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One for the ladies only: Make your own pads/mooncup alternative

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http://www.geocities.com/thixle/diypads_tutorial.html

http://www.geocities.com/thixle/diypads_tutorial.html

http://www.lunapads.com/

A link on how to make your own pads for that time of the month. They are resusable, washable and free to make if you chop up old clothes/towels and have a sewing machine or good at hand stitching!

Just think of all the money it will save you! ideal if you dont get on with the mooncup.

I am going to give this one a god, once i can use my sewing machine! i am experimenting with making a skirt at the moment
Make £10 a day challenge March 2013 £101.24 / £240 :j
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  • flea72
    flea72 Posts: 5,392 Forumite
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    so much easier to go the baby sock route - no sewing involved!

    take one pair of baby socks, roll one up into a sausage shape, place inside other sock - voila diy tampon, including string!!

    Flea
  • redballoon_2
    redballoon_2 Posts: 1,555 Forumite
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    hum, i'm not sure about the sock idea...
    Make £10 a day challenge March 2013 £101.24 / £240 :j
    WSC 10 March - £0 / £5
    Debt £17,294 - 7th March
  • flea72 wrote:
    so much easier to go the baby sock route - no sewing involved!

    take one pair of baby socks, roll one up into a sausage shape, place inside other sock - voila diy tampon, including string!!

    Flea


    Surely one jests. ( I hope ) : (
  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,215 Forumite
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    lol, had a look at the first link, and quite why you would need or want a fashionable lining to your home made sanny pad is beyond me. i mean, who is going to see it to appreciate it :confused:


    there's nowt as queer as folk :rotfl:
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • Badgergal
    Badgergal Posts: 531 Forumite
    I don't have a sewing machine and definitely don't have the patience to handsew, but even the more expensive ready made lunapads (which I have) are quite OS (same principle as our grandmothers etc) and still moneysaving so I don't feel that guilty :) I can see how they are prob quite easy to do if you do have a machine though.
  • FreebieFi
    FreebieFi Posts: 13 Forumite
    lol, had a look at the first link, and quite why you would need or want a fashionable lining to your home made sanny pad is beyond me. i mean, who is going to see it to appreciate it :confused:


    there's nowt as queer as folk :rotfl:

    Well they look nicer hanging on the washing line :-)

    And I have heard about the baby sock thing before (although haven't tried) so guess it must be true!

    Fiona
  • tina68
    tina68 Posts: 461 Forumite
    nooooooooooooo!!!!
    don't like the images i'm getting in my head...hanging them on the line as well???LOL
    cheap and chearful tesco value that's me but then i'm not heavy as i have implanon in my arm
    Tina x
    on this day 23/05/1430
    Joan of Arc captured and delivered to the English
  • mamaoba
    mamaoba Posts: 130 Forumite
    i use a combi of the mooncup for day and homemade or popolin0 pads at night. the mooncup does a full moneyback refund if you can't get on with it in 3 cycles so you've nothing to lose.

    I made my own pads from an old towel that had seen better days - super tightwad me at times. Instructions are here http://www.diapersewing.com/clothpads.htm

    The popolino pads are prob the cheapest on the market so you might want to get one just to try the concept out. They are only £1.40 each. Even if you purchase a posher brand you'll still save a fortune over time!http://www.snazzypants.co.uk/shop/index.php3?formaction=catdisplay&categoryID=22

    I soak my pads in salt water (great for blood stains) in a tupperware container behind the loo and then throw them in the wash with the nappies or towels. A little mesh laundry bag is useful to prevent the inserts getting lost in the wash. (Mine came with my popolino set).
  • sarah0404
    sarah0404 Posts: 153 Forumite
    Thanks for those links, I hadn't seen them before. I'm really not that keen on the idea of a moopcup, but I've been using cloth pads for a few years now. They're much better than the disposable ones. I bought a pattern to make them too, but I've not really got round to making any yet. I've got lots of left over scraps from making nappies too. I quite fancy making a set of tie dye ones!
  • I don't wish to sound rude, this is my first time on the Old Style board and was horrified to see DIY pads/tampons! Surely nobody is that poor that they can't afford tampons? Think you can get a whole load for about 80p in Lidl, or better still, if you're not planning any children soon, have the contraceptive ijection. Not had a period for 2 years!

    I can't think of anything more unhygeinic that stuffing stitched up bits of cloth in your knickers when you're bleeding like a pig! Or a sock for that matter! And i can't think of anything more disgusting than having to wash it after! I'd rather throw a pound down the drain!!! Sorry if this offends anyone!
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