Chloe's Toes Diaper Pattern

[SewPaula]

I've been making Chloe's Toes diapers since before she started selling them. To be honest, I've never quite made them according to the 13 pages of instructions, something that I usually do at least once per pattern.

The Chloe's Toes (CT) pattern is a pretty straightforward pattern. It comes with 7 sizes (preemie, newborn, small, medium, large, extra large and extra extra large.) I've made mediums on up to XXL. The CT diaper is designed to use foldover-elastic as binding and to be honest, though I tried doing this as a turn-and-top stitch pattern, I didn't care for it. I've made this pattern as both AIOs and as fitteds and like both. The diaper is a low rider, hanging below the belly on a normal toddler. There is no need for an umbilical cord notch on these diapers as the waist is so low.


What I liked about this pattern:
It is fast and easy to sew using FOE to bind. I have also use this pattern to make fitteds, using elastic instead of FOE and serging the edges. I like the shape of the overall diaper, except my special needs girl has runny bf-like poops and skinny legs, so she really needs gussets in th legs. I borrowed the leg gusset from my PooPockets pattern and voila, leg gussets! Right now, I'm making fitted diapers with an attached soaker and skipping the snaps to use a Snappi instead. This combo is working just fine and I hope that my dh figures out how to use the Snappi soon.


What I don't like about this pattern:
In my experience, using FOE on an AIO leads to wicking. Catherine acknowleges this with instructions to either make pocket diaper (which I'm not a fan of) or coat the outer layer with waterproofing spray. I tried it, but didn't care much for the process or the results.

The other caveat is the free side snapping cover featured on the website. It's a nice pattern and goes together easily, but the waist is huge. I made 2 XXL and 1 XL before I tried them on my dd, but even on the XL, there was easily 5-6 inches of extra room. This is meant for a very chubby toddler and my almost 5 yo dd has the waist of Scarlet O'Hara.

Conclusion:
Overall, I'm very pleased with the CT pattern and intend to make more, though I will have to try my hand at extending the pattern as dd grows.

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With gusset:


Opened with gusset: