Cloth Diaper Repair
I’m SO siked! Last week I finally sent six of my Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers to someone I found on Diaper Swappers for repair.
These diapers were no longer usable for me since the elastic was all stretched out from use, which caused a lot of leaking. I mean, who needs a lot of leaking to cause even more laundry!?
I found a seamstress on diaper swappers who replaced the elastic in both legs and the back on all six diapers.
So instead of buying new ones, which would have totaled over $100 ($17.50 each) plus shipping, new life was breathed (or sewn) into my old ones, which were perfectly good otherwise, for only $24.60!
Six diapers can make a big difference to your stash too. This should give me a days reprieve on doing diaper laundry. And save me money, since I’m forced to reach for disposables when I run out of clean cloth diapers.
Some of you may be gifted in sewing enough to replace the elastic yourselves or even to sew your own diapers, but for those of us who are challenged in that area, I love that I can go to somewhere like Diaper Swappers to find someone to help me out.
Not only can you get some great deals on second-hand diapers (all I have bought from there have been in great shape) and cloth diaper repair, but you can find all sorts of WHAMS making and selling all sorts of things.
This article is linking to Works For Me Wednesday at We Are That Family.
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05/20/2009 | Cloth Diapers, Frugal & Green Living.
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May 20th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Rock on! I am all about saving money and doing what I can to make everything last.
I used to send out our cloth dipes too for blown out elastic. I can barely sew a button, but I have tons of WAHM friends who fixed them up in a snap!
January 21st, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Can you tell me who you used to repair your diapers? I have some that need fixin’ too.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Hey Billie, I emailed you with the details. Good luck!
March 19th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
hi, could you send me the contact info for who repaired your diapers, please? thanks!
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Hi Llana, I used someone I found on http://www.diaperswappers.com (which is also a great place to buy/sell pre-loved dipes). Her username is GAmommy2CBCS. I don’t have her email as I only contacted her through the diaper swappers forum, but if you search on there, you should be able to find her. She did a great job and was very reasonable and quick. Good luck!