Free cloth diaper patterns

I always enjoy a good free pattern and thought I would share with you some of the free patterns that I have found for cloth diapers:

Rita Rump Pocket Diaper pattern It is a great and easy pattern with instructions and details alterations you can make to the diaper to make it work for your needs and desires.  If you are on a really tight budget, you could make about 2-3 dozen diapers for under $40, using cotton flannel and gerber prefolds.  Just a warning though, as I have mentioned in a previous post, as much as your diapers are washed, they will deteriorate quickly.

 Celtic Cloths offers a free Medium size diaper, and sells other sizes.  They also have a few other patterns that you might find useful available for free.  I haven't tried any of them personally, but they look very well done.

Ottobre designs has a free pattern, but the sizing is off.  Their newborn diaper fits my 24 pound son a little big.  It has a checking square on the pattern, but my 2 inches matched theirs and it is really big. 

Getting crafty

I have finished the color wheel quilt, adding bias tape all around the edges.  It is looking a little wrinkled in this picture, since my son hates to put the quilt down.  He carries it everywhere with him.

I have also been working on cloth diapers recently.  I picked up some hemp/cotton fleece from The Hemp Traders and altered a pattern I found online.  Making your own cloth diapers is easy, even for the novice sewer.  There are dozens of tutorials online to show you step by step what you need to do.  The first ones I made, when I was pregnant, were made from flannel and stuffed with Gerber prefolds.  While very inexpensive to make, about $40 for 3 dozen, they deteriorated rather quickly.  Especially with having to be washed every other day.  The hemp diapers are more absorbent, no stuffing required, and will last longer.  In addition I bought a snap press and snaps, so I didn't have to worry about pinning my squirming son.  My husband is thrilled with them stating "they are just as easy as disposable diapers".