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-and-easy.html
Actual Text so you don't have to click through by: Sheila
Here's the text of my blog post if you can't make the link work for you:
Here for you today I am sharing how I make a baby sling. Granted, there are lots of other tutorials out there for making baby slings, but I'm not any good at following directions, so here is the way I do it.
1. Hem the long sides of a piece of fabric that is 42-45 inches wide by 2 and 1/2 yards using a narrow hem. The fabric I like best for slings is a slightly stretchy woven cotton poplin.
2. Hem one of the short sides.
3. Fold the unhemmed short side with pleating it across the width so that it ends up about 4 to 6 inches wide. Replace your needle with a size 14 or 16 sharp needle. Baste the pleating down. Serge across the end to neaten it up if you want.
4. Stuff that end into two welded stainless steel rings (get them at Lowes in the hardware aisle for $0.79 each, fold over and sew down with three lines of stitching. Go slow because there is a LOT of fabric under the needles here. You may consider wearing safety glasses. (Actually, my sewing machine manual recommends that I wear safety glasses anyway). Make sure everything is all smooth so that you don't sew extra tucks on the right side of the fabric.
So there you are. Put it on (there are some great sling wearing instructions here, as well as different ways to make other baby carriers) and then you're done!
May 12, 2008 Rating
Where is the tutorial? by: Anonymous
Would have liked to read more details rather than just having a link. Nice looking sling though.
