earth child

Ive had an email about the CLOTHish covers and just wanted to clarify that earthchild sells mamapads and thats pretty much it :) I love making mamapads for other mummas, not nappies or covers (these are for my babies butt only lol). I am extremely flattered that someone was enquiring about purchasing the covers from me but the pic's I posted in a previous post were a christmas present for a friends bub's. Please contact Mel @ the CLOTHish blog (pretty sure I listed the blog addy in the post where I included the first pics of the covers). The pics of nappies/covers/etc are all my personal pics that i wanted to share as part of my creative journey here on these pages. I'm actually wondering if I should keep only earthchild specific products here? Please let me know if u think that would be more appropriate.. xoxoxo

Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas. Only a few more days left until this year is over and a new one begins. Best wishes and lots of love xoxoxo.

Here are a couple of pics of an applique nappy I made for my little man before we headed away for the holidays

So I have to admit I am OBSESSED with the CLOTHish cover at the moment. I have been altering it slightly material wise as previously mentioned, but Im now also including some lastin in the front and back also. Im doing this as I am using microchamois instead of fleece. I you like the look of the CLOTHish cover u can buy the pattern or contact Mel though the CLOTHish blog and I am sure she'd be happy to make some for you. It really is a cute cover. Im liking it more as it has the kind of shorts look about it which is great as my little man is now getting to be a toddler and Im getting some funny looks when from supermarket shoppers and the like. Awhile when at Coles a little girl (id guess around 3 ) look mortified at my son strutting around the aisles in a nappy, she pointed and shouted to her mother 'Look mum that boy has no clothes on!!!!!'. It was around that time I realised that in minds of children wearing nappies soon becomes the equivelant of us in our underwear.. That experience hasn't changed how I do things, just gave me an opportunity to see it from a different perspective hehe

Anyhoo without further ado, a few more pics...

Ho! Ho! Ho! 7 days til Christmas!!

Some CLOTHish covers for a friends little ones :) All modelled by my little one before they were sent out. These covers have a pul and suedecloth inner layer/minky
outer to go over fitteds or terry flats. My bub had a nappy with waterproof layer built in when he modelled them for mumma to check they were ok lol.

size large


size medium




Appliqued pig and owl pillowcase for my neice, she asked for these for chrissy





A nappy for my bubby

4 Heavy, 2 mega, 3 regular and 4 liners

I made this gorgeous CLOTHish cover today. Its available here http://clothish.blogspot.com/search/label/Comfy%20Cover I was pretty stoked with how it turned out and will embelish a singlet with some minky applique over the next few days to match it

some liners

front

back

couple of mega pads

front

all the colours of the rainbow!! the green is a bit hard to see but it is there - it looks slightly more yellow :)



Oh! and stay posted pics of the super size I spoke about in the sizes post will be up by the end of the weekend (i hope lol)

I made my beautiful little man another nappy last week - he loves the fluffy eyelash minky panel on the front hehe

I made a bit of a mistake and made an extra 2 liners so Miss C has the choice of which ones she'd prefer :) The order is for 2 liners and 4 regular- all in handdyed velour (you may recognise a few of these from a previous post). I am sending the long one down to obtain the wondeful Miss C's opinion on a few details Im considering bringing into the design. It will then become part of her stash. Thanks so much Miss C for ur assistance!!!xoxo

How do you feel when AF is around and you want to lay back on the couch and watch a dvd? How about sleeping on your side or back? A bit nervous? Do you just lay back and hope for the best?

Ive been working on designing a solution thats gives the coverage and looks good too. So without further a do some pics of the new design. Its basically the same fabulous mamapad but with a more rounder back



While I am stoked with the night design - i think it looks pretty groovy ;) I am a bit up in the air about the long one.. I am wondering if it'd be more visually fabulous if it had 2 snaps not 1. These pads are designed not to move around, but I hear many people avoid one snap pads because of purchasing ones that have been designed poorly and DO move around. think it will happen tbh the stay tuned for the possibility of the second :)

Oooh I havent been able to stay away from the hand dyed goodness

This is what I get up to on a Friday night - the wild thing I am haha



and the backs: super soft polyester PUL

What a lucky lady am I!!! Check out this bunch of hand dyed goodness I received in yesterdays post.



It was absolutely screaming out "Make me into something fabulous!!" and how could I refuse? I spent a wonderful evening last night creating a pale blue minky nappy and embelished it with a hand dyed bamboo velour panel. I also added a gorgeous appliqued OM symbol on the back in matching hand dyed bamboo velour. I am in love with this nappy! It fits bubby like a dream :)

What a gorgeous lot of mama pads, even if I do say so myself :) These were completed along with Miss E's order a few days ago. I've been a bit slack with blogging so have a few pics to put up tonight!

Hope u Like them Miss A :)

A 1/2 geisha 1/2 girl skull set was the order of the day for Miss E. There are also 2 geisha liners (not pictured)

5 days, 2 long - front pic


...and the back :)

regular

regular front

Long/nights

Nights/postpartum

Liners

The majority of these are sold. Some I am passing on to a beautiful mama who is hand dying some velour for me :) I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am about making some lovelies with hand dyed velour!!! Oh and I have my eye on 2 here and they will end up im my stash - I have decided I really really NEED a skull and rainbow one hehe :) I picked these 2 fabrics out for a mama who wants some Loud and Funky Punk mama pads. I was soo impressed with how they turned out that I had to make a couple for myself too ;)

Much Love and nighty night :)

2 days, 2 nights and 4 liners :)

Day and night sets...


2 days, 2 nights, 2 liners and a wet bag (not pictured) and ofcourse a few disco wipes for her little one :)

Well Cloth Pad mania has struck Earth Child.. Stay tuned for pics of cloth pads before they head out to their new homes

So the rules were to spend $20 on materials to make something/s for someone else and someone would do the same for you. The catch.. you didnt know who was making for you and you weren't to tell who you were making for..

So here is what I made..

For the Mamma :)

A day and a night Moontime pad set

And for the little girl
A groovy placemat with napkin and knife/fork/spoon holder and a pink one side/purple the other minky mobile with appliqued name. This is about a metre long and is soo soft (i have managed to delete the pics of these from my photobucket account :( will have to update later)

Anyways I hope my swappee likes it, I worked soo hard to try and make some nice pretties for a mother/daughter duo

What has been happening with Earth Child? A new design is taking shape, some beautiful mama pads have been born over the last few days. I have been working on fine-tuning my design and am feeling pretty confident with how it is turning out. The first that leave the Earth Child haven will be heading off to Victoria as part of a secret swap on a forum I am a member on.. When the swap is complete I will post some pics - I have a few ideas in the works and can only pray the transition from my imagination to reality is a smooth one ;) Oh, if I had a dollar for every idea that I thought was fabulous and that then fell incredibly short in real life LOL. That though is where I have learnt the most. An art teacher I had once taught by a similar creed "The learning is in the doing".. It was his answer to everything.. And as frustrating as I felt he was at the time for not sharing his knowledge, now with hindsight it was really the best answer.. and a true sharing of what he knew, without putting his own opinions or judgements on all that he said.. The Learning is in the doing...

And as another wise man once said... The most certain way to succeed is to try one more time.

Hope all is going beautifully with you dear friends

Luscious minky combined with velvety panne.. Who says bath time and change times can't be fun.. The perfect accessory for any nappy bag or a gentle wipe for the face after a picnic in the park







And for a more natural touch a minky and cotton velour combo.. So soft!!

The Earth Child blog is finally here!

I will post pics and updates to share with you an insight into what is going on both behind the scenes and at the forefront of Earth Child.

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