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I had this bum sweater of my brother's that had accidentally felted in the wash. Nobody wanted to wear it, so I made these. And now you can too! If you've never used a cloth pad, it might sound weird, but these are very comfortable and absorbent because of the wool. Also they don't leak like disposible pads do, down the wings and all, yuck. The quilting makes them not bulky and also keeps the material from shifting around inside, especially when you wash it. Fabric on fabric doesn't slip, although not wearing baggy granny panties helps alot too.

Basically, I cut a bunch of pad shaped pieces out of the sweater, then a bunch more pieces (which were slightly bigger) out of a tee shirt and some black flannel. I like the dark colors because they don't look as messy.

Here they are, with the wool piece, the tee shirt piece and the flannel piece in a pile. You can't see the flannel because it is the same size as the tee shirt piece.



So then with 'right' sides together of the flannel and jersey, I sewed a pocket shaped piece that has an opening at one end.





I trimmed close to the seam (well not in this picture...) then I laid the wool piece on top and pulled the whole thing inside out





so that the wool was in between - smooth it out a little with my fingers, then fold the open ends in, sew it shut and "quilt" over it with the machine.

Ta da! Here is the top:



And the bottom:



Or the bottom and the top, it just depends which fabric you prefer close to your delicate bits. Anyhow, these are really easy to care for, throw them in a bucket of water, then machine wash (so I would be sure to preshrink everything...). I carry a little ziploc baggie with me to have something to put them in when I am out and about.

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