Newbie stopping bye to say HI

Hi Everyone

I have a feeling that I may be a little different from most of the members here! You see I am a G'ma (as dubbed by my grandson Ruban) and am very involved in supporting my amazing Daughter-in-law through her adventures in natural parenting.

I made 75% of the nappies she used for her first child (Ruban)from recycled materials.

At present I am re-purposing old Tshirts into nightgowns for the baby she is expecting any day now

I used cloth nappies for both my children when they were small and really wish there had been places like this around then.



Wulfie

Hi wulfie. Welcome to Cloth Nappy Tree

I hope you enjoy using the site - there are plenty of areas to explore, if you can't find something or have any questions just ask, everyone is friendly and helpful

Hi Wulfie

Not all of us have babies in nappies anymore but folk still pop on to chat and share their craft projects

Welcome to the tree

Hiya

I think there are a couple of 'grand' people here. @scotia is one I think.

I would love to see some photos of your creations. There's a great craft section on here

[clothmama]

Hi and welcome! How lovely that you are so supportive of your DILs parenting choices!

Jess is right, we do have a few grandmothers who are members, as she said Scotia is and @Steph is a grandma too

welcome!

What they said^^^ and there are quite a few sewing and knitty / crochet people about too!

Did you use a pattern for the nappies you made or wing it yourself?

Hi Wulfie, welcome to the tree

Hi Wulfie welcome to the tree. Will you show us the nightgowns when you have done them - I'm intrigued.

THANK YOU all for the warm welcome

To answer the questions

What they said^^^ and there are quite a few sewing and knitty / crochet people about too!

Did you use a pattern for the nappies you made or wing it yourself?

I tried a variety of free online patterns, none of which worked to well, in the end I kinda made a composite pattern for the shaped ones and winged it for the boosters and prefolds.

I have to admit I am somewhat of an adventurous craftperson and tend to reverse engineer (either by examining closely or actually deconstructing things) to achieve the end result I have in mind.

Hi Wulfie welcome to the tree. Will you show us the nightgowns when you have done them - I'm intrigued.

I will try and remember to take some pics so I can post them, or at least the ones that turn out. I must admit I am having way too much fun searching for XL men's 100% cotton Tshirts to make them out of. I will also see if I still have the pics of the Nappies I made for Ruban as well as the Quilt and Crochet blankets