Comments on: It’s Not Easy Being Green http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/not-easy-being-green/ Living, Laughing, and Loving Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amy Sue http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/not-easy-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-141464 Amy Sue Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:42:20 +0000 http://myhappycrazylife.com/?p=138#comment-141464 Leslie, You can make cloth diapers very cheaply if you shop resale stores. T-shirts make great diaper outers - especially if you center the shirt's printing on the diaper bum! They'd work for inners too but won't be as soft as a microfleece or velour. Cotton terry can be used for the absorbent layers; look for old towels or robes to cut up. Washcloths can be used as-is for wipes, or cut them in half and zig-zag the cut edge so it won't ravel. Wool sweaters - 100% wool - can be made into wool covers, soakers and pants. My local JoAnns has recently started carrying PUL too. It's not cheap, but if you buy everything else second-hand it won't be too expensive overall. I've got a whole page of links for <a title="Free Cloth Diaper Patterns" href="http://www.zany-zebra.com/free-cloth-diaper-patterns.shtml">patterns and directions</a> for making cloth diapers on my cloth diapering site. I hope you can get your hands on a machine soon so you can start sewing! (Maybe check your local craigslist??) Good luck and happy sewing! ~Amy Sue Leslie,

You can make cloth diapers very cheaply if you shop resale stores. T-shirts make great diaper outers – especially if you center the shirt’s printing on the diaper bum! They’d work for inners too but won’t be as soft as a microfleece or velour. Cotton terry can be used for the absorbent layers; look for old towels or robes to cut up. Washcloths can be used as-is for wipes, or cut them in half and zig-zag the cut edge so it won’t ravel. Wool sweaters – 100% wool – can be made into wool covers, soakers and pants. My local JoAnns has recently started carrying PUL too. It’s not cheap, but if you buy everything else second-hand it won’t be too expensive overall.

I’ve got a whole page of links for patterns and directions for making cloth diapers on my cloth diapering site. I hope you can get your hands on a machine soon so you can start sewing! (Maybe check your local craigslist??)

Good luck and happy sewing!
~Amy Sue

]]> By: Leslie http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/not-easy-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-139257 Leslie Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:00:43 +0000 http://myhappycrazylife.com/?p=138#comment-139257 Hi there Amy, i've so very much enjoyed reading your blog and stories about your family and life going green. I'm a SAHM of two little girls and our first boy is due in April..and as of this week i have discovered cloth diapering in a way i had NO earthly idea was available, i've never even met anyone who has been an advocate! I'm actually pretty overwhelmed with the newness of it all. I am excited though! I plan to homeschool my oldest next year and I want to get a good start on being a WAHM before that season begins. Any tips for a VERY tight budget would be great! and as of last summer i've picked up sewing, my mom started to teach me, but i dont have a sewing machine and i live 11 hrs from my mom. so, inconveniently i have no way to start a hobby of sewing until i have the room to do so and the money to buy a s/m. :) i've registered for some cloth diapers at Target and i dont know who will buy them! but we'll see!! Hi there Amy, i’ve so very much enjoyed reading your blog and stories about your family and life going green. I’m a SAHM of two little girls and our first boy is due in April..and as of this week i have discovered cloth diapering in a way i had NO earthly idea was available, i’ve never even met anyone who has been an advocate! I’m actually pretty overwhelmed with the newness of it all. I am excited though! I plan to homeschool my oldest next year and I want to get a good start on being a WAHM before that season begins. Any tips for a VERY tight budget would be great! and as of last summer i’ve picked up sewing, my mom started to teach me, but i dont have a sewing machine and i live 11 hrs from my mom. so, inconveniently i have no way to start a hobby of sewing until i have the room to do so and the money to buy a s/m. :) i’ve registered for some cloth diapers at Target and i dont know who will buy them! but we’ll see!!

]]> By: Amy Sue http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/not-easy-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-21168 Amy Sue Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:16:25 +0000 http://myhappycrazylife.com/?p=138#comment-21168 Thanks Vivianne! I am in the US and sometimes it's really hard to be green. But we do the best we can because every little bit helps. ~Amy Sue Thanks Vivianne! I am in the US and sometimes it’s really hard to be green. But we do the best we can because every little bit helps.

~Amy Sue

]]> By: Vivianne http://www.myhappycrazylife.com/not-easy-being-green/comment-page-1/#comment-16036 Vivianne Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:06:21 +0000 http://myhappycrazylife.com/?p=138#comment-16036 I think you are doing a pretty good job there. I haven't read you intor page, but I'm guessing you're in the US? It'a whole lot easier being green in New Zealand. Love your blog, I've added you to my favourites :-) I think you are doing a pretty good job there. I haven’t read you intor page, but I’m guessing you’re in the US? It’a whole lot easier being green in New Zealand. Love your blog, I’ve added you to my favourites :-)

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