AWing my DIY mei tai (PsIP)

C-Charm · October 2011

I finallly made an adult-sized mei tai! It has two heavy inner layers and two lightweight, decorative outer layers. There's padding in the top for a headrest & padding in the shoulders. I also double-stiched "X" boxes at the shoulder and waist straps, which are all tapered.

Raw material:

Tapered, top-stiched waist straps (which look redish with the flash on):

padded shoulder strap:

padded headrest:

First set of "X" boxes:

And action (hiking at a national park)...

Please forgive my poor example of babywearing. I really should have bounced her up a bit and while tightened the shoulder straps more. Ignore that extra slack around her butt. I'm a wrap momma, not a mei tai momma. Embarrassed

Thanks for lookin'.

Raggedy1 · October 2011

Very nice! It took me a second to understand "adult sized", Duh! Very crafty.

C-Charm · October 2011

Raggedy1:
Very nice! It took me a second to understand "adult sized", Duh! Very crafty.

Hah hah! That is unclear. It's not a MT for my husband to carry me. I've been making kid-sized mei tais to use with dolls so I used some odd terminology to make a distinction.