Pattern: Very Baby Side Snap Diaper Cover Pattern
These fabulous instructions were put together by Trista of Olive Branch Baby – Thank you Trista!
The Body:
Cut your layer(s) for the cover as you normally would. Here I’m making a single-layer windpro cover.
The gussets:
Lay some scrap under the side of the leg opening. You will cut one edge along the curve of the leg opening, and the other edge will be straight. Use a ruler and make the straight edge reach about a half inch past the elastic stretch point on the top and bottom. These are your gusset pieces. If your body has 2 layers, so would your pieces.
See above how the gusset piece goes a little past the teensy blue dots that are my elastic stretch points.
Now you’ll apply FOE to the straight edges of the gusset pieces. I like to use a size smaller than what you’ll use on the cover body, so here I used 5/8″on the gusset pieces. Give it a good stretch as you sew it on.
Now to apply the gusset to the cover is a bit tricky. Line the upper edge of the piece with the edge of the leg opening, wrong sides together. The top of the elastic edge of the piece should align with the elastic stretch point on the body or be just a bit under it. See the angle of the piece in the picture, it’s sort of perpendicular to the diaper body. Sort of.
Now you will sew the piece onto the cover. Start where you pinned it on the end, and go slowly, continuing to match up the edges as you go. Do a little at a time, match the edge, sew, match the edge sew….pinning doesn’t really help, it’s easiest to do it with your fingers. I used a regular straight stitch. You want a small seam allowance here, so sew close to the edge.
See how I am matching up the edge?
You’re almost done! See the pretty gussets!
Now you will sew on your FOE. You’ll do this just as you normally would. When you get to the gusset, that’s when you’ll be stretching the FOE, so go slow and make sure the gusset and everything gets inside the FOE.
See how I’m getting everything into the FOE?
You’re all done! Look at that purdy gusset!
pandapantsmama says:
Dern. I wish I’d have seen this tut before I sewed up his side snapping covers. I have one left to do maybe I’ll try it on the last one. I really like the way that looks. We have gappage issues with the SS legs so this just might fix it for us. Thanks Jess!!
September 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
pandapantsmama says:
Hey Jess I just thought of something else. Would the gusset help keep it from wicking quite as bad? We have serious issues with FOE wicking.
September 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Very Mom says:
I haven’t had too much trouble with FOE wicking, but I imagine gussets would help if you’re experiencing wetness in that area. The one pictured in the tutorial was a light weight windpro and omygosh it was wonderful while it fit Katie.
September 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Homemade cloth diapers in the crapper « Archaic Inspirations says:
[...] (adding a zipper to slide the inserts into). Although I didn’t add this feature, I think gussets are an ingenious asset to cloth diapers! As you can see, the diapers are sweet to look at but [...]
May 24th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
kelleyjogirl says:
The pictures are no longer showing up for this tutorial. Can they be restored? I really want to try this!
Thanks! :-)
October 4th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Jessica says:
Oh shoot, I’ll email the gal who was hosting the pictures and see if we can get them put back up. Sorry!
October 5th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
littlekids says:
excellent instructions, very easy to follow. Do you know how can I get the pattern for this diaper.? I am trying to sew diapers for my 3 month old baby. I really like this pattern. I click on the link but it gives me an erro 404
Thanks.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Jessica says:
We discontinued the pattern, actually. The Snug Wrap pattern here: http://www.verybaby.com/ccp0-prodshow/very-baby-snug-wrap-diaper-cover-pattern.html now has instructions for a side snapping cover that fits better. You can use this tutorial with it instead ;o)
October 26th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Woolie | Indie Shopper says:
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November 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm