Fabric

[eatswithfork]

I'm going to crank out a bunch of pads tonight. I finally found the perfect pattern for me and I need to re-stash. I have two questions for you all

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[purple_obsidian]

1). Agreed, you shouldn't notice much stretch, the other fabrics will stop it stretching though if they are non-stretch

[eatswithfork]

I'm using the same fabric on either side just for the sake of not having to go find coordinating solids for each print so in case I put the liner on wrong, I want to know it will still work. I tested a little swatch of it with water on the wrong side and it seemed to do well. awesome!

[purple_obsidian]

Well, you have a couple of options for making it obvious which way goes up...

* Put channel stitching on the top

* get an iron on transfer or something, and iron it to the back

* Sew a little square/circle of different fabric or something onto the back (I have a pad with a flower cut from a bit of lace sewn to the back)

* Sew a small flat button to the back

... something like that - so you know which is the back/bottom side and which is the top.

[dalyax]

Now that I think about it, you're right about the PUL. I just kept thinking "laminated laminated laminated" a bit OCD about that :s!

I sometimes see wetbags that are lined with the non-laminated side, something I don't like at all.

:)

[purple_obsidian]

why? Most wetbags I have seen (that are 2 layer) are lined with the non-laminated side facing in... I've made ones like that even... makes no difference at all... in fact I like it that way - so that when you see the inside of the bag it's the nice side showing, not the shiny plastic side. Yes, it would be a slight bit harder to clean that way if the wetbag got blood on it, but PUL is usually a poly fabric, so it's pretty wipe clean and non-absorbent anyway.

Even in pads... often I sew the PUL layer in the "wrong" way, so that I can sew with the fabric side of the PUL against the bottom of the machine, as the laminated side sticks and puckers.... it makes absolutely no difference to the performance of the fabric at all. If anything, the blood hitting the fabric side is going to spread out a bit less than it would hitting the shiny side... so slightly less likely to leak out the sides of the seam

[dalyax]

Agh, I see. Just a personal preference of mine, sometimes I use cloth wipes and it gets kinda messy in the wetbag, so sometimes I like to wipe it clean ;)

I love your idea with the PUL in the pads! I sometimes included a full body layer of the PUL in the pads because otherwise it would slide all over the place if I tried sewing it to the core. (And I'd have to use paper sometimes)