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
  

Tutorials that can be used for any kind of diaper

• Embellished tabs tutorial
• Detachable ruffle video tutorial links in comments
• How to remove snaps
• Photos of a fold-over rise with snap closures
• Detachable Ruffle Butt Tutorial
• Gussets without FOE
• Rocket Bottom TWIST internal gusset tutorial
• Another wick-reducing method suitable for pocket diapers, in the comments
• FOE Gusset video tutorial
• Nappy Network FOE gusset tutorial
• Making a one size adjustable pocket diaper using buttonhole elastic
• Simpilee Living's Diaper with buttonhole elastic at the legs tutorial
• Troubleshooting wicking problems
• Blind cased elastic photo tutorial in comments
• Internal gusset tutorial with photos
• A short elastic tutorial, pg 2
• Backing and sealing embroidery on PUL
• Snap adjustable leg and waistband tutorial in comments
• Little Bundas back embellished diaper video tutorial
• Little Bundas No wicking cotton outer with PUL at legs video tutorial
• Little Bundas How to get the most diaper cuts video tutorial
• Arfy's ruffle butt tutorial 
• Arfy's comfort-serged fitted, serged with turned legs 
• Amanda's Diaper with turned legs and serged body video tutorial
• VeryBaby/Chloe Toes FOE tutorial 
• Arfy's Installing cased elastic tutorial
• zmom's 270 gusset tutorial
• BolderCDmomma's cased elastic video tutorial
• BaaBaa Baby fitted with rolled/fold over casing tutorial
• VeryBaby pocket with rolled elastic at the legs tutorial
• Rolled leg elastic video tutorial
• Arfy's snaps plus hook & loop combo tutorial 
• Arfy's snap-off hook tabs tutorial
• Idle Hands Binding a diaper cover 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 

Other Patterns

Mama:

• Leafy Treetop Spot's Cross-front nursing bra tutorial with pattern
• Regular bra to nursing bra tutorial
• Little Bundas Nursing Pad Video Tutorial
• contoured nursing pad tutorial with pattern
• Sierra's Nursing top tutorial on Facebook
• Favorite mama cloth and nursing pad tutorials

Mama Cloth:

• Mama cloth circle pad tutorial and pattern
• TipNut's List of free Mama Cloth tutorials and patterns
• WikiDot's List of Mama Cloth tutorials and patterns
• BunkyFluff's mama cloth photo tut
• Clothpads.org Cloth Pad Patterns and tutorials
• County Cloth Creations Postpartum pad tutorial
• Arfy's mama cloth template and tutorial part 1
• Arfy's mama cloth template and tutorial part 2
• Momma Can Do It AIO or AI2 postpartum pad pattern and tutorial - $6

Baby/Toddler Clothes:

• Nancy's Couture t-shirt trunks, shorts/underwear
• Green Mommy's Easy up and down pants
• Attached skirt and ruffle-bum leggings
• Crap I've Made's Butt Ruffle Onesie Tutorial
• This Mama Makes Stuff's Heirloom bloomers newborn pattern and tutorial
• Sew A Straight Line's Boxer brief tutorial with size 3/4 pattern
• Dana Made It diaper cover/bloomers pattern and tutorial - free
• Indietutes Happy Bum pants tutorial
• Maxiloones pants pattern (PDF) - $9.95
• Opulent Monster Monster Bunz pants mega pack (PDF e-book)- $14.99
• NICU smock for micropreemies-newborn size pattern and tutorial on Craftsy - free
• Baste + Gather's Baby Got Back leggings for cloth diapered babies - free
• House of Estrela's newborn onesie pattern and tutorial - free
• Anna Maria Horner's knick-knack Knickers pattern, sizes 3 to 18 months (PDF)- free

Shoes:

• Toddler mary janes tutorial and pattern
• Little Bundas Infant/toddler slipper video tutorial
• Stardust Shoes soft cloth shoe pattern and tutorial (PDF)
• TOMS-inspired Baby and Toddler Shoe
• Sew Darling mini mocs pattern and tutorial (PDF)
• Adding feet to longies

Other:

• Articles for all types of sewing
• think liz free pattern roundup, including maternity/nursing and baby patterns
• Jan Andrea/Sleeping Baby Productions carrier patterns and other tutorials
• Schamelot no sew K'Tan style upcycled wrap carrier tutorial
• Small doggie diaper tutorial
• Large dog diaper pattern
• Snapazoo animal
• Pretty Prudent's DIY fabric crown tutorial with 6 templates
• Pajama pants drafting and sewing tutorial at Riley Blake

Diaper Related Tutorials

Not diaper making tutorials, but for diaper accessories.

