Diaper Garden Gallery: Winter Frost

Late Winter, February 2004

Our noses are still cold but some days it smells like Spring is just around the corner. When the sun shines brightly on a late winter day, the snow over the garden sparkles like a bed of diamonds. The garden isn't green, but the garden is alive and active under its blanket of white.

Newsletter. Did you think the Diaper Garden would never bloom again? I know some of you did, but it did bloom--and it will again. Even though, as my daughter tells me, "It smells like Spring," our garden is still covered with snow and it is nippy out there. We have been reading Elsa Beskow's Ollie's Ski Trip lately at bedtime, and we talk about the frost flowers blooming on windows. In my garden you would find a bloom of Winter Frost.

Setting. Hello again, my backyard! We had quite a bit of snow on the ground, but it was covered in child tracks. You may notice a white, silk play cloth (artfully draped over a plastic tarp) to cover snow blemishes. All items in the Winter Frost collection were individually auctioned, so the other photos were taken in our usual auction basket.

Details
February 2004 Winter Frost fitted organic cloth diaper Garden themes are often rich, fertile greens and bright gem tones. I took the opportunity during winter to create a cool color collection, making sure I had both colors for girls and colors for boys because that is what customers want. The tie-dye is very simple. I made random circles about 1.5" across. Tied with rubber bands. Then dyed. Result: frost bloom.
February 2004 Winter Frost contour organic cloth diapers The inner layer of the Winter Frost diapers is a thick knit terry (often called burly knit terry). This terry is the same as sherpa before brushing and teasing. This thick layer gives extra absorbency as well as warm cushiness for a cozy winter diaper. See inside close up and other details.
February 2004 Winter Frost wool diaper cover Color plays well against a natural wool body. Wool and cotton require different dyes and dye methods to get similar colors. We played with the wool knit trim until we reached colors closely matching the those on the organic cotton diapers. See color close ups.