Dinosaurus!

I had this super cute dinosaur fabric hoarded for about a year now, and finally whipped something up from it in early December. Paired with brown minky, the effect is too cute.

Dino Cotton Panel ecoBumba nappyI’ve never done cotton panel nappies before. Using cotton on the outside of a brown minky nappy made me nervous (flashback to customers finding leaks when I did cotton outer nappies when I first started!), but the effect is cute enough that I would consider making more.

Front of Dino Cotton Panel ecoBumba nappyI find I need time and practice to get into the groove of making something new. I’m never comfortable with asking for money for a new technique I simply picked up in 1-2 hours, unless it turned out perfect! ;)

As it were, I had some practice runs with another different nappy cut (to be revealed in due time), before making up this dino nappy. This nappy was almost perfect, but for the fact that the dinos were blind! Now I know what to do next time.

Back of Dino Cotton Panel ecoBumba nappy

See why I called this the 'Blind Dino' nappy? :)

Sorry about the camera angle, the panel looks like it’s sewn on crooked but I can assure you it was straight in real life! :)

After hanging on to it for a few weeks, debating whether to keep this one or make another for my Little C-boy, the nappy was claimed by its new owner in Perth.

1-year-old baby wearing ecobumba pocket nappyIsn’t he a cutie?

1-year-old baby modelling dino ecoBumba nappyPhotos used with permission: livingserenely.blogspot.com

Black and brown modern cloth nappies

Today’s parents not only dress babies up in pastels and light cutesy colours, but bright bold and even black clothing for babies have made their way into the scene.

Brown nappy on a cute baby playing on the lawn

image used with permission (C) itti bitti

Once considered taboo for a baby to wear black or dark colours, I have heard some people actually google for black cloth nappies! (source: MyGreenNappy.org).

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Hip Little One prize nappy

In February I took part in a blog review promotion ‘Dumping the Disposables’ at Hip Little One, and gave away one Bubba J pocket nappy to the winner of the promotion.

tartankiwi was the winner, who resides in NZ.

She picked out this lovely print for me to make a large Bubba J Deluxe pocket nappy for her.

iced giraffes Bubba J deluxe pocket nappy - large

I overlocked the insert with matching brown thread, and used a combination of blue and brown snaps on the nappy, something that you’d be hard pressed to find in mass-produced nappies.

Detail snapshot of snap colours on iced giraffes nappy

All in all it turned out simply lovely. I hope tartankiwi likes it!

NOTE: Simone at Hip Little One is a mother of twins and she reviews all things hip and trendy for her littlies, and then gives them away as prizes.

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