• baby legs tutorial 
• EZ EC footie pajama pants
• Little Bundas Pail liner video tutorial 
• Diaper Sprayer Diaper Shield Tut
• Non-diaper tutorials list
• Wipe Solution Recipes 
• Cloth Wipe and Solution FAQ
• Creating a digital pattern in Inkscape video tutorial 
• Beautiful Diaper Bag pattern and tutorial
• Kojo Designs Coach inspired diaper bag
• Boho Shoulder Bag with FOE accents on Sew4Home

Wetbag tutorials

• Lemon Squeezy's Zippered Wetbag Tutorial 
• Oh, Nuh-uh's zippered wet bag tutorial 
• Little Bundas Quick Zippered Wetbag - Video Tutorial 
• Rookie Sewer's Wet/dry bag tutorial 
• Green Mommy's Wetbag with drawstring and square bottom tutorial 
• Dilley Dally zippered wetbag tutorial 
• Sew Can Do's no-leaks wetbag tutorial

All Things Knitted and Crochet

• Knitted or crocheted diaper covers 101
• Wool 101 including wool care
• Knitting Help learn to knit videos
• New Stitch a Day learn to knit and crochet videos and tutorials
• Loom Knit loom knitting tutorials and patterns
• Tricksy Knitter's How to knit ruffles at least 8 different ways

Patterns:

Knit:

• Arfy’s Freebie Longies/Shorties Pattern (Ravelry)- free
• Curly Purly Soaker knit pattern (PDF) - free
• Knitted soaker tutorial with optional ruffles 
• Little Fire Crochet Soaker & Skirty Pattern - free
• Lil Aries knit soaker pattern with ruffle butt and skirty options - free
• DROPS Design Wooliam ribbed longies for sizes 3-12 - free
• Goodnight Sweet Dreams knitted gown pattern (Ravelry) - $5
• WHW plain wrap knitted cover pattern (Ravelry) - free
• Little Seedling knit wrap cover (Ravelry) - free
• Ruffle skirted soaker (Ravelry) - free
• Monster longies (Monsterbukse) (Ravelry) - free
• Snapdragon soaker (Ravelry) - free
• Pimp my Longies pattern - free
• Spud and Chloe triangle style knitted soaker pattern - free
• DROPS Knitted pants - free
• Pa Avigsdan knitted pants - free

• Sling-style extra wetzone layer for knit longies/longie doubler (Ravelry) - free

Crochet:

• Dandelion Daydreamer crocheted cover, shorties, longies (Ravelry) - free
• Amy's crochet diaper wrap - free
• Mammy Made crochet longies Pattern - free
• Zoe stretchy ribbed crochet soaker - free
• Cat's One Piece Wonder crochet diaper cover (Ravelry) - free
• Easiest Crochet Wool Soaker Pattern (Ravelry) - free
• Little Fire Crochet Pants pattern - free
• Cloverchild's Super Bum Tunisian crochet soaker - free

Sources for yarn:

• Knitmap local yarn shop finder
• WEBS Yarn
• Paradise Fibers
• KnitPicks
• Check Amazon, Etsy, Hyenacart, and Artfire for yarn as well, especially if you want a particular color combination
• Unraveling sweaters for upcycled yarn tutorial on About.com

Fabrics and Other Supplies - what to use and where to buy

There are many fabric choices for making diapers. These resources will help you figure out what to use and where to get it if you can't find things locally.

• Absorbent materials for diaper making
• Wicking/feel-dry materials for diaper making
• Waterproof and water resistant materials for diaper making
• Materials for diaper making chart 
• Basic supply lists for making diapers 
• A visual guide to fabrics
• Upcycling for woolies and longies 
• Upcycling absorbent materials
•  How to determine fabric content with the burn test - chart
•  Fabric burn test video
• Wazoodle's soaker insert layers calculator 
• Fabric weight conversion calculator - oz/yd to GSM
• Testing your fabric and diapers for absorbency/repelling/wicking 
• An explanation of the different types of fleece
• imagine gnats' 6 types of knit fabrics with photos
• Fabric 101 - general fabric info
• How to find out of print (OOP) fabric

Online sources for fabric:

• Kids in the Garden diaper making fabrics and supplies including fasteners and FOE
• Nature's Fabrics natural fiber and organic fabrics
• Diaper Sewing Supplies.com 
• Emerald City Fabrics mostly quilting fabrics
• ShuShu Style quilting fabrics
• The Fabric Fairy 
• FOE Your Diaper.com 
• KAM snaps, pliers, and presses
• Wazoodle diaper making fabrics and notions
• Kinderel Fabrics bamboo, cotton, and hemp
• Simplifi Fabric organic and designer knits
• Very Baby diaper supplies and patterns
• Girl Charlee fashion knits
• Mill Yardage outlet for Malden Mills poly fleece

Dyeing Resources:

• Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing 
• Dharma Trading dyes and dyeing tutorials 

