Heads or Tails

It's been a busy term, but I finally got around to making some more dinosaur tails and have just listed some on my Felt shop.

I designed a hood about a month ago and made a head and tail set for MrJ's friend's birthday. The b'day boy looked so cute in the costume. MrJ & Roo are stuck with the prototype so I wil have to make them a new set each so I can get some cute photos of them chasing each other in the hoods and tails, so everyone can see what they look like on.

More dino colours to follow very soon including blue and green, hot pink and royal blue, and pink camo with grey.

The Acid Test

I finally got around to making a new nappy cover for Roo, yesterday. Some that I made for her a year ago should still fit, but don't as they need more shaping around the thigh to allow for little growing bodies getting longer. The shape needs to be narrower around the leg instead of cutting across it, otherwise it drags the waist down and you need the next size up- one with more length through the crotch. I have found this problem with some commercial nappy covers. Maybe they are trying to accomadate the different ways people fold their inserts. I just fold my inserts into long rectangle layers, but I have also made shaped snap-in inserts which are handy.

Anyway, I made this one from navy sandwich PUL, white FOE and white snaps. It's a quick and easy way to make a cover, although I have noticed that white FOE tends to stain. I chased Roo around the house to get these photos. I think it fitted quite trim, considering it had 4 layers of hemp fleece and 6 layers of microfibre.

As for the Acid Test (pardon the pun)- it lasted the night with soaking inserts and no leaks. I think that's a great test for any nappy. Happy with the results.

Fathers Day

Mr J and Roo got crafty yesterday and whipped up some cards for Dad and the grandfathers. Mr J is getting pretty good at wrapping now, too!

Mere Male

It's amazing what you find in the fridge. I opened it yesterday morning to find Ed had put his freshly made grapefriut juice (highly acidic!) in the coffee plunger. Apparently it strains perfectly and the "the pulp should wash out." Kinda worried about the corrosion....