(and of course in honour of the lucky baby who’s mom wants to carry her close in this mei tai!)
Butterfly applique:

Hood down:

I had the absolute pleasure of surprising a mamma with this ring sling in a ‘Carrier Fairy gift exchange’
It’s the Calaveres Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls pattern. I LOOOOOVE IT.
The photo is no the best as I dont have a camera at the moment, so it’s a phone-to.
Apologies!

It’s basically a black ringsling with a pleated shoulder, binding and a pocket with applique detail. I’m big on appliques lately!

As my lovely Canadian holiday is coming to a close, I thought I’d update with a few pics of the last project I’ve worked on.
My friend in Ireland had come up with a plan to creat a ’soft structured carrier’. She wanted to use some of her own beautiful irridescent silk dupioni and also incorporate a fairy patch. She went through the trouble of sending it to me, in Canada, so that I could make by a June 7th deadline.
I took some basic measurements from my standard MT and played around with strap shapes and sizes as well as padding thickness.
After doing much research I settled on going with a thick, wide, curved waistband and straight shoulder straps with a chest strap. My sample had curved straps with 1/4″ padding, but the end product is straight straps with 1/2″ padding.
Another big difference between the SSC and my MTs is that I used a ‘closed cell foam padding’ as opposed to ‘open-cell’. Basically, open cell is quite squishy, so when you apply pressure it reduces significantly in thickness. With closed cell, there isnt much give so it absorbs the pressure way better. Handy for older toddlers and pre-schoolers. I know I’m getting a bit technical here, but I’m excited!

Now for the pics:

The sample:
Front:

And the (almost) finished product:

I still have to add the chest straps, put on a bit of topstitching and trim the threads : )

I can’t get enough!
Yes, of course I know that one mighten’t have a need for padded shoulder straps when carrying a dolly, but it looks so freakin’ cute!

Here’s the latest! I made most of this when I was still living in Canada.  I just perfected it last week and it’s ready to be sent to a loving home!

- padded shoulder straps and headrest

- reverses to solid chocolate cord

- toy loop
***sold***

chocolate cord

I can’t really place where this inspiration came from, but suddenly I have a huge urge to sew! It might have been our beautiful country drive through the Boyne Valley yesterday..
Sadly, it’s not that easy to ‘put pen to paper’ or ‘’scissors to fabric – fabric to machine’ in my case when there is a toddler at my feet 20 hours of the day!
I’ve been thinking, on the advice of a new friend of trying my hand at a ‘hip carrier’. It’s going to sort of look like the love-child of a ringsling and a Mei Tai. And we all know I have a soft spot for love-children, wink,wink!
I’ve also been considering re-vamping my current Mei Tai. Obviously it looks very similar to another popular brand, and I’d really like to individualise it. There isn’t much that I can structurally change, but I am going to try a new type of head support. I’m thinking of tossing the padded headrest idea. There will still be padding, but just a newer, less bulky version!
Can’t wait to get some of this done so I can post pics and get some feedback…
I’ve also re-discovered a ringsling I made in Canada. It was humbly tucked away in a big box of fabric that came in my shipment…it’s so pretty. I haven’t decided whether to put it up for auction or hang on to it for the next lil’ one. But then again, if I waited for that I could be hanging on to it for another 5 years! LOL
SOOOOOOOOOOO – if any of you have some great ideas that you would like to see in a baby carrier, let me know!
***UPDATE:
I just went and bought some really nice fabric. I think I’ll use it for the hip carrier, but I might just do a normal MT with it..I think it’s a nice femnine touch without being too girly.

In honour of International Babywearing week I am going to post links to sites I find really useful in babywearing!

Of course there’s The Babywearer - an absolute haven for anything babywearing related.

Brilliant info on every type of baby carrier, how-tos, DIYs, etc.

Then, the place where it all started for me; Canadian Parents Online. I first joined this site when I was pregnant and there wasnt a ‘Babywearing Forum’ in it. Thankfully there is now! Check it out! CPO Babywearing Forum

Mothering.com also has a great babywearing forum here.

Locally, we have Babywearing Ireland. This is a great resource with a sling library and lots of local meet ups too!

Post your favourite babywearing links!

Further to my post here

Here is what I worked on this weekend.

A Ringsling! Behold…

It’s a sturdy cotton poplin with 2% spandex for a bit of give without compromising stability. There’s nothing I personally hate more than a carrier that doesn’t keep it’s shape.

I had to take a pic of my pretty pleating! I think my former instructors in school would be pleased! (I’m allowed to say that without being cocky due to the exhorbrant amount of tuition I paid, hehe).

I’m thinking of putting this one up on Ebay…

Here are the MTs I’m getting ready to sell.
I’ve already showed you the first one, but I think these are better pics…

Front:

THE ONBUHIMO!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone!
Just wanted to give you an update to say that I’m changing things around.
Firstly, I finally have a domain for my blog, www.bibblecustombabycarriers.com. YAY.
I’m also playing around with the theme of my blog and trying to make it look a bit more clean. Since I know next to nothing about blogging and web design, it might take me a while, so please, bear with me.

I have no excuse. If there does happen to be anyone out there watching this space, please accept my apology for being so lazy in the posting department!!! Lack of camera is my excuse!

Anyways, I’ll be updating alot over the next couple days, so first I’ll start with a wrap conversion made for my new friend from www.Babywearingireland.com

we’re heading across the pond in May – so if you’d like a carrier without the international shipping/customs charge – let me know!