Ooh, I am so excited right now! Gemma Grace turns 2 on Friday!!! And I just finished sewing her main gift:
A carrier for her baby!
I don't know if she'll really "get" it until baby sister is born and she sees me wearing the new one around, but hopefully that won't be long from now, anyway!
At first, I thought I would just copy our carrier and maybe consult some Mei-Tai tutorials online, but I ended up purchasing a pdf pattern from etsy and I'm so glad that I did! It certainly saved me time, and it likely saved me a lot of headaches. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow and I couldn't be happier with the result!
Since I was using fabrics I had on-hand plus an extra buckle which I clipped off Gemma's changing table (the changing pad has a buckle, too, and we didn't need two!), other than the pattern, all I had to purchase were the little bar slide buckles for the shoulder straps. I was kind of sad that I couldn't find plastic ones to match the main buckle, but the metal ones work just fine. Total cost for this project was just about $8!
And I just can't wait to see Gemma trying it on! Now to finish her Christmas diaper bag . . .
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