Diaper Diary Woes Part I

Well, all the excuses have passed/vanished, and there is technically nothing stopping me from making baby diapers any more.  No more school, no more moving, the baby shower is over, and I have ALL my nights free. So I figured I'd dive in today, plan my fabrics, maybe even buy a few online (the nearest fabric store, it turns out, is quite a drive.) That's ok though, because I want more selection of PUL colours anyway.

Why yes, in fact, I did Google PUL just this morning to teach myself about it, how'd you know?

So online I went.  And I wasted a good two hours trying to decide what to buy, how much, from where, and ultimatly the day is drawing to a close, and I have figured out sweet bugger nothing at all.  I have one store with a "checkout cart" with two items, and it seems like the more I learn about sewing cloth diapers, the more questions I have. 

On Buying PUL How many diapers do I get per yard of PUL?  Should be a fairly straight answer, no?  Nope.  I got the number 4 a couple times, and six, or even three (size dependent, I guess).  I'm going to go with four...I think.

On Buying Diaper Fleece See above question, except it was a lot easier to learn that you get between one and two.

Soakers What type of fabric should I buy? Bamboo is oh-so-trendy, but some thrifty mamas out there are using old towels, and that seems much more economical. I've settled on something else, but I'm not saying what yet. 

Elastic What type? How much?  (This isn't as important. I bet mom has some kicking around somewhere anyway)

And finally....

Colour  Is mom right that white is best because it is bleachable, whereas colours will just fade, or should I go with my gut and get some coloured fabrics?   I'm leaning towards colours, but sweet jesus the decisions! And I thought choosing yarn colours was hard! (There! I officially revealed I'm actually 85 years old) $:-)

I'm gonna try one more crack at it tonight before I go to sleep.  Maybe by tomorrow I'll actually have an order. 

In other news: Today Taz went to the gym in Walkerton for the first time.  He got a ride in, but I was supposed to meet him halfway back, so he could get a bike ride in after he did weights.  He forgot the paper with our house phone number written on it, and the payphone wanted to charge him five dollars to call my cell phone.  Instead of wasting the five dollars, Taz biked the 26 kilometers home.   I love my thrifty, crazy athletic fiance!




Farmer boy in training :-)

Today was weeding, weeding and more weeding! Tomorrow : ......much of the same!  Mom and dad are on a run to Florida, so besides my little brother, we have run of the farm.  Getting to feel like a real farmer...today the cows got out and had to be herded back into the barn, even!