DIY & Altered Baby Carrier Contest

enter to win a dyed purple Leo Storchenwiege 4.6 wrap!

Have you made or altered a baby carrier of your own? We want to see what you've done! Share it with us for your chance to win a lovely 4.6 size Leo Marine Storchenwiege baby wrap that has been dyed a gorgeous shade of purple.

Storchenwiege baby wraps are arguably the toughest wrap that can comfortably carry even a toddler. They are often described as indestructible as you can throw them in the washing machine and even the dryer. This top of the line German woven wrap has a retail value of over $100 and then was dyed a beautiful purple color using permanent professional grade dyes.

Contest Rules:

1. ONE entry per person, per category. This means a max of 4 entries, 1 each in Wraps, Ring Slings/Pouches, Mei Tais and Soft Structured Carriers
2. You must have made the carrier yourself or significantly altered it. Dyed wraps are okay but a mei tai that you simply shortened the straps on is not. Please do not include entries that are handmade items by someone else, only your own crafty work please!
3. Vendors are excluded. By "vendor" we mean anyone who makes and sells (or alters such as wrap dyers) more than 30 carriers per year. Sorry, but it isn't fair for non-vendors to compete with the pros! If you have sold some more as a hobby and sell less than 30 carriers a year, come on in!
4. Entries Due by May 15th, 2008

Contest entries will appear on our website and visitors can comment and vote for their favorites, so be sure to send your friends over!

Be sure to write a detailed description and explanation of how you made or altered your carrier...the future visitors to this site will thank you! Include how you made it, what pattern (if any) you used, fabrics, how long it took you, problems you ran into, etc. Excellent content could be the tie breaker between top entries!

By submitting a contest entry you agree to allow your entry and photo to be posted on Make-Baby-Stuff.com, viewable to web visitors. We reserve the right to edit the text of all contest entries for punctuation, spelling, grammar, etc.

It may take 24 hours for your entry to appear live on the site.

Click below to see all the DIY baby carrier contest entries so far and be sure to comment and VOTE for your favorites!

Plus-Sized Pea-Bean-Baby Woven Wrap 
I was shocked at the $100 plus price tag on woven wraps on the market and thought, "This is too easy to make. Why on earth would anyone pay that price?...

GRAB AND GO GAUZE or, The "I Want to Back Carry" 
I was SOOO excited to try wrapping... the thought of wearing my newborn on my back just thrilled me - and having very little cash, and knowing how short ...

Tablerunner/Placemat Onbuhimo 
An Onbuhimo is a Japanese style carrier very similar to a Mei Tai, but instead of waist straps, an Onbu has two rings.

I'm going to show you how to ...

Sleek Interchangeable Panel Mei Tai 
This is the first Mei Tai I made. I took my time looking at various Mei Tai patterns (including the one on this site!) before coming up with a modified ...

Falling Leaves Soft Structered Carrier 
This is my second attempt at a soft structered carrier (SSC) and has been a long time in the planning. I don’t remember when I decided to make it, but ...

Sparrows Reversable Mei Tai 
This is the 3rd Mei Tei that I've made. I designed this one based on the pictures I've seen online of the BabyHawk. I used chocolate brown twill for the ...

Soft structured carrier 
I've been through several purchased carriers wraps, slings, baby bjorn etc... I like them each but for different purposes. I wanted to find one carrier ...

Denim strapped toddler carrier with Koto Pink fabric 
This is my second ever DIY, and by far my favorite of all time carrier.

I used Christmasevetwins (Kristen's) tutorial online and then altered EVERYTHING ...

The cheapest wrap around! 
I am a new babywearer and I had a pouch as my first carrier. It was great but I saw a video of how to wrap a Moby and was fascinated. Being a broke new ...

KarriMeBub Soft Structured Carrier 
This is the first Soft Structured Carrier (SSC) that I have ever made (I've only made two so far). I had decided to make it after trying out my sister'...

Lighthouse Mei Tai (DIY) 
I made this mei tai from scratch, with some fabric I found that I had fallen in love with. I just adore lighthouses, they stand for light in the darkness,...

