Anyone make their own? Updated...advice pls!!

is it possible without a sewing machine? im thinking no but i would really like to build a stash and I just cant afford to shell out alot I have been looking on luxury moon and places and i simply cannot afford 7-10 pounds on one pad...is it really cheaper to make your own?

I did make a big order with Emma at puddlekins but took the opertunity to cancel when the opening of her shop was delayed as Kieren needed bigger nappies

I make my own, but I have a sewing machine and overlocker....it is cheaper if you're making lots, but probably not for just a few.

Bibs 'n bots have got lots of cheap minkee and bv pads at the moment starting at about £2.80 (or they had last week; 10% off)

I've just made some liners out of flannel. Those were done by hand, but I then turned and topstitched on the machine. But if you're neater with hand stitching and have more time,they'd be do-able. They wouldn't last as good as machine stitched ones maybe?
(The leaflet I got for Netto today are advertising an 8stitch machine for #20... won't be a great machine by any stretch of the imagination, but my machine was from Netto. #50 over 5 years ago. It's temprimental but it works)

I am not sure if hand sewn CSP will stand up to the rigours of a 60 degree wash. I am going to make my own despite the fact that iv`e never seen or used CSP before, AF returned last month and with what i know now, san pads just didnt cut it.
The reason that i`m going to make my own is that i`m making bv ss nappies and so have snap pliers and plenty of bv offcuts but if i didnt have these, it may be an expensive trial.

ehhehee.. well I think it would work.. you could blanket stitch them, that would give a neater edge keep the edges nice and rounded, blanket stitch loves rounded edges, just as much as it likes straight lines. I dont see why it wouldn't work


You can always use velcro and cut round circles out of it.. and blanket stich them on etc.. or metal snaps from the craft shop as they come with thier own hammering device to attach them too

Well, I got some holiday money through from my old job that they owed me and so hubby gave me some to spend espeically on CSP, I told him I wanted a starter stash and so he agreed

I now have on order /already...
6 WN Panty liners,
6 WN minkee topped xl fairies,
3 GWTF,
2 JR,
1 wool backed tester pad
2 Homestead emporium II (thought i could use these for nights?)

So thats 12 pads, 6 paty liners and 2 night ones...Im planning another night one to make 3 ASAP...

I am not sure if hand sewn CSP will stand up to the rigours of a 60 degree wash. I am going to make my own despite the fact that iv`e never seen or used CSP before, AF returned last month and with what i know now, san pads just didnt cut it.
The reason that i`m going to make my own is that i`m making bv ss nappies and so have snap pliers and plenty of bv offcuts but if i didnt have these, it may be an expensive trial.

I've handsewn wipes and by and large they've lasted through the nappy washes. The ones that didn't last I didn't hem the cut edge before sewing the layers together so the flannel frayed. I blanket stitched some with embroidery thread and those did last better than the ones I stitched with cheapo sewing thread I was trying to use up. CSP tend to get washed alot less than nappies so should last longer I guess.

Its much cheaper if you already have most of the things you need to hand... Im lucky enough to own a (tempermental) sewing machine, and had nappy fabrics like hemp, BV, bamboo terry, flannel and PUL that needed to be used anyway (my nappy making skills are pitiful!) and treated myself to a snap press.

Is there anyone you know who could lend you a sewing machine? You never know there might be one gathering dust in someones spare room! However, its amazingly time-consuming to make a couple of pads on a sewing machine if like me, you have limited skills in the area; many times I have thought it would be much faster for me to sew by hand!!

Tory if you do want a machine advertise on freecycle.