I love Baby Bjorn!!!  I could not have survived motherhood without it; especially when I was chasing my older kids around.  However, time came when I had to say goodbye to my Baby Bjorn (he out grew it), and had to come up with another idea.

I have seen women carrying their children around in baby slings, but when I searched it online it was way too expensive; especially when I knew I would probably use it for only couple of months max.  So, first I checked out ebay to find a used ones and bidding on sellers who sews these slings for you, but it was still too expensive for me.  

I was reluctant to go with the sellers who sew these slings, even though it was much cheaper, because I was placing my child into these things.  What if the seller didn’t put extra stitches in it and my child falls?  I don’t think I could carry it back of my head, “is my kid going to fall out of these things?”  So, I was back to square one. 

If you didn’t know, these slings range from $40 to $100.  The $40 products are pretty general – simple color, not reversible, sometime the patterns/colors are too wild (if they even offer printed fabric), and have to pay for shipping/handling. 

However, if you are not into sewing and/or are into organic products there are many online stores offering these specialty products at ”reasonable” price.

On the other hand, Nordstrom sells their slings for $74, and the other designer looking slings range between $55 to $95.  For example, Mamma’s milk slings are rather popular with the celebrities.  If you check out their website you can see which actors/actresses are using which slings – of course, if this is what you are into. 

For savvy mothers out there this one is for you.  Since I have SO  much time in my hand , and just being a cheap-skate, I researched online where I could find and buy sling sewing patterns to make my own.  I was only brave enough to tackle this task because I recently learned how to sew (nothing fancy here, just straight stitching) and wanted to make it a project myself when the kids are in bed. 

It took me a while to find this website, but it is amazing.  I had to read over the instruction many times since I didn’t know too much technical sewing terms, but I finally figured it out by linking the words to the pictures.  The website’s address is http://www.mykarmababy.com/pages/BabySlingPattern.php.

This project only took 45 minutes of my time (took little longer because I was new at this sewing business and wanted to make every stitch perfect), spent around $12 for home décor fabric, was able to make my sling into a reversible ones, and it is custom made for me!  To this day I receive many compliments, and people asking me to sew the slings for them.  How awesome is that?

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