Free Cloth Diaper Sewing Patterns

In today's economic times we are all looking to save money. If you're feeling industrious and have some basic sewing skills you can make your own cloth diapers and cloth diapering accessories. Here are some free patterns for almost everything you will need to cloth diaper. We are also starting a cloth diaper sewing blog--Sew Cheeky--on which I will be testing out the patterns below and for purchase patterns as well. There will be lots of reviews, video tutorials and pictures to help you on your quest to sew the perfect diaper!

Free Cloth Diaper Tutorials

Diapersewing.com
Sew Your Own Diapers--how tos for sewing "Quick-Dry" AIOs, Fitted, Fitted with Velcro, Fitted Front Snap, Fitted Side Snap, AIO, Pre-Fold, Pre-Fold to Fitted diapers, Ultrex/PUL with Snaps Cover, Fleece with Snaps cover, plus measurements of popular fitted diapers, FAQs, and approximate costs of materials to sew your own diapers.

Cloth Diaper Sew-Along
With Kayla from Kayla’s Cloth Kits great pictures and easy to follow instructions.

Swim Diaper Sew-Along
Also with Kayla from Kayla’s Cloth Kist great pictures and easy to follow instructions.

How to Sew a FuzziBunz-type Pocket Diaper

How to Sew a FuzziBunz-style Pocket Diaper With an Envelope Opening

How to Sew a Fitted Diaper

How to Make Your Own Diaper Inserts
For pocket diapers, would also work as lay-ins with a cover or as doublers

How to Make Contour Diapers from Prefolds

The Famous Fortune Cookie Tri-Fold Insert
Uses microfiber towel

Sewing Diapers from Recycled Materials
How to make Flatfolds, Prefolds and Fitted diapers from stuff around the house.

How to Make Fitteds From T-Shirts

How to Sew a Wool Cover

How to Sew "Sweaterpants"

How to Sew a Prefold "The Real Way"

How to Sew a Prefold
Either by using padding for the center or using a single piece of cloth

How to Sew Your Own Prefolds in 7 Easy Steps

How to Add Leg Gussets to a Diaper

Picture Tutorial on How to Get Fleece to Roll In Easy
For leg elastic on Pocket Diapers.

How to Make Pull-On Trainers From a Pair of Underwear

A Comparison of 3 Popular Free Diaper Patterns--Wee Weka, Mamabird, and Ottobre

How to Make A Zippered Wet Bag

How to Sew Different Diaper Styles From The Very Baby Pattern
These methods can be applied to “any” diaper pattern. Also includes tutorials on FOE, repairing elastic, and more.

How to modify a drill press for use as a snap press

Free Diaper Patterns

Rita's Rump Pocket
One-Size-Fits-Most Fitted Pocket Diaper—PDF pattern, as well as a new one-size-fits-most H&L "granny tab" diaper cover.

Mama Bird Diapers
The very popular Mama Bird diaper patterns--if you get the data transfer limit error from Geocities, try again later! Patterns for Fitted, AIO, and Pocket diapers. This pattern runs small.
 
Wee Weka Diaper Patterns
Patterns and tutorials on how to sew pocket diapers, pocket diapers with gussets, elastic casing, and fitteds.
 
MatNap fitted diaper pattern for use with a Snappi
It looks like you could easily add hook-and-loop or snaps to close, or use with pins—her instructions use a large beach towel & say you can get 3 diapers out of one towel.
 
How to Make a PUL Pocket Diaper With Fleece Waistband That Fastens in the Back
 
How to Draft Your Own Fitted Diaper Pattern
 
How to Draft Your Own Diaper Cover Pattern
 
One-Size Fitted Diaper

Comfy T-shaped Diaper Pattern
Not printable but easy to draw for yourself.
 
Ottobre Fitted Diaper Pattern
This pattern runs large.
 
Ottobre Knitted Wool Diaper Cover Pattern

Fern and Faerie's Hand-Knit Soaker Pattern
 
Lion Brand "Day-to-Night Felted Soaker" knitting pattern
You will need to register to view the pattern, but it is free!

Miala Diaper Cover Pattern (Size medium only)
Also soft baby shoe pattern and links to a variety of other free patterns

Free Side-Snapping Diaper Cover Pattern from Chloe Toes
 
AIO Pattern (size medium only, other sizes available to purchase)
Also a free changing pad cover pattern, wet bag pattern, and tapered sling pattern.
 
No Elastic Fleece Pull-Up Cover
It would probably work with wool too.
 
Quick Sew Pull-On Soaker (for wool or fleece).
 
Side-snapping Waterproof Training Pants
 
How to Make Your Own "Bum Sweater”
In other words longies from a wool sweater.
 
How to Make Your Own "Bum Sweater" Soaker From a Wool Sweater

Cloth Diaper Sewing
Patterns and How-Tos for Flatfold Diapers, Gusseted Diapers, Covers, Knit Soakers, Training Pants and more.

Crochet Longies Pattern

Tiny Birds Free Knit Soaker Pattern

Free patterns list at the WAHM Mall

Free Knit/Crochet/Sewn Diapering Patterns

Collection of Knit/Crochet and Recycled Wool Diaper Cover Patterns

Aubrey Doodle Pants Pattern
A kntting pattern for longies--has a drawstring waist.

Little Comet Tails Patterns
A group of covers, longies, dresses, and training pants.

Katrina's Sew Quick
A group of longies and skirties patterns.

All-In-Two Wool Training Pants
Wool shorties with a snap in soaker.

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