Fitteds, flap wraps, and prefolds Tutorials

Tutorials for making fitteds, prefitteds/prefold fitteds, flap wraps, prefolds, and flats. None of these are waterproof; see the cover tutorials post or the trainers and pull-on covers post.

• Quick Snap Flap Wrap photo tutorial
  
• Arfy's T-Shirt Fitted Diaper photo tutorial
  
• Arfy's Reversible heavy wetter t-shirt fitted tutorial
• BaaBaaBaby Fitted with rolled casing Photo tutorial
  
• Making a prefold-flat/ trimfold/ flatfold with snaps
  
• Threaded Alchemy Prefitted prefold to fitted tutorial
  
• cumorah_hill's Quick Snap Flat Wrap with elastic tutorial
  
• BaaBaaBaby Seamless extended wing prefitted tutorial
  
• Extended tab prefold tutorial on Diaperswappers
  
• Our Simple Little Life's Adding soaker wings to a fitted pattern tutorial
  
• Eliana's Reversible Closureless Velour Prefitted
  
• Arfy's New more attractive NON-serged prefitted tutorial
  
• cumorah_hill's Faux fab fitted duo tutorial
  
• prefitted tutorial with FOE
  
• Arfy's Serged prefitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's non-serged prefitted tutorial
  
• Adventures in Fluff Upcycled Winged Prefold tutorial
  
• Adventures in Fluff Sewing extended tabs on a prefold tutorial
  
• VeryBaby folded and sewn prefold tutorial
  
• Arfy's Updated, upcycled pocket fitted tutorial
• Arfy's t&t pocket fitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's serged pocket fitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's Hybrid fitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's Stay-dry extended wing prefitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's Prefold from hand towels tutorial
  
• Arfy's t&t t-shirt prefitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's Quick-dry fitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's t&t fold-in fitted tutorial
  
• Arfy's Newborn serged fitted tutorial
• Arfy's comfort-serged fitted, serged with turned legs
  
• Fern and Faerie's Sewing upcycled flats tutorial archived page
• Fern and Faerie's Sewing upcycled prefolds tutorial archived page
• Jessica Fisher's How to serge a nyki baby butterfly fitted diaper video tutorial
  

Sewing Machines and Learning to Sew/Serge

Sewing machines:

• Buying a sewing machine, tips and reviews
• Sewing machine information and reviews at PatternReview.com
• Sewing Machine Needles - a chart from Feather's Flights
• Craftsy's overview of 12 different types of sewing machine feet
• Sewing machine basics video on creativebug
• Craftsy's Sewing Machine 911 class - free
• How To: Clean/Oil Your Sewing Machine at Make It & Love It
• She's A Sewing Machine Mechanic's guide to cleaning and oiling your machine
• How to Attach a Walking Foot: A Picture Tutorial at Vanilla Joy
• Checklist of common sewing machine troubles (PDF)
• Common sewing machine mistakes and how to fix them at Tilly and the Buttons

Learning to sew:

• Sew.org's Guide to Successful Sewing 
• Understanding Thread Tension at Threads Magazine 
• Sewing Tutorials at Sew Mama Sew  including info on needles and sewing machine feet
• Make It & Love It's Practicing your sewing machine stitching 
• Lessons and tutorials at Shiny Happy World 
• Make It Do's Tips for Sewing at your Kitchen Table 
• The Sewing Loft's Zippers 101 and zipper tab tutorial
• Professor Pincushion's hemming corners tutorial
• So Sew Easy's Seam finishing series part 5 - overcasting
• Grainline Studio French seam tutorial
• See Kate Sew's 7 ways to make a ruffle 
• Basic hand stitches at Coletterie
• imagine gnats' how to measure stretch percentage in fabrics
• Cutting squares from fabric yardage with a rotary cutter

And serge:

• Buying a serger
• Serger Pepper's Serger stitches cheat sheet
• eHow's Using a Serger video series
• Really Handmade's Five ways to finish a serger thread chain
• Simple Simon and Company Serging inside corners 
• Four serging techniques at Threads Magazine
• Serger Tips and Tricks, with discussion and links 
• Little Bundas Serging Inserts Video Tutorial