What a kind comment! I have a very supportive and involved husband and we have extended family close by too so I've got a great network of people who help.
These look super professional, great job. And I'm so impressed by your energy to film this so shortly after giving birth! Congratulations, he's so precious 😍
Thank you! I love sewing and filming so it's been nice to do even though I'm pretty tired really. My husband is very supportive of giving me time for my projects and taking all the kids which is amazing
I enjoy watching your videos and learning your tips of sewing with PUL. My grandkids are no longer small, so I'm making wet bags for their swimming items along with one for me, I even made a drawstring shoe bag for traveling. Thanks. Your babes are precious!
That sounds perfect! I'm needing to make some swim bags too but they'll need to be slightly wider than these ones I made for nappy bags I'm thinking. Thanks for watching my video!
I love so much about your approach to having a RU-vid channel. Love you breastfeeding Rueben with no fuss - exactly how we should be ‘reacting’ to feeding our Bub. I was lucky to breastfeed our son and was discreet but not embarrassed- I copped filthy looks and abuse from strangers. No skin was seen but people were upset because they knew I was feeding. I just told them my son was eating his lunch. He was a newborn. Love that you are a real mum doing real life - leave in the normal life with two bugs, your daughter was gorgeous helping you and chatting away. I love the chaos - normal mum life - it’s what we need to see instead of Insta deals. And woman, how do you look so good two weeks after having a baby? Keep sharing, keep your way of doing videos. They are lovely to watch.
This is honestly the nicest comment I've ever received. Thanks so much for taking the time to send it! It's so disappointing that people would be offended by discreet breastfeeding. I've been lucky that I haven't had any negative experiences from it but I know it's unfortunately common. I'm glad you enjoy my videos! I definitely want to share what it's really like as a mum and show the realness of the chaos. That's one of the main reasons I like starting with the bloopers to show that I'm not perfect and things go wrong for all of us. Keeping it real hehe
I love you being a mom and doing this, it Encourages me that I can be a full time mommy and still do a dream, us moms just do it a little different. Love the content thank you!so excited to try them out
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your use & links to Australian suppliers. The videos are really wonderful to watch given the speed up & the explanation over this. Keep up the great work. 🤩
A tip for less seams on the large wet bag, cut the back fabric 3-4 inches longer than the front and stitch one edge to the top of the zip. Simply fold the top edge (where there would otherwise be your top seam) to line up and attach to the front piece. You were lucky to be gifted a snap press, they are so pricey! I now always find I don’t have the colour snaps I want haha
Oh duh Michelle, don't cut a front and back piece at all! You only need 1 long piece, each end stitched to the zip. Simply fold so you're happy with the zip placement and sew the side seams. Sorry Marie, not thinking clearly this eve.
Glad you found it helpful. I'm not brave enough to have my own channel but I try to live by, "build each other up". If something I comment helps you or one of your viewers then that's fabulous. A small way to share my love of crafts with 'friends' :)
@@madeatbentwood I love that. What an amazing world we would be living in if we all took that attitude into everything in life 💕 I appreciate you contributing to this community for sure
Hi Julie No the PUL doesn't fray because it's essentially coated in plastic (laminated) so that keeps the fibres of the fabric together. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the links and it’s amazing how wonderful your kids. May I ask what size snaps do you recommend for this? I saw there is size 20 and forgot the other number 😅, thanks for your help
Love the product, however battled with the dimensions and reaching a filled zipped closed bag- fabric was 38cm but Zip 30cm and you showed sewing the seams over the edge of the zip 🙈 do you have a slower version where you explain the details?
Sorry I don't have a slower version. The edge of the zipper tape doesn't have teeth so it's ok to sew over that. You need to get as close as you can to the teeth without going over them. Are there any specific details you would like me to explain. You can contact me on instagram if you're needing help or email me at mymum.marie@gmail.com
Love this video! 😍 thank you so much! Could you please help me out tho, what kind of presser foot are you using? Are you using a teflon or a rollerfoot? I'm using the regular one because I dont have anything else (newby here) but my fabric keeps shifting places (eventhough I'm using a lot of clips) putting in the zipper goes all fine, it is the last part where everything needs to be sewn together (and the innerside of the fabric is on the outside). Any tips on what kind of presser foot, settings, needle I need to use are very welcome 🙏🏼
Great question, it can be slippery to sew with pul. I just use my regular presser foot, but you could try using some tissue paper under and above the project which will make it less slippery through the presser foot. Make it like a sandwich with the tissue paper as the bread and your project as the insides 😊 or you could try a walking foot if you find the tissue paper isn't working. See how you go and let me know if that's still not working.
The Noosa fabric pul looks great. I bought PUL from snaps Australia but I find it breaks quite easily when I sewed it. Is Noosa fabrics more durable? Thanks
I've found my Noosa PUL has held up really well. It still looks just as good as new quite a few years later. I haven't bought any from Snaps Australia to compare though, but I've certainly not had any issues with Noosa
@@MyMumMakes thank you for the feed back. I also saw another of your tutorials and I noted I may have made a mistake in wrong needle type 😐. Will definitely have to try again and try Noosa Fabrics.
Hello, I forgot to ask: Does the PUL need to be pre-washed? Have you noticed the PUL shrink under a wash or dry? I read they do not shrink (and the fabric store told me not to pre-wash them), but I read a couple of comments on other videos that said their PUL has shrunk under warm wash and a partial low heat dryer/air dry. Thus leaving the exterior cotton fabric uneven (because they pre-washed the cotton fabric). Some people have suggested to wash the wet bags in hot water, but I didn't think that would be wise due to the fabric content. I thought I'd ask before making the wet bags as I am following your well-done video! I never used one when my son was young (he's an adult). Thank you!
You can't warm wash or dry pul. Just cold machine wash and then line dry. The laminate will lose its waterproof property if it gets heated too much. And no need to prewash
@@MyMumMakes - that's what I thought and thank you for clearing this up for me because I hadn't heard of PUL until I saw your video. I just found your video on a search for sewing baby items and thought this was a great idea. I really appreciate the extra information. :)
Yes for sure, they're great to use for food. The PUL from Noosa fabric co is food safe but if you were buying it from somewhere else you might just want to check what plastic they use to laminate the fabric.
I'll try my best to help. Most of the time for me when stitches skip it's usually the needle that's the problem - either it's the wrong type of needle or it's a blunt one. What type of needle do you have in? Could you try changing it out for a new sharp one and see how you go? I'd go for a stretch needle or ballpoint before and a thin/small one is best so the holes aren't too large. If that doesn't work let me know and we'll try to find another solution
@@MyMumMakes I’m using ballpoint and they are brand new needles. I’ve tried three. I’ve rethreaded multiple times. I think it may be the cheap thread. Thank you so much for your response. Love your videos!!
Hi! We use cloth nappies (diapers) so we have these wet bags when we change nappies out of the home so we can put dirty nappies in and keep our bag dry.
Great question. I'm still using the same ones now over a year later and they've been great. The PUL from Noosa is great quality and is still looking as good as new
@@MyMumMakes yes I do have one. I probably need to follow along with some videos again because when I had now started to learn to sew they would come out really nice but idk why they don't anymore 😖
