THE REST OF THE FLUFF

I was up and excited today.  Today was the day a friend of mine was driving me out to fabricland to finish buying my fluff.  I think I got some great deals and am happy with what I bought.  In addition my boyfriend gave me a scratch ticket today that won $40!!  This never happens to me.  I rarely win a free ticket.  So that money went with me to fabricland. 

I was enticed by the cute PUL fabrics they now carry till I looked at the price $18/m and remembered why I dont want to sew my own (stitching ccauses holes and sometimes its cheaper to buy premade).  Plus I'm game for taffeta. 

For the inside layer I was going to go with white cotton flannel which was $9/m.  Then I saw this for $2.50/m.  So I will have this nice stripe on the insides.

I saw lots of lovely cotton flannel prints but then there was a rack that was all buy 1 get 2 free. At $12/m that worked out to $4/m. So I got these three.

My girls are gonna love the skulls for diapers lol

And lastly some fleece for an outer night wrap. Most of the baby prints were feminine. There was no night time prints such as stars and moons. Then I saw the giraffe print. I love giraffes so that's what I went with

I also got thread, Velcro (coloured was on sale, in blue to match), and fresh sewing needles. Its good to change needles with each new project. And now I sit at the laundry mat prewashing all the fluff (including that which was mailed). Im excited. This means once home the sewing can begin!!

FLUFF MAIL - the material for my prefold core arrives

So purolator came and delivered my fluff mail.  Tommorow or Friday I go shopping at Fabricland for the rest.  Then its time to start sewing my prefold diapers.

So I ordered bamboo (/cotton) French Terry and Zorb (cotton / bamboo viscose blend). As far as feel and look go Im very happy. 

The bamboo Terry is very soft to the touch.  Its not large raised loops like a towel.  Its a weave that looks like flat oval loops.  I can see how it would be absorbent by how this weave should distribute liquid.  So it will go in top of the Zorb.  I wish I had a camera that was good enough to show this weave. 

The zorb is like a thick felt but soft and not as stiff. Again the fiberous construct of this material will be very absorbant. I for sure will not need more then my choosen 2/4/2 thickness for this prefold with Zorb as my second core layer. Like I said I'm a little hesitent about the process to make Zorb but that's dissapating. I believe I will be very happy with it.

Just check out that thickness!

Being able to see a fabric and touch it tells you a great deal. I was unsure which of the two core materials would be on top of the other. Sight and touch made it clear.

I will of course be telling you overtime how I feel about using, washing etc. For one thing they will likely take longer to dry then I had imagined. On the other hand if you change it. It won't leak.