Dria nursing cover for BF- anyone tried these?

[wallawala]

Didn't know if I should put this here or in KidFood

I am intriged by these after reading about on the "ain't no mom jeans" blog.
www.driacover.com

Has anyone tried these and liked them?

Reviews from the blog:
http://www.aintnomomjeans.com/2011/0...ing-cover.html

http://www.aintnomomjeans.com/2012/0...ing-cover.html

[jennilynn]

I haven't tried these (they are cute!) but I just wanted to say thanks for posting a link to that blog! I spent my afternoon reading it and it's great!

[Mopey]

So far I have just one regular cover. For extras I read about a cute trick on this blog:

http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/

about making extra nursing covers: take leftover ribbons, buy inexpensive curtain rings with clips (like a Target) and tie the ribbon to the rings and use the clips to hold up a lightweight swaddling blanket or other piece of fabric. She made mention of how you and the baby will be cooler that way too. Here's the post: http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/20...at-delias.html

The DRIA looks good too - will put it on my maybe list. Thank you!

[wallawala]

Originally Posted by Mopey

So far I have just one regular cover. For extras I read about a cute trick on this blog:

http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/

about making extra nursing covers: take leftover ribbons, buy inexpensive curtain rings with clips (like a Target) and tie the ribbon to the rings and use the clips to hold up a lightweight swaddling blanket or other piece of fabric. She made mention of how you and the baby will be cooler that way too. Here's the post: http://www.iammommahearmeroar.net/20...at-delias.html

The DRIA looks good too - will put it on my maybe list. Thank you!

Awesome idea, and way, way cheaper than buying a new one.

I'm still drawn to the dria as a poncho a bit. My 8 week old is just getting the point of thrashing under the cover enough that it almost isn't worth bothering. The dria says it won't matter... so that still tempts me. I'm still using my cheapo but cute cover from Target from DC#1, so kinda in the mood to splurge. Just looking online, the dria looks like it'd be pretty easy to sew myself. But I'm not super crafty and would need to borrow a sewing machine. Sigh...

[elektra]

I would have totally gotten one of those!

[alexsmommy]

Love those!
Another blog to get lost in, thanks

[joules]

I've been thinking about the dria cover ever since this was posted. But I don't breastfeed (exclusively pumping now) so I couldn't justify it. But then I thought this would be a great gift for my bff who is due in June with her second. But she's super petite and I am worried that this would just overwhelm her.

Plus I still want one for myself, especially after seeing this black Three Dots Poncho. It would be so nice to throw over my ill fitting nursing tank when I go out to run errands (i'm not nursing but use the tank for my Freestyle pump's hands free connections):
three_dots_page_13.jpg


Sooo....I decided to make some myself!! Looking at the pictures, most of the dria covers look like 6 pieces of fabric sewn together. But I'm lazy and am scared of having to sew 6 pieces of thin stretchy jersey together, so i took the easy way out. I bought some thin jersey from JoAnn's, cut to size (I wanted it to hit right below my rear and have the "sleeves" go to my elbow so for me I cut out about a 43"x54" rectangle), then cut a 9" slit in the middle of my giant rectangle for the neck hole. If you don't anticipate tugging on it too much, you can leave it like that. If not, I'm trying to figure out a way to reinforce the ends of the slit I cut for the neck - that is the weakest point. Right now I'm playing with hemming the neckline a bit for a more finished look and hopefully that will also somehow reinforce the ends of the cut I made.

It looks nice if you wear it like a rectangle folded in half (like the Three Dots poncho). And I also like the way it looks if you rotate it a bit, like how it's shown on aintnomomjeans. If you rotate it a bit, then the neckline looks like an asymetrical v-neck...which actually looks pretty interesting and nice.

When I get my prototype figured out I might be brave enough to go online and find some pretty striped jersey to make some more or even try doing this the right way (joining 6 rectangles together).

[edurnemk]

Let's see some pics!

I actually also decided to make one myself, since it doesn't seem hard to do and I don't want to shell out $70 for it. My mom offered to help, but we've yet to pick out a fabric, so when it's done I'll post a pic.

[joules]

Originally Posted by edurnemk

Let's see some pics!

I actually also decided to make one myself, since it doesn't seem hard to do and I don't want to shell out $70 for it. My mom offered to help, but we've yet to pick out a fabric, so when it's done I'll post a pic.

I'll try and get a pic soon. I want to see yours too!

Have you seen this style:
http://www.amazon.com/Eco-friendly-M...4287383&sr=8-1

There was a complaint about it being too short...so the dimensions of this one seems better (I tried the belted style with my fabric before I started cutting it...and it looks good in front...but the back is short...so it doesn't really look like a cardigan). I also like the cute toggles at the shoulder: http://www.charlotteandco.co.uk/cashmere-poncho-shawl-3

Here's another one in a smiliar style. They show many ways to style it...but I can't figure out why there are 2 rows of buttons (in the picture where she's wearing it like a poncho, there's a top row of bottons and another one the bottom): http://www.autumnz.com/autumnz-nursi...ite-p-306.html

I might try making one of these too. If I can't figure out how to do the buttons and button holes, then I'll just sew that arm seam shut and leave the hole for my neck. I was planning on making one...but the other fabric I bought was too short. You will need at least 2 yards of fabric to make one I think.

ETA: I don't know how well this style would work for nursing. For the dria you have equal amounts of fabric on both sides of your arms. For this style you'd have a shorter end on one side and a longer portion on the other.

[joules]

No pics yet because I totally messed up my prototype. But I learned some important lessons in physics.

First I used the measuring tape against my body to see what dimensions I wanted (roughly 43x54). But when I put on the poncho, the jersey stretches out a lot so it became way bigger than I wanted it to be.

Ok so then with my poncho on, I took the measuring tape and measured from the bottom of my poncho and decided that I needed to cut off 6 inches in length. It ended up way too short!! Because the longer it is, the more it stretches. Making it shorter by 6 inches meant that there was less weight stretching out the length so it is actually now like 4 inches shorter than I want it to be.

Good thing this was just the cheap solid jersey I bought from Joanns. I also ordered some black/white and navy/white striped jersey which hasn't come in yet. So if you're working with jersey make SMALL adjustments in length/width when you're cutting.

As for the neckline, I decided it was best to do things the sort of right way. Instead of cutting a slit for the neck and then trying to figure out how to reinforce the ends...I will cut out 2 large rectangles and then sew them together (thus forming the shoulder seams) with a gap in the middle for my neck.

Maybe this is all common sense for someone more experienced. But prior to this I've only made pillow cases with the envelope closure and toy leashes.