Cloth diapers Medium!!!

 Our little guy is already into medium sized diapers!!! He's growing fast! 
I like sewing and experimenting with sewing.  I like to reuse things that would be thrown out to make something useful. I like to sew them myself because I don't want to spend a lot on diapering, but do want it to be easy.
Sewing my own diapers has many benefits.  I can try different designs with no risk.  Since I spent $0 on the materials I can try a pocket liner, a snap in layer, a different shape or size with no worries.  If it doesn't work, I can throw it out with no guilt- it was trash to begin with anyway!

The new born diapers I've made work great, but I've learned that I want to change a few things.

I don't think flannel is the best material for making a diapers.  It's too rigid to get a good fit on baby.  This time I will use flannel for the absorbent part and upcycling T-shirts for the diaper.  The stretch makes it easier to get a good fit on the baby.  

My husband just got new undershirts- the old ones are being made into medium size diapers for baby! :)

Diaper construction:
Cut it out.  If you are a novice seamstress like me, I suggest squaring off the tabs in front and back so that the your sewing will look more consistant at the end.  Trying to make the curved tabs the same on both sides is difficult for beginners like myself.  
Inner:  2 layers of an ugly old T! Sew to that:  leg elastic and the soaker.  For the soaker, I used 6 layers of the T-shirt only in the front.
Outer: 1 layer nicer looking T. 
Put it together:  Put the pretty sides of the diaper together.  Sew around the edges.  Sew around the outside of the elastic. Leave an opening in the back.  Turn it right side out.  Sew around again the edges.  Leave an opening in the back where you turned it.  You've make a pocket where you can add extra absorbancy if needed.  This time sew around the inside of the elastic so that the first seam is outside of elastic and one seam is to the inside and it makes a casing for it.

I'm testing absorbency of this diaper today.  It fits great.  It's trim and soft.  If I need more absorbency, I'll add some in the pocket.

Resources:
Fitted diaper discussion.  
sized patterns
 Spreadsheet from diaper sewing 101 Baby Center page. Everything you need in one place!