Sew Your Own Baby Sling
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Want to sew your own sling type baby carrier, but don’t know where to start? Concerned that your home sewn sling will meet safety standards?
Here’s where to find patterns and parts!
It’s key that the “rings” on a ring style sling carrier are truly made for this purpose, and can hold the weight of a child. They should be welded steel or solid construction. The only supplier for that is SlingRings.com. They have a terrific range of color choices for whatever your project might be; their rings come in aluminum or nylon.
If it’s a pattern you want, a real paper pattern you can hold and cut out, not just internet instructions, then it’s ElizabethLee.com! Elizabeth Lee is a company that specializes in nursing clothing patterns for breastfeeding mothers. Now there’s a niche market!
The sling pattern comes with a dolly sling pattern, for a child to carry their doll, and some additional accessories.
The folks at SlingRings have a page on their site listing more sources for sewing information and patterns.
I’ve sewn two slings — one just to try it, that one came out to be way too large! We called that one the giant sling and I think my daughter could still fit in it at 5. The second one I made to wear to a wedding shower.
I had a wedding shower to attend when I had a little one who was just a couple of months old. To go to the shower, I had to take the baby. And I wasn’t fitting back into my party clothes yet either. What to do?
I decided that no one was going to look at me anyway, they’d all be looking at the baby, so I should just get a fabulous sling!
There were some great choices online in the fancy sling department, but wow, the prices were fancy too, and I was running out of time.
So I found a nice embroidered fabric at the fabric store, found the instructions online, and whipped up my party sling. To make it really over the top, I even added a beaded fringe to the tail!
It was a success and got lots of compliments at the party, as did the baby.
Tags: Baby, Baby Carrier, Babywearing, Crafts, Parenting, Sling, Sling Carrier, Sling Patterns, Sling Ring, Toddler
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