I have been keeping busy with my sewing. Today I made this sling for the baby. Unfortunately, I bought the wrong size rings and this fabric is too thick to fit through nicely. I can get it through but it is very stiff and hard to adjust. The pattern I have used is Elizabeth Lee Nursing classics 202. It is rated easy but I found it very fiddly with the wadding in the side and the pillow of wadding in the top. I also have a thinner cotton muslin fabric (below) that I think will fit into these rings okay. I am going to make this one into a sling tomorrow and hopefully put the rings on it and then buy some bigger ones for the above sling.
Besides these I have prepared my pattern for a skirt and top for the babies baptism. Here is the skirt and top pattern with the fabric I will use for those.
I am hoping to pin and cut these tomorrow and have them done before the baby is born.
5 comments:
You are amazing, Therese! Can't wait to see the finished skirt and shirt!
Wow! You are amazing! What a gift to be able to sew like that!
Good luck with the Baptism outfit:) Slings and baby carriers are great when babies are young. Michaela loved these! I used them most of the day as my arms would get tired from the fibromyalgia, they were a lifesaver. I used to grocery shop, clean and do everything with her in one or the other. I think everyone is looking forward to the birth of your baby:) May God be with you in a special way during these last few weeks.
You have all sorts of experience with these don't you?
I have to make one for a girl at my husband's office. (Her baby is due in March!) It'll be in a 'denium' cotton. (Not as light as chambray, but a dark indigo.)
I don't stuff it. Here in Florida it feels like a coat if I add stuffing. I've made myself about three of these Elizabeth Lee baby slings, the first was stuffed, and found it worked just fine without the stuffing.
Are the kids getting excited to meet the new little one?
Yes Lola,
The children are getting excited. Last night Brigette said to me, why is the baby coming just as we are going back to school? I think you should have the baby tomorrow so that we are home for it.
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