So, this picture is appalling, but it’ll do. I made no fewer than 8 reusable cloth pads today - three for me, three for supereffectivelinny and two for another magical Swedish friend of mine. They look awesome, they were cheap as fuck to make - £7 in total for three different kinds of remnant fabric from the John Lewis haberdashery. I made them because I wanted to be completely free from the pointless, toxic and wasteful “period industry” - the people who tell us that we need to poison our bodies and the environment and, most importantly, pay them for the privelege. I might sound like a fucking hippy, but I don’t care: between my Mooncup (another version of a Divacup) and my cloth pads, I am clean, environmentally friendly, and fucking stylish - I am actually so proud of these pads that I want to wear them outside my clothes. I am looking forward to my next period just so that Ic an use them. It feels awesome! There’s a really helpful tutorial on how to make some further down the page, which does require the use of a sewing machine, but I made mine by hand. It’s easy and fun, and you can pick any materials you like (as long as it’s not going to irritate you, obviously. No-one needs that. Not down there). The great thing about reusable cloth pads is that they’re a great solution for people who want to stop depending on tampons and plastic pads, but are maybe too tight (or too broke) for a cup. Embroider them! Rainbow them! Put hearts and skulls and stars all over them! I made mine whilst watching Supernatural and drinking lemon tea out of a giant purloined Starbucks mug. It’s been a damn good Sunday.

So, this picture is appalling, but it’ll do. I made no fewer than 8 reusable cloth pads today - three for me, three for supereffectivelinny and two for another magical Swedish friend of mine. They look awesome, they were cheap as fuck to make - £7 in total for three different kinds of remnant fabric from the John Lewis haberdashery.

I made them because I wanted to be completely free from the pointless, toxic and wasteful “period industry” - the people who tell us that we need to poison our bodies and the environment and, most importantly, pay them for the privelege. I might sound like a fucking hippy, but I don’t care: between my Mooncup (another version of a Divacup) and my cloth pads, I am clean, environmentally friendly, and fucking stylish - I am actually so proud of these pads that I want to wear them outside my clothes. I am looking forward to my next period just so that Ic an use them. It feels awesome! There’s a really helpful tutorial on how to make some further down the page, which does require the use of a sewing machine, but I made mine by hand. It’s easy and fun, and you can pick any materials you like (as long as it’s not going to irritate you, obviously. No-one needs that. Not down there). The great thing about reusable cloth pads is that they’re a great solution for people who want to stop depending on tampons and plastic pads, but are maybe too tight (or too broke) for a cup. Embroider them! Rainbow them! Put hearts and skulls and stars all over them!

I made mine whilst watching Supernatural and drinking lemon tea out of a giant purloined Starbucks mug.

It’s been a damn good Sunday.