Front Closure Diaper
This is Part 2 of my pattern modification series for customizing front closure diapers. These instructions will work for any front closure baby, youth, or adult cloth diaper. Today I’m working with a baby diaper pattern that I’m sizing up for JP. I’ve already made a...
Why Little Onion is Not ABDL
Before I begin, I just want to say that this is in no way a judgment or criticism of anyone who chooses the ABDL lifestyle. Some of the kindest, most awesomest people I’ve been in conversation with over the years prescribe to this lifestyle. The folks that have found...
Best Adult Diaper Covers
Diaper covers are hands down the most versatile adult cloth diapering option. Not only are they necessary to wear over a prefold or fitted diaper for a moisture barrier, but they are frequently worn over disposables for an extra moisture barrier. Some companies even...
Best Fabrics for Making Adult Diaper Covers
This topic is both incredibly simple to answer and ridiculously complicated. The simple answer is PUL. After all, you can buy it anywhere in any color and in a variety of prints. The ridiculously complicated part comes in if you’re interested in alternatives to...
How to Make a Cloth Diaper Bigger
While front closure diapers do a really good job accommodating a variety of sizes, sometimes they’re not quite big enough. Since many of the larger sizes are harder to come by in cloth incontinence products, it can be challenging to find a product that’s going to...