I knew there was a pattern and tutorial in Soule Mama's book, Handmade Home, and I also knew that my favourite gardening clothes were destined for the rag bag.
Instead of using the pattern in the book I ended up just tracing one of my other pads onto a piece of cardboard from a cereal box and adding a seam allowance (the pattern on the right). The pattern on the left is for the insert layers, i.e. minus the 'wings', to reduce bulk.
The tops were from the shorts, the middle layers (I used four) were from the cotton t-shirt and I cut up an old, pilled flannette baby wrap for the backs. I zig-zagged around the edges of the middle layers, attaching them to the backing to stop them from bunching, before sewing the top and bottom layers together, turning them right side out and top-stitching.
The press studs were left over from repairing a pair of jeans (otherwise I would have used smaller, black ones).
Not bad for an hours' work or so. I'll definitely be making some more when I confirm how many inner layers work out the best.
Cheers,
2 comments:
Hi Julie, I love your homemade pads cool materials. I make my own too & love them, I have lots of them in pretty patterns & colours to choose from, (depending on my mood) hahaha.
Erika (Gold Coast)
Hi Erika,
LOL, I do too :-)
Cheers,
Julie
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