Polar Fleece Liners

[EmmaKate]

Hi There

I am about 6 weeks off giving birth to my first bub :D

Am getting organised re: nappy stash. Am going to be using terry flats and am wanting to make some polar fleece liners.

I have seen them on ebay but can anyone tell me how many layers need to be sewn together or is it simply polar fleece cut to fit in one layer?

Apologies if this is a dumb question :o

Thanks :wave:

[veve]

I made my own liners (made .. lol .. cut is more like it - it requires no sewing!!) I just bought a metre of microfleece from spotlight and chopped it up ..

most people choose rectangles .. (some people hourglass shape it) - about 12 cm wide.. and 25 ish??? cm long...

DONT PUT TWO LAYERS together!!!! EEEK no :no: it will repell the water.. one layer is HEAPS!!! lol

hope that helps (enjoy making your stash!!! so much FUN!! :smiliedance: )

xx
Jen

[Tea Lady]

I use microfleece - don't know if this works any differently to polar, but just wanted to let you know it works fine. You can get whatever is cheapest -doesn't have to be anything special :)

[waawa]

Just to clarify on liners - it's easy to get a bit muddled about the two possible definitions. Most clothies use "liners" to mean a thin stay-dry layer designed to wick fluid through to the underlying absorbent nappy. So two layers would be more likely to hold the fluid against the baby (raising the risk of leaking out the sides), instead of letting it rapidly wick through to the nappy itself.

Microfleece is typically used for stay-dry liners, but it can also be thin ordinary fleece (so long as it's 100% polyester, not tracksuit fleece!), suedecloth, or single-use liners. People with babies sensitive to synthetics sometimes use thin absorbent fabrics for liners, like muslin (mainly to reduce the roughness of some nappy fabrics like terry or hemp against the skin). Some use natural raw silk liners, which if washed very carefully are said to heal rashes.

The additional benefit of liners is to make it easier to clean the poo off. If you cut your fleece liner with the stretch in the length rather than the width, simply stretching a fleece liner over the loo can help most not-too-sticky poos to come off without any mucking around.

Some nappies may have a fleece or suedecloth liner built in, for example pocket nappies, and some fitted nappies.

The amazing multiple properties of fleece are used to good effect in covers, too! Doubling up the layers or using a very thick high-quality fleece as a single layer allows a cover (or pocket nappy outer) to be water-resistant.

Back to the potential muddlement I referred to initially - some people use the word "liners" to mean an absorbent nappy insert made of multiple layers of cotton, hemp or bamboo fabric. To reduce confusion, call these "boosters", and we all win. They can also be safely called "doublers".

For even more muddlement - hooray! - some people call these absorbent boosters "soakers". Ha. But for most of us, a "soaker" is a knitted wool cover.

To recap:
Liner: thin stay-dry inner layer
Booster or Doubler: absorbent pad place in a nappy to boost the absorbency
Soaker: knitted wool nappy cover

For more, check out our FAQ at www.ozclothnappies.org/info (sections on liners, fleece, etc)

Lara

[EmmaKate]

Thank you so much for your helpful responses - sounds like I won't even have to get the sewing machine out:smiliedance:

[stellaj]

Lara - great info:thumbsup:

I use microfleece not polar simply because it is thinner, does the same job though so whatevr you want. And no, it doesn't fray so you dont need to hem the edges or anything. Mr. Fussy bum now cries if he doesn't have a liner in his nappy!