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How can girls affordably and sustainably meet their menstrual hygiene product needs, while also improving their knowledge of menstruation?
Oinsá maka labarik-feto sira bele atende sira nia nesesidade produtu ijiene menstruasaun nian ho baratu no sustentável, enkuantu hadi'a mós sira nia koñesimentu kona-ba menstruasaun?
Materials
materiál
Fabric (100% cotton)
Tela (100% algodaun)
Towel
Toalla
Chalk
Giz
Scissor
Tesoura
Paper
Suratahan
Ball point pins
Alfinete ho pontu bola
Sewing machine
Mákina kostura nian
Sewing needle
Agulha kostura nian
Ruler
Régua
Thread
Fiu
Pencil
Lápis
Snap fasteners
Pregu sira
Tutorial
24.5cm
15.5cm
To begin, take a piece of paper and draw a rectangle with the horizontal side being 15.5cm, and the vertical line being 24.5cm. Afterwards, take a pair of scissors and cut the line you've drawn with a pencil.
Step 1)
Step 2)
Fold the paper 2 times and draw a square on the edge of the paper with the horizontal line being 4.5cm, and the vertical line being 9cm. Shade the square in, and create a curve next to the square, shading it in as well.
4.5cm
9cm
3cm
Cut the part that was shaded and unfold the piece of paper. Now you have the template of your cloth pad. You can change the measurements depending on the size you'd like it to be.
Step 3)
Step 4)
Place your template onto a folded fabric, perferably 100% cotton for better comfort, making sure to pin the template onto the fabric for better stability. Use a piece of chalk to outline your template onto the fabric, then take out the template.
Step 5)
Sew around the outline and cut the excess fabric off, as well as a small hole in the middle of the first fabric. Once done, flip the fabric inside out through the hole. Now you should have the main body of the cloth pad.
Step 6)
Take the template that you made and fold the wings. Place the template onto a different folded fabric, and pin it together. Use chalk to draw out the outline and take the template out.
Atu hahú, foti surat-tahan ida no dezeña rektángulu ida ho sorin orizontál 15.5cm, no liña vertikál 24.5cm. Depois, foti tesoura ida no tesi liña ne'ebé ita dezeña ona ho lapizeira.
Foti surat-tahan dala 2 no dada fatin ida iha surat-tahan nia ninin ho liña horizontál hamutuk 4.5 cm, no liña vertikál hamutuk 9 cm. Halo fatin ne'e nakukun iha fatin ne'e nia sorin, no kria fatin ne'ebé besik fatin ne'e nia sorin, no mós halo fatin ne'e nakukun.
Keta tesi parte ne'ebé nakukun no taka surat-tahan ne'e. Agora ó iha ai-tonka ne'ebé iha ó-nia roupa. Ita bele troka medida sira-ne'e tuir medida ne'ebé Ita hakarak.
Tau imi-nia templatu iha fábrika ne'ebé taka ona, 100% husi kapas atu hetan kmaan di'ak liu, hodi asegura katak imi bele tau imi-nia templatu iha fábrika ne'e hodi bele hetan estabilidade di'ak liu. Uza ai-knanoik ida atu esplika ita-nia templatu ba fábrika, depois foti templatu.
Kesi hale'u ai-tonka no tesi tiha ai-tonka ne'ebé liu, no mós ai-tonka ki'ik ida iha ai-tonka primeiru nia klaran. Bainhira halo tiha ona, halo fábrika iha laran liuhusi ai-riin. Agora imi tenke iha hena nia isin-lolon.
Foti ai-knanoik ne'ebé Ita halo no taka liras. Tau templu ne'e iha fatin ne'ebé la hanesan, no kesi hamutuk. Uza xave atu hatudu informasaun no foti templatu.
Step 7)
Sew around the outline and cut the excess fabric off, as well as a small hole in the middle of the first fabric. Once done, flip the fabric inside out through the hole. Now you should have the 2nd layer that will be the one making contanct with your skin for the cloth pad.
Kesi hale'u ai-tonka no tesi tiha ai-tonka ne'ebé liu, no mós ai-tonka ki'ik ida iha ai-tonka primeiru nia klaran. Bainhira halo tiha ona, halo fábrika iha laran liuhusi ai-riin. Agora imi tenke iha ai-riin daruak ne'ebé sei halo imi-nia kulit sai namkari hodi hatais roupa.
Step 8)
Take two towels and place the same template from earlier onto them, securing them together with pins. Outline the template with a chalk and remove the template afterward. Sew around the outline and cut the excess towel off. Now you have the inside layer of the cloth pad that will absorb your menstrual blood.
Step 9)
Here comes the hard part. Take the towel model you have just created and insert it into the 2nd layer of the cloth pad, making sure the towel is evenly spread out throughout.
Step 10)
Then turn it over so that the hole of the 2nd layer isn't visible, and place it onto the base of the cloth pad. Sew both of the layers together. To make the wings of the cloth pad stick together when using it, sew in snap fasteners. Now you have your cloth pad!
Foti roupa rua no tau modelu ne'ebé hanesan husi tempu uluk ba sira, hodi asegura hamutuk ho pins. Esplika templatu ne'e ho knotak no hasai tiha templatu tuirmai. Kesi hale'u ai-tonka no tesi toba-fatin ne'ebé liu. Agora imi iha ai-tonka nia laran ne'ebé imi-nia raan menstruasaun nian.
Iha ne'e mak parte susar. Foti modelu toba-fatin ne'ebé foin halo no tau iha ai-tarak nia kuartu rua, hodi nune'e toba-fatin ne'e bele habelar iha fatin hotu.
Tuirmai fila fali ba fatin ne'e atu nune'e fatin ne'e la haree, no tau fatin ne'e iha fatin ne'ebé iha fatin ne'e nia okos. Kesi ai-riin rua ne'e hamutuk. Atu halo liras husi ai-tonka ne'e hamriik hamutuk bainhira uza ai-tonka ne'e, kesi iha ai-tonka. Agora ó iha ó-nia roupa ne'ebé iha ona!