Sling and Sub
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
I'm making a ring sling for the baby today. I found some $1-a-yard fabric at Wal-Mart that would work perfectly, and bought some 2" metal rings from the hardware store. (I wanted 3" rings, but they were way too thick and heavy. My fabric is relatively thin, so I think 2" will work just fine) I have a pattern for a padded sling, but I decided that I'm going to make a simple unpadded one instead. I'll post a pic when I'm finished.
I'm starving and nothing in my kitchen sounds good. I think this cold or allergy junk (or whatever it is) is throwing my taste all out of whack. What sounds REALLY good is a gigantic sub sandwich with all those delicious sodium nitrite-ridden italian meats, like salami, peperoni, prosciutto, and ham. YUM!.....and provolone cheese, onions, lettuce, peperoncinis, and italian dressing. I'm not talking about a wimpy Subway sandwich.....I mean a gigantic monstrosity from some place like Lenny's Sub Shop. Oh gees. I shouldn't have started thinking about it.
***ETA***
Well, I sort of satisfied my craving for a gigantic sandwich by eating some (all natural) ham w/ cheddar and honey mustard dressing on whole wheat bread. I admit, it was sort of a let down after day dreaming about the best sub in the world....but I was hungry and it was in the fridge.
Twolinesonastick, thanks for offering to help with the measurements on the sling. I really appreciate it! I ended up sort of combining the pattern I already had with the instructions on the MayaWrap website. I'm hoping it'll turn out alright. The sling is done, all except for attaching the rings. Turns out that the rings I have are a little too small. I could've made them work, but then I think the sling would've been super difficult to adjust. I just ordered some large rings from SlingRings.com. When it's all said and done, I will have made 2 slings for a grand total of $14.50. Not bad! Gotta love discount fabric.
Speaking of fabric, I recently bought a Moses basket that has really cheap crappy (not to mention, frilly) padding. My mom has a pattern to make the bumper pads and bedding, so she is going to make them out of this fabric:
I'm thinking that the back of the padding and any trim could be red or yellow. I love baby stuff that isn't baby stuff, ya know?
I'm starving and nothing in my kitchen sounds good. I think this cold or allergy junk (or whatever it is) is throwing my taste all out of whack. What sounds REALLY good is a gigantic sub sandwich with all those delicious sodium nitrite-ridden italian meats, like salami, peperoni, prosciutto, and ham. YUM!.....and provolone cheese, onions, lettuce, peperoncinis, and italian dressing. I'm not talking about a wimpy Subway sandwich.....I mean a gigantic monstrosity from some place like Lenny's Sub Shop. Oh gees. I shouldn't have started thinking about it.
***ETA***
Well, I sort of satisfied my craving for a gigantic sandwich by eating some (all natural) ham w/ cheddar and honey mustard dressing on whole wheat bread. I admit, it was sort of a let down after day dreaming about the best sub in the world....but I was hungry and it was in the fridge.
Twolinesonastick, thanks for offering to help with the measurements on the sling. I really appreciate it! I ended up sort of combining the pattern I already had with the instructions on the MayaWrap website. I'm hoping it'll turn out alright. The sling is done, all except for attaching the rings. Turns out that the rings I have are a little too small. I could've made them work, but then I think the sling would've been super difficult to adjust. I just ordered some large rings from SlingRings.com. When it's all said and done, I will have made 2 slings for a grand total of $14.50. Not bad! Gotta love discount fabric.
Speaking of fabric, I recently bought a Moses basket that has really cheap crappy (not to mention, frilly) padding. My mom has a pattern to make the bumper pads and bedding, so she is going to make them out of this fabric:
I'm thinking that the back of the padding and any trim could be red or yellow. I love baby stuff that isn't baby stuff, ya know?
posted by Unkempt Mommy at 10:18 AM
3 Comments:
I have a ring sling like you are describing- unpadded and all- if you want me to send you the measurements or anything for mine I would be glad to. I didn't make it but someone did and then sold it- so it's definitely something you could easily copy :)
Looks like somebody is having a craving! Your dh will have to come through on this request because otherwise you'll eat the whole house and still not be satisfied until you get your sub! I've soooo been there!
Love sushi, hence love the fabric!!! Take pics when your mom delivers!
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