Wool Soaker Cover Tutorial with finished (comfort) seams.

This tutorial is for a wool soaker style cover.  It can also be made in water resistant fleece.  In this tutorial I'll be using felted wool interlock.

Often we make these with regular seams.  This is perfectly fine as baby won't feel the seams as the cover goes over the diaper.  However if your plan is to sell wool covers now or in the future you should make a more professional seam in keeping with the expectations of a paying costumer.

The Tutorial

First we will sew a soaker layer in the wet zone for added protection.  You can sew with a zigzag stitch.  If your machine has this diamond stitch use it instead as its an even better stitch.  Sew around the edge of the soaker pad.

Next pin your cuff right sides together, stretching to fit the leg hole.  Pin ends first, then middle.  Straight stitch near the edge

Fold the cuff over and turning a  hem under pin the other end of the cuff to the inside of the soaker.  Push your first seam open as you pin this hem.  Sew with a straight stitch as close to the edge as you can.  Repeat with other leg hole and cuff.

Now we will sew one side closed (just one).  We will be doing this as a French seam.  Pin the one side wrong sides together (so right way out).  Zigzag setitzh right on the edge.  Because felted wool and fleece is thick, the zig zag will cut down some if this thickness.

Nowturn the soaker inside out, pin the seam and sew again but with a straight stitch.  Make sure your sewing outside that first seam so the raw edges are enclosed within the seam.

Now you'll notice its smooth but sticks out.  Stitch that seam down.

Next we will attach the waist band just as we did the leg cuffs.
•sew right sides together
•fold waistband over, turn a hem and straight stitch.

Now we repeat the French seam in the side.
•zigzag edge wrong aides together
Turn inside out, pin and stitch
•fold seam over and stitch down.

And your done!