Merino Wool Interlock Backing

I've decided to bring some wool backing into the shop again.  I used to offer wool backed pads but the fabric climbed to such a high cost I stopped offering it.  The wool I was buying years ago was thick and best suited to serged pads.  This new wool is beautiful, it's 97% merino wool and 3% spandex and has been milled in the USA.  It  makes a nice trim pad and it is so soft and has some stretch too.  Wool is a natural breathable fibre that offers natural moisture protection.

To prep this fabric I've washed and dried it on hot three times, this allows you to machine wash your pads on cool.  After a cool water wash you can put your wool backed pads in to the dryer on a low temperature or hang them to dry.

To test out interest I'll be offering some mad-to-order pads in the shop, hopefully I'll be able to continue to offer wool as yet another option for you!

Drafting (Again)

I've been working on the 11 inch size again.  Selfishly, I wanted this size to be more like my own favourite 12 inch style...a bit curvier and a bit more flared.   I need to re-design the shape of the core to match those flares, and it needs to be a tiny bit narrower, then it will be ready for 

testers and feedback.

Soon to be Stocking....

Monday is my favourite day lately, all the males in the house have gone back to school and work and it's just the little girl and I home.  She's usually calm and becomes engrossed in her play since she has less interruptions with just us here, I know better than to interrupt quiet play ;-)   Right now she's watching a copy of Mary Poppins we borrowed from the library.

Our weekend was both busy and quiet.   The weather was cold and windy with hail and snow on Sunday.  I'm glad I've only put beets and peas in the garden, but hope the apple blossoms won't be too badly damaged.  

I had a request from a long time customer for some nursing pads.  I started cutting for her order, then just kept cutting and cutting and now have several pairs to list in the shop.  I'll be adding things to the shop over the day, several turned and topstitched pads and serged pads too.

County Cloth Creations Etsy Shop 

A bit more sewing (& building!)

Here's a skirt I made for the girl of the house. It's denim, it's stretchy, versatile, dark, comfy...I love it! I think it will fit for a long time too so it's perfect! I bought a meter of stretch denim several weeks ago to sew up a pair of cloth friendly jeans for the baby and I had enough for the skirt too, the fabric was about $8 so I guess that's pretty good value especially since she'll wear them again and again. She wore the jeans in a mud puddle yesterday and they washed up perfectly-love!

Here's a sneak peek at some wetbags I'll be listing at my Etsy shop on Thursday.

Lego is the toy of the moment around here, I hope it keeps up. I much prefer playing with Lego than army guys, I find myself joining in with the Lego play :)

Upcycled Star Wars Style

I sewed these bibs up yesterday, they turned out amazing! I also made a couple of non Star Wars bibs for my youngest (she's over due for some top quality mama made bibs!). Anyways, the Star Wars bibs have been added to my Etsy shop. I'm sure when my three guys see these bibs they'll insist that their sister/daughter is their rightful owner, so somebody go grab them!

Summer Stockings

Summer has arrived, our kids have their last day of school on Tuesday. Summer holidays scare me a little, they jolt me out my usual routine. And well, we have three kids....I'm out numbered! Naturally I'll have less sewing time since I'll be busy with outings, lunches, dishes and just doing my best to maintain order!

I still plan on sewing and stocking through the summer months, I'll be posting a stocking schedule here and at my Etsy shop. I'll likely stock my Etsy shop every two weeks rather than weekly. I'll remain open for customs too. Custom orders take priority over shop stocking sewing so they're a great way to get exactly what you want. I'll try to keep custom slots stocked at my Etsy shop, if you don't see any spots just send me a convo.

Thank you and a shop update

It's been a while since I've done a shop update. I've been feeling a bit stuck with pad sewing. I still believe in cloth and love sewing it but sometimes I start to feel like I should simplify my design. I start to think of shortcuts, maybe I shouldn't top stitch the entire pad, maybe I should use cheaper fabrics, offer less options, use only a single snap closure. I begin to think all these things so that I can make more pads, make them faster, produce more. Recently I was re-energized by customers who left me wonderful feedback like this...

"The ten pads that I purchased two years ago are still in good shape after many washings. I hope to stock up on enough to carry me through to menopause!"

"Beautiful! Thanks so much for the speedy creation and shipment of my custom order. These are my favorite style/size "light" pads of the many I've tried, so well made and attractive, and the original one I bought from you two years ago is still going strong!"

These comments remind me that my job is not to mass produce and although I may tweak designs here; the care that goes into each pad and the unique design and features of CCC pads are what makes them work so great and stand up so well. So thank you to my many wonderful customers! Here's a picture of a recent custom order....

I just stocked this nursing pad set today, it would make a great gift. Washable nursing pads are amazing. My daughter is 15 months and I still need nursing pads, imagine all the money I've saved using cloth nursing pads over the last 15 months! These ones are made of organic cotton sherpa, they're very absorbent.
Simple bamboo velour topped pantyliners, these are so soft. I hope you can see the detail on the snaps, they each have an embossed daisy on them.

Tweaked

I've been sewing a lot of heavy flow pads in the 12.5" and 13.5" sizes and got me thinking about how I could tweak my 11" size pads. It's a very slight modification but the 11" pads now have a little more flare to the front and back. I've listed several of the new design in my Etsy shop, there's even a couple of very slight seconds listed as well as an 'old' style 11" reduced for those who (like me) like a bargain ;-)

It's been a long time since my last blog update! Ten months after Rowan's birth I finally feel like I'm getting more accomplished in pad production again! These first two pictures are just two of several pads I'll be listing on my Etsy shop tomorrow. There's a lot of blue going up tomorrow!

This alien print...I just love it
And these flannel owls glow in the dark! This is the last bit of this print I have except for maybe a couple of scraps that could maybe be turned into a liner or two.

I've been working on some custom orders lately for heavy flow pads, this order was all done in minky. Minky is so soft, it also washes up very well and leaves little to no staining. I have a custom spot just for minky pads listed in my shop if you'd like your very own minky pads.

That's all for now...the babe is napping but who knows how long (or short) that phenomenon could last ;-)

I haven't blogged in months, there's too much to catch up on; life is busy!!! I'll update with a few pictures....


A growing baby~ Rowan is 6.5 months now and she's an insanely busy baby, I can't even imagine how get a single thing done once she's crawling!

Chickens~ We got 5 chicks at the beginning of September, they'll bring us plenty of eggs in a few more months. This picture was of the little cuties the day we got them, now they're about 4 weeks old and they look more like some strange type of prehistoric dinosaurs...not cute anymore! Back to school & back to work. I did some sewing over the summer but now I'm getting back into some custom work. This was a fun order-

A new wetbag style!

I made one of these wet bags months ago and I'm finally making them a priority to stock! It measures 10.5" X 12" and is perfect for hanging in the bathroom to store used pads until washday. A handle that snaps allows you to hang this bag any wear; even over the shower curtain rod. A pocket in the front holds a few clean pads in easy reach. This exact bag will be listed on my Etsy shop later on today (pads not included...but you knew that!).

county cloth is blogging....finally!

The time for County Cloth to start blogging is very overdue! I'll be using this blog to post shop updates such as newly dyed fabrics, new fabrics, pictures of customs orders of cloth menstrual pads as well as other sewing or knitting projects I have time to create! Please check in for shop chatter & updates.