Trainers and Pull On Covers

Patterns and tutorials, wide range of sizes

• KatrinaStyle soaker, side snapping soaker, and longies patterns (Google Docs)
• WitteyBums Soaker
• Arfy's Katrina soaker tutorial
• Little Bundas how to sew Katrina longies video tutorial, part 1
• Little Bundas how to sew Katrina longies video tutorial, part 2
• Upcycled Wool Pants  PDF Tutorial
• smorgan's DIY double layer shorties tutorial
• Fleece Pocket Trainer Tutorial 
• Goodness Gracious Trainer pattern - free
• Arfy's Upcycled Wool Shorties tutorial
• Arfy's FOE Plus Cased Elastic Trainer tutorial and templates
• Arfy's FOE Trainer tutorial and templates
• Arfy's Cased Elastic Trainer tutorial and templates
• Wool in 2 EC pants/trainers free pattern and tutorial 
• New Conceptions side-closure trainer pattern $12.95
• New Conceptions Sleep Dry Briefs pattern - up to size 16! $12.95
• Easy up and down pants 
• Ditto Daddy girls' trainer patterns - $8.95
• Ditto Daddy boys' trainer patterns - $8.95 
• Easy on potty training pants pattern and tutorial 
• Trimsies Diaper or trainer Pattern $8
• Do-it-yourself EC blog with wool, PUL, and non-waterproof patterns 
• Pull-up style cloth training pants video tutorial 
• Bella Bums Boy Undies and Trainer - $8
• Adding feet to longies 
• Side snap fleece soaker or pocket trainer tutorial 
• Elysium Underwear Style Training Pants sizes 6-9 months to 8-10 years - $7.50
• Je M’appelle Bébé Tiny Panties (PDF) sizes 3 mos to 3T - free
• KCK Snap-On Pull-Off Trainer Patterns, infant to child sizes - free
• KCK Snap-On Pull-Off Trainer Patterns, large child to adult sizes - free
• KCK One OS pattern in large children's, tween, adult, and large adult - free
• Mamma Can Do It Special Needs Diaper pattern, 22"-58" waist/hip - $10
• Mamma Can Do It Sized Adult Diaper pattern, 22"-75" waist/hip - $10 
• Fishsticks Designs Little Fishies Undies - $9.75
• Small Dream Factory 2T-4T bikini style underwear pattern and tutorial - free
• The Mom Road's Pull-on training pants pattern with PUL in the wet zone - free
• Aquarius swimmer swim diaper tutorial
• chrissyrang's Grovia/Flip style wipeable trainer tutorial
• OwlHaven's PUL pull-on covers with FOE tutorial and sm and med patterns
• Leap! Semi DIY training underwear tutorial
• Pajama pants drafting and sewing tutorial at Riley Blake, suitable for longies

The Wee Weka patterns are from The Nappy Network, who asks for a link back to their site if you link their patterns. They have some helpful tutorials as well.

• Wee Weka Trainer free pattern and tutorial (PDF)

Diaper Patterns - Duo Sized

The fourth and final installment of diaper patterns, these are duo-sized:

• Arfy's M/L Ruffled Fitted - Free
• Arfy's NB/S Fitted - Free
• Rocket Bottoms 2 Step Complete Diaper Pattern - $10
• Rocket Bottoms Totally Squared OS and NB/S Pattern -$8
• Baa Baa Baby Large fold down rise Fitted Pattern - Free
• Baa Baa Baby Small fold down rise Fitted Pattern - Free

The following Wee Weka patterns are provided by The Nappy Network.  Check out their site for tutorials and pattern reviews.

• Wee Weka S/M Fitted or Pocket (PDF) - Free
• Wee Weka S/M Pocket with Gussets (PDF) - Free
• Wee Weka S/M Side Snapping Pocket (PDF) - Free
• Wee Weka M/L Side Snapping Pocket (PDF) - Free
• Wee Weka NB/S FOE Cover with Gussets (PDF) - Free

Diaper Patterns - One Size

Here you'll find many different one-size diaper patterns.

• Fattycakes Side Snapping Pattern - $6
• NykiBaby One Size Diaper - $9.75
• Arfy's OS Squaretab - Free
• Arfy's OS Squaretab AIO with Inner Cutout - Free
• Arfy's Longer Wing Squaretab - Free
• Arfy's OS Round Wing - Free
• Arfy's Multi Wing Fitted - Free
• Arfy's OS Flat Wrap Fitted - Free
• Arfy's OS Ruffled Fitted, xs-xl - free
• Arfy's OS FOE Cover - Free
• Arfy's OS T & T Cover - Free
• Arfy's Flip style template - free
• Arfy's Mock Grobaby template - free
• Archived OS Pattern from Clothbaby (PDF) - Free
• Rita's Rump (RRP) Diaper and Cover Patterns - Free
• The Hippy Snappy Nappy OS (PDF) - Free
• Heather's Hipsters OS- Free
• Rocket Bottoms Totally Squared plus bonus NB/SM Pattern - $8
• Rocket Bottoms OS Fitted Diaper Pattern - $5
• Rocket Bottoms“OS” Petite Fitted featuring the OS soaker system - $5  
• Rocket Bottoms Twist Pocket OS Diaper Pattern -$7
• Rocket Bottoms In A Snap Cover OS Pattern - $6
• Baa Baa Baby Infant Size Prefold to Fitted (PDF) - Free
• Baa Baa Baby Premium Size Prefold to Fitted (PDF) - Free
• KCK One™ infant OS pattern - free
• WittyBums OS Hip Close - Free
• Ittybittybums AIO/AI2 cloth diaper pattern (PDF) - $10.00
• Erickson & Co. OS pocket diaper with adjustable buttonhole elastic tutorial and pattern
• Krystal Querner's Simplex style AIO pattern and tutorial - free