Cloth diaper fix

I have so many sewing projects to do this month. I am really excited about it, but this month is so busy, it's been difficult to work on anything. I have been shopping a lot- one of my very least favorite activities- but it wasn't as bad since I was getting Christmas presents and was excited to give them to their recipients. Also after being away from the house for most of Thanksgiving week, I finally took a whole day to catch up on cleaning. Simply picking up the house took 2 hours at least. And lastly, I finalized my doctoral application this week by placing about a dozen phone calls and emails between schools and my letter of recommendation sources, and finally by heading to UPS to ship thank you's to my recommenders. And of course I had to tally up what exactly I needed for these projects in terms of fabric, notions, and tools, and I scouted prices and scored everything on sale (also necessitating running all around town *shopping*).

And so now, finally, my first project of the month is done. When I started using cloth diapers this year, I bought almost all snap closure diapers instead of Velcro. However, I did keep two diapers from my initial trial pack which did have Velcro, and I knew it would wear out more quickly than the snaps. I did not expect it to wear out so very soon though- it's been less than a year, and the Velcro wore out so badly that the diaper couldn't even stay on Rowan. This is a problem because I kept these diapers because they work for over night use, which can be tricky to find in cloth diapering. I had read about replacing the Velcro on diapers periodically, but I wanted to convert it to snaps instead so it will last longer. Then all of our diapers will be snaps!

I found a tutorial online, and I got the necessary supplies-- the snaps and the tools to apply them-- for half off! The project was easy but it took longer than I thought. First I used a seam ripper to carefully remove the existing Velcro without damaging the PUL fabric. Then I used an existing snap diaper to mark where I needed to snaps to be in order for the diaper fit to be easily adjustable. Then I got the two part snap pieces ready and pierced each marked spot with an awl. Then I added the snap pieces and attached them using the snap pliers. Now I just have to put them in the dryer to help close up the holes left by the old velcro stitching. Aaaaand VIOLA! Snap diapers!!