Make your own Moby-Style Wrap

Hey Ladies, I made my own a while ago for riley, and thought I'd share the information for those new moms and mom's expecting number 2/3/4/5/ etc...

you can make one for super cheap no sewing involved.
www.wearyourbaby.com
all you need is to go to the store.. buy 5 yards of cotton knit.. any pattern..
when you get home, .. measure out 20" widths.. (most fabric is 60" wide) ..you should have 3 x 20" sections... and you cut them straight down .. so you end up with 3 very long pieces of fabric...

**Copied from WearYour Baby.com**
Make a No-Sew Wrap

Use either medium-weight fleece or cotton knit with edges that curl up when stretched.



Start with a strip of fabric that is 60 inches wide and 5 yards (15 feet) long. Remember that cotton cloth shrinks when washed, sometimes it shrinks a lot. So you may want to wash it before cutting. Cut into strips that are at least 20 inches wide and 5 yards long.
Stripes that are 30 inches wide will also work. Okay, even 45 inches wide will work, but might be a bit bulkly unless your cloth is very lightweight.
Give away two wraps. Keep one for yourself!

ALL cotton JERSEY is cotton knit.
Some cotton knit is also cotton jersey.
And both jersey and non-jersey work just fine.
Lightweight cotton weaves such a gauze can work well, too, but would need to be hemmed or serged to prevent fraying. Polar fleece can work, but will be too hot except in winter or indoors.
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now you have 3 wraps.. i keep one in the stroller, one in the house. and the 3rd I gave away with instructions for a gift.

here's how you wrap it... soooo easy..
Riley falls asleep everytime... and you can turn them around and put them in forward facingtoo..


***Copied from WearYourBaby.com***
Front Wrap Cross Tie


Find the center of your cloth. Put the center at your belly button.
Wrap it around your waist like a cummerbund.

Make an X at your back and bring the ends up over your shoulders.
Pull the cummerbund away from your body. Drop the ends through the cummerbund. Make an X at your belly.
Tie in a half knot -- either at the small of your back or at your hip.
(On mine I brang the clothe back around to the front and tied it, cause I had excess)
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Now put legs in through the top, and out the sides of the X on the front.. the cross of the X should be holding baby's bum in.
... then put the legs under the fabric "cummerbund" .. the straight piece you first put around your tummy.. ... adjust the X sobaby is secure.. you can open the fabric up (similar to moby wrap)... then open up the bottom piece"cummerbund" .. and bring it up to supportbaby's back...(or tummy if forward facing) should be open from butt to back... you can let legs dangle.. or tuck them inside too...

It's so easy on your back for support.. and easy to store for when you are out or travelling..



there is also a hip wrap... that I will be trying out now.. cuz he's getting too big for the front one...
http://www.wearyourbaby.com/Default.aspx?tabid=181


Hope I helped a few ladies save a few dollars!!

Laura

I JUST googled Moby wraps, and thought "Why would pay $35 for something that would be super easy to make?"

Great post!

Quoting Strappycock's Bitch {PSM}:“ I JUST googled Moby wraps, and thought "Why would pay $35 for something that would be super easy to make?" Great post!”

haha wasn't this perfect timing???!?!??!

sweet i was going to google this i plan on making one tomorrow and couldnt remember how long it needed to be  Thanks

Wow, we were just talking about this in another thread. That's crazy!

Quoting RileysMommy {JAS08}:“ Hey Ladies, I made my own a while ago for riley, and thought I'd share the information for those new ... [snip!] ... front one... http://www.wearyourbaby.com/Default.aspx?tabid=181 Hope I helped a few ladies save a few dollars!! Laura”

I bought one similar to this and it cost me 50 bucks. there are 12 ways to wear it also. i love mine, i would have bought fabric if i would have known. but its super comfy!

Yay I'm so glad you posted this! I was looking at BRU for something to buy and they're pretty expensive! Now I'm gonna go buy some fabric and make my own  

Quoting *Jeanné*[PSM]:“ haha wasn't this perfect timing???!?!??!”

I know! Funny huh?

my god i need this. great post Laura.

i was sooooooooo waiting for a post like this. cus my SO was saying "you could MAKE another one" one my thoughts on selling my moby after purchasing....


because this approves hip holding... and i kinda like wearing it and it's comfortable for me right now... because the moby doesn't even suggest hip holding for babies 15lbs. i looked on the website after losing the wrap styles directions.. and it showed only the mody D wrap on a 1-2 yr old.

so $20 bus for this until he is 35lbs... which is more use than that Moby i spent almost $40 bux for. i DID use it... but the cradle hold only lasted for a couple months with Davion... and he is to young for anything else the wrap suggests. he doesn't like to be carried around like that anymore....

andddd making your own... you have WAYYYYYY more coooler and cheaper patterns to choose from!!!!!!!
i'm selling mine cuz i know someone will give in like i did.... lmao.....

Glad I could help... I saw a few posts about wraps and thought I'd help everyone save some money... and you can make 3... I paid about $17 CDN.. and got 3.. so about $6 per wrap... hahah

there are a few other styles on the website.. and other ways to wrap them, but this is the best way i found for me, my baby is a big chubba.. so havign the wrap helped save my arms and back... and was great at the mall.. when I needed to bring his carseat/stroller combo but he hated looking at the ceiling.. and wanted up ALL the time...

now he's 6 months, and I carry him on my hip and he starts to slide and pull.. so i'm making the hip carrier tomorrow... and i'll take pictures to add...
using the SAME fabric strips!!

Quoting New Start on Life...:“ i was sooooooooo waiting for a post like this. cus my SO was saying "you could MAKE another one" one ... [snip!] ... coooler and cheaper patterns to choose from!!!!!!! i'm selling mine cuz i know someone will give in like i did.... lmao.....”

I was looking at the playtex one and here in CDN it's $30... when i can reuse the fabric I already have and make myself a hip wrap

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Yay, I finally found a use for this section of the forum.

Thanks  

C.

Thank you OP - wonderful and helpful post - I bought a Lola Wrap for my grand daughter ($120.00) , and now I can make some of these (and make a masculine fabric one) for my son for pittance - great photos and links. Thank you so much.