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If you want to keep your kids dry and help the environment, forget about disposable or ordinary cloth diapers and use technologically advanced PUL fabric. You can easily locate PUL fabric for sale and make your own diapers. You can go a step farther since the waterproof fabric comes in a vast variety of colors and patterns to make unique designer diapers. Erase the image of kids running around in wet, semi-white, sagging diapers that are gradually working their way down your children’s legs. Erase the image of disposable diapers piling up in landfills for years to come.

PUL fabric, which stands for polyurethane laminated fabric, is for the new generations desire to use eco-friendly products and save money in a tight economy. Polyurethane laminated fabric consists of an inner lining of 100% polyester knit, cotton/polyester blend, or 100% cotton with an outer lining of 1-2 millimeters of polyurethane and coated with a water resistant spray for extra protection. The textile is a fabric that has a laminated waterproof backing that first come into use in the medical industry to replace disposable items with reusable ones.

The cloth is durable enough to withstand heat steam sterilization and continual high heat washing and drying. Even when the material encounters bodily fluids, the product returns to use after it has completed the sterilization process. The material is stretchable, completely waterproof, and comfortable to wear, so it is a perfect material for children’s diapers. Considering two or three children can use the diapers, imagine how many disposable diapers do not go into a landfill. Although the waterproof fabric is not biodegradable, they save a huge number of disposable diapers from landfills making it an eco friendly creation. If PUL fabric contains an organic inner lining, they are even friendlier to the environment.

The ability to use cloth diapers repeatedly for years will save thousands of dollars versus the cost of purchasing expensive disposable diapers. Cloth diapers are no longer an outdated item. They have come full circle, only this time technology has advanced enough to make them waterproof and comfortable. In an effort to teach a new generation of parents how to be eco-friendly, as well as how to save money, find PUL fabric for sale and introduce it to new parents by hosting a baby shower that includes each guest making a designer diaper for the new baby on the way.

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If you’re like me, you might be overwhelmed thinking of what in the world you can do with such a large bolt of PUL fabric as is customarily available for order. Either that or you might be timid and hesitate to purchase special fabric when your sewing skills are less then polished. I, myself, have both of these insecurities. That’s why I decided to come up with a few “starter” projects, if you will. Rather than just jumping right into purchasing a fabric diaper pattern and hacking away at it with my precious, beautiful, and just plain AMAZING PUL fabric. So I thought of a few green, earth-friendly, pocket book-friendly, handy, and fun projects that make my life easier around the house.

First of all, who doesn’t love having a wet bag lying around? My caregiver jumped for joy when I explained to her the purpose of a wet bag and how she is to perform no dunking, flushing, scooping, swishing, etc. of the cloth diapers! Instead, I instructed, she is to take the soiled diaper, place it inside of the wet bag, and leave it in the designated corner for me to pick up and take care of at the end of the day. Wet bags are amazing. And is there anything easier to make for a first PUL fabric project? I submit that it is an outstanding first project. Simply cut your fabric to an appropriate size, add ribbons for handles or loops, and a simple zipper from your favorite local craft store. Easy as pie. If the zipper idea makes you break out in hives and sweat thinking about it, then skip it! Just use a draw string, have a fold-over flap (pillow case style), toss on a button, or leave it open for heavens sake! This is for your own use, and you can do with it what you’d like. See? No pressure, just have fun. The PUL fabric wet bag does as it is told after completion. Wet stays inside, and everything around it stays dry.

I don’t just use my wet bags for soiled diapers, though. I like to use wet bags at the beach, the pool, the gym, so on and so forth. Pretty much anywhere that you could possibly wet yourself or your children is an appropriate place to use it. Because of this, why not make a fashionable bag out of your PUL fabric? I love my gifted diaper bags as much as the next young mother, but there are a tremendous amount of fashionable and useful tutorials and patterns for handbags and/or diaper bags that would be so much better with a waterproof fabric such as PUL. I know I wish every day that my super cute (and sort of expensive) purse had a little more water resistance. I have kids, for heavens sake, there’s no way that thing’s staying dry!

A less common idea I had that I would so love to use and will likely attempt to put together as my next project is a “cloth wipes container”. You know those nifty, slim containers for disposable wipes that make mom’s lives so much easier? My homemade cloth wipes don’t fit inside these neat holders, and I’ve been secretly crying on the inside about it since I started cloth diapering a year ago. I finally realized that I should get off my lazy buns and do something about it – resolve the problem. Then came the cloth wipe PUL fabric container idea. After mastering the wet bag, as mentioned above, then simply use the same idea to assemble a smaller waterproof bag that is meant to hold dampened cloth wipes. I have a hard time at skeptical disposable-friendly homes when people see me using a reusable wipe. I usually pull out a water bottle, dampen a random cloth I pull out of my deep bag, and start wiping away at my cute baby’s buns. Well, maybe the jaw-dropping skepticism might lessen should I have my cloth wipes prepared just the same as theirs are.

All in all, PUL fabric not only makes the cloth diapering parent’s life a little easier, but ANYONE who has reason to carry around wet stuff around town. And now I’m off to start on a PUL fabric project of my very own.

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If you’re a penny pincher, cloth diapering is a no-brainer. If you’re a working mother like I was when I started cloth diapering my children, you’ve got to think about caregivers who are going to be diapering your child(ren) while you are away. If you’re hoping for a low-maintenance solution to your dilemma like I was, then PUL Fabric is the answer. Almost ALL of the diapers that I use on my baby’s cloth covered bum use PUL fabric.
Although a great fit is extremely important in containing baby’s “output”, it is similarly and perhaps even more important that the diaper be waterproof. Therefore, I personally chose to provide PUL diapers for my caregivers and me to use. The verdict? My super soaker son has yet to find a way to leak through the fabric. In complete honesty, he was known to leak out of his diaper from time to time as a newborn. I learned this had everything to do with the fit of the diaper and how I secured it. User error on my part. So, with a little practice and a little training of my caregivers, the results have been dry and clean!

Cloth diapers made from this blessed fabric are exactly what the skeptical newcomer to the cloth diaper movement needs to help push him/her over the edge. It is a great introduction to the new world of cloth diapers. No more dunking and wringing in toilets, dealing with leaky bums, wet hands and shirts. Today’s diapers contain messes as well or better than disposables thanks to the fabric used and it’s waterproofing ability. I’ve even used a diaper sprayer to slide poop into the toilet, then wrapped the soaking diaper insert inside the PUL diaper, then walked across the house to deposit into the washing machine. I have so much confidence in the fabric that I risked dripping unpleasant droplets over freshly mopped, vacuumed, and cleaned floors, among other important valuables.

Another great aspect of the PUL Fabric Diaper is the easy maintenance. Unlike other diapering fabrics such as wool, this fabric requires minimal upkeep. Simply prepping the diapers with the normal cloth diapering wash, followed by a heat dry in your dryer, and your fabric is ready to use! Follow initial use with another toss into the dryer every couple of months, and there you have it: the only treatment it needs. The heat from the dryer helps to seal any holes created while sewing and assembling the diaper, then subsequent trips to the dryer help to re-seal should any separation occur randomly from the use of the diapers.

All in all, diapers made from PUL fabric are just a tremendous resource for parents and caregivers of the cloth diapered child. For those of us who need yet another reason to get our babies in PUL fabric, there is one more attraction. The color choices of fabric are endless and who in the world doesn’t love dressing their precious baby’s adorable buns in beautiful hues and patterns? I spend so much time looking at diapers, I might as well have the cutest colors on the block!

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