So on a suggestion from an online friend I emailed CottonBabies, makers of bumGenius diapers and asked for a repair kit I had heard about. The kit is free, just have to email them with how many kits you need and your mail addy. Within a couple days I got my kit. I needed three but she sent five. Thank goodness for that because I did mess up one piece!

Now you need a seam ripper, scissors and a sewing machine. The most time consuming was ripping the seams. You have to be careful not to mess up the fabric in the stretchy tabs.

Now firstly I sewed on the soft laundry tabs in place of the old ones. It got easier after the first one. I don’t have straight lines but it was a secure stitch. For the front tabs you have to sandwich the soft piece and the scratchy piece of the aplix with the tabs, having the scratchy piece face in. I found that if I sewed the aplix tabs 3/4 of the way before sticking them on the tab that it went smoother.

I reinforced the aplix that was on the tab with 3 passes and then went around the whole piece again. Nice and secure. Maybe not perfect and pretty but WAY better than they were before!

And there it is. Three fresh aplix bumGenius. And they work too! I am still a novice at sewing and was able to do this easily. If i can do it I think pretty much anyone else could too!

If you are having trouble with your Aplix, get an email to CottonBabies and grab your machine. You don’t have to hate Aplix anymore!