Pre-Fold Diaper

 

Pre-folds are, in my opinion, the easiest diaper to make.  Of course they
don't hold anything in when you baby has a blow out, I'm sure you know
what I mean ;). 

 

Cut out two squares of fabric approx. 13.5 x 15. I cut one  terry cloth and one flannel.
Cut out a strip of fabric for the soaker in the middle.  I took  the measurement of 13.5 and divided it by 3 for my 3 folds  and got 4.5.  So I made my soaker 4.5 x 15.  I actually  made it a little wider so there would be a little material to  sew on. I only cut one strip of terry because this terry is  pretty thick.  If your using a thinner material make sure  you surge them all together before you sew it onto your  squares.
Lay the soaker onto the square right in the middle. You  should have a little less than 4 1/2 inches on both sides.   Pin in place.
Sew the soaker onto one of the squares.  At this point you  could sew it onto ONE square if you are going to "turn" the  diaper, or you can put all the layers together and sew it all  together at once.  I was planning on turning this diaper,  but I realized half way through stitching the layers together  that I had the wrong sides together.  Ugh!
Put all the layers together and surge the edges closed.   If  you are going to turn this diaper, make sure that the  soaker is on the "outside" so when you turn it, it will be on the "inside".
This is a picture of the surged edge.  It's very messy when  you have terry cloth in the mix.  Of course you could surge  in a pretty color too.  I was planning on doing that with the  "turned" diaper.
If you turned you diaper you need to straight stitch the  other square to the soaker
And here's a really ugly pre-fold.  LOL! No really, it's not  that bad.  I like the idea of having one terry side and one  flannel side

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