Non-waterproof trainers out of 100% cotton interlock

Cotton interlock is a lot cheaper, more available, and has cuter prints than the 94% cotton/6% spandex fabric combo I originally suggested for these trainers. I decided to try making some of these trainers with some really cute fabric without the waterproof layer in the soaker. These kind of resemble the trainers you can buy at JC Penny. The whole trainer is made from the cotton interlock (even the soaker), this will be slightly less absorbent than having a flannel soaker but with these type of trainers that amount of absorbency is not going to make a difference - the wetness will wick pretty fast regardless:) In addition, by using the cotton interlock as a soaker as well the stretch of the fabric goes throughout the fabric. I simply cut 4 layers of soaker from the same cotton interlock (you could use another colour if you wanted to save the cute print for the outsides of other trainers).

What I did discover is that the stretch of the cotton interlock is not as elastic as the 94% cotton/6% spandex and therefore you need to add elastic (I used 1/4" braided stretchrite elastic) in the waistband as I did with my Easy Up and Down Pants. This adds memory to the waist band so that it continues to hug your little one's waist even after it is stretched around their hips. You can follow the instructions in the pants link to find out how to do it.