Berrylicious Meltai hybrid 
This wrap turned MT was made from a Wrapstar Berrylicious Wrap (which is made by a WAHM in NZ) that I bought on our own FSOT board. It was loved and well ...

Buddha Baby Podegi 



I made this pattern for a podegi, I really loved my less padded podegis so I went no padding wider straps w/ a forgiving twill and heavy weight fabric ...

Silk Indio Gradation 
This is my first gradation dye job. I just recently starting dying my wraps. I have been enjoying to process so I decided my silk indio would look great ...

Thick Purple Waves Mei Tai 
I originaly had a regular thin Purple Waves. I LOVED it. I used it all the time, it felt amazing on my shoulders, bouncy is how I would describe it. So ...

Dragonfly Dreams Mei Tai 
This mei tai was made with a panel from recycled vintage kimono fabric. It is for sure a one of a kind carrier!

I wanted something special to carry ...

Chocolate Raspberries Wrap 
I started with an Almond Flower Indio wrap for this dye job, I decided to dye this because I wanted a unique carrier.

Using dharma dyes I did a low ...

Amanda's one and only Homemade Ring Sling  
Did you make it from scratch?
I did make this from scratch. I went to Walmart and picked out my fabric. Its 100% cotton with no stretch to it. Im not ...

Lime/Olive Didymos Pfau Wrap 
Here is my dyed by me lime/olive Pfau. I loved Pfau, but did not really like the stark look of the black/white. So I decided to dye. Went to the store ...

Two Tone "Gira" Tai  
I took a Girasol Unelma wrap scrap, and made it into the perfect summer carrier. It is a standard mei tai, with a single layer of wrap for the carrier ...

Wrap Converted Ring Sling 
I had trouble working ring slings the first few times I tried. Then I tried a friend's wrap that was converted into a ring sling and I had to have my ...

Coutoured MT  
I made this to give to someone else, but when I was finished I wanted to keep it myself! I used some beautiful Home Dec fabric from Joann's and some soft ...

Ava Mei Tai 
This carrier was inspired by my newly adopted baby daughter Ava.

The fabric is Henry Alexander "Ava". I used red hemp silk for the lining and also ...

Linen Ring Sling with Monogrammed Silk Tail 
This is my first DIY project. I followed the pattern from Sleeping Baby Productions and made a linen ring sling with a silk dupioni tail. I made a large ...

Giraffe Mei Tai 
I made this giraffe MT to wear for halloween to match a giraffe costume. I made the straps padded and the waist lightly padded. Padded leg rests and ...

Red and White Indio Pouch 
I made a pouch, when I was pregnant, for my new baby. I used a Red and White Indio didymos wrap and made a pouch with a full french/flat felled seam.

I ...

My $19 Elegant Wrap 
I wanted a wrap but didn't want to spend the money on a Moby. I went to the fabric store and bought 5 yards of a garment stretch fabric that was very ...

Make Your Own Ring Sling Fast and Easy 
Here's my blog post where I wrote about how to make your own ring sling:
http://babymoonboutiqueblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/make-your-own-baby-sling-fast-...

Turtle Beach 
I used dylon hand dye to create this graduation dyed effect on the Didymos Pfau wrap. I like a width graduation dye because then the rails are different ...

Silver dyed Silk Millefiori 
I dyed this natural colored silk Millefiori a silver color using Dharma dye in silver. I started using only a portion of color but ended up using it all ...

going to the beach mt 
me and dh made this out of some fabric i had planned on making a skirt out of but ended up making a mt plus carry abg and cell phone bag that attaches ...

My Bunny Mei Tai 
I made this for Siobhan when I was pregnant with her. I had scored some fantastic Playboy Bunny fabric a few years ago, and have been holding onto it ...

the wrapper 
i bought the material and cut it to 5 ft long and hemed the edges

Chocolate Brown and Brocade Ring Sling  Not rated yet
I made this sling for a friend, who just wanted something in a "chocolate brown." I found some gorgeous twill in a color called "Potting Soil" and an even ...

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