Karen Maslowski wrote in message .. .
Cynthia, I also like this kind of tape, and was mystified by so many
saying not to use it. It's gentler to baby skin, IMO.

I'm curious: gentler than what? (I'm not trying to be facetious here,
I really want to learn.)

My goal for baby clothes (excluding the PJs) is that nothing will
touch baby's skin but the 100% cotton fabric (lawn or batiste) and
100% cotton thread, and as little thread as possible at that. (For the
PJs I may use Polartec, and I'll chose a particularly soft one for
baby PJs, like maybe one of the lightweight microfiber ones.) I'll
probably use french seams wherever possible to make them as smooth to
touch as I can. (And, I've used them almost everywhere in the past, so
there should be few areas where I can't use them for this.)

So, my choice of fasteners is almost, although not quite, irrelevant
to me. I prefer to be sure there are no scratchy parts to scratch baby
while mommy is dressing baby, but that's easy enough. If I attach my
own snaps (instead of using snap tape) they shouldn't have any
scratchy parts, and I'll probably enclose the backs inside a facing
anyway. I probably won't use velcro on baby clothes. (I may make some
toddler clothes, and I may use velcro for that.) If I use a zipper,
I'll put in a facing to go between baby's skin and the zipper teeth. I
could use buttons, but I probably won't. Mommy won't want to have to
deal with buttons on baby's clothes.

Is it just that using snap tape is easier than putting in facings and
stuff to ensure nothing from the fasteners touches the skin? Or is
there some other benefit to the snap tape that I'm not understanding?

Really, the only reason I would say not to use snap tape is that I
figure I can install my own snaps cheaper and easier and have them
precisely where I want them. If you like it, that's great, use it.
You'll hear no objections from me, and if you can name some other
benefit to it, I'm all ears.

Tom Farrell
http://www.SewingWithTom.com/