Misty Draper

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I love the directions for the pouch sling and the diaper holder. I have made both for myself and two of my sisters. I blogged about it and linked to your site for both. Thank you so much for the patterns!

MJ

80F

how few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us

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I got here looking for patterns for infants (my wife and I have a newborn - 3weeks)!

Very cool site! I will have my wife check out the sling ideas. Keep up the good work!

Kathy Caldwell

rainy

others bad moods

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What a nice site! I'm going to be a Grandma in Dec.

CLMosher

foggy/ cool

Recleaning what's already been finished.

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Hello. I have had your page bookmarked for sometime before I had my son. I wanted to make a sling, but didn't find time until he was around 9 mo, due to various projects and full time learning to be a first time mom. I made mine with brown denim with a pink and brown ribbon. The only issue I've had with it is, when I load the rings, my denim turns right side in, and you can no longer see the ribbon I put on the bottom. Is there anyway to load the rings, see the right side, and still have it functional. When I tried to flip the fabric so I could see the trim, it wouldn't pull through the rings. I don't want to cut the end off and sew it back, which would work for the effect I want, but would weaken the whole sling at a stress point. If I have to just "deal with it" I can, but I would like it to look like I planned. Otherwise, I love it. It's sturdy, and holds my active 12 mo. old well, for as long as he puts up with it. I would really appreciate it if you would get back to me at safezone14@yahoo.com.
I'm planning to take a road trip soon, and would like to make your high chair sling next. I was looking for a portable high chair when I saw your pattern for tying one on to an adult chair. I'm looing forward to trying it next.
Keep up the fun projects. I love stopping by to see what else I can do.

Nerdymom / Holly

dreary and damp

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Love your site so much. Thank you for the information on DIY slings. I'm going to go rummage my fabric stash for bottomweights now. :)

Kayla

Warm

Rudeness!

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Your information was really helpful and I laughed endlessly while reading your grammar page (lol trying to watch my grammar)! Anyway, Happy Mothering and I hope that the patterns I try work out well. I'm just beginning to learn to sew. Take care and God Bless!

Kayla

Alyssa

Sunny and 70 - perfect!

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I just completed a ring sling using your pattern and wanted to let you know how grateful I am for your clear, accurate instructions. Thank you for the hours and hours of photography, writing and design you've invested in your website. What a professional you are. A million thanks are coming your way!

Daniela

Sunny and beautiful

also grammar: misuse of hanged and hung (pictures are hung, people are hanged)

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All that bad grammar gave me a headache! Can't wait to make my first mei tai using two of your patterns. Thank you for taking the time to post the patterns and all the helpful photos!

gail mickels

kind of overcast right now, sun trying to peek a boo though

people who say nothings wrong when its obvious theres something wrong

"I feel lucky!"

was looking for boppie pillow patterns and your site causght my eye, so here I am, and cant wait to start on the pillow. making the center bigger is what really got me. thanks so much.

Clair

NIce for once ..It rains 80% of the time up here in wa

Spitting in public places whare kids can get on the ground!

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LOVE ALL THE PATTERNS !!!!! I think i have used about 5-6 of them and every thing has turned out great and they are easy to follow and understand (for beginning sewers like me) Thank you

Amber

raining! - wow, does this mean no more drought?

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I like the look of your baby sleep sack sewing pattern and plan to try it out - have you ever made one with an inner lining like the 2.5 tog Grobag? I'm trying to get my head around how I might do it. Let me know if you have any ideas?

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Thanks!

Linda

overcast

people who tell you what you want to hear, instead of the truth

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I made a pouch sling for my DD and LOVED it. I live in Bolivia;wearing your baby is totally common here, although in a different form. I have had MANY comments on the sling, and have made a few for another orphanage that has a LOT of babies. They tell me it has saved them hours of aching arms! Thank you for your unselfish attitude that has benefited many

Nikki

cold

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You have amazing stuff on your site!Thanks alot,This has been an excellent resource for me!

Rita

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I was excited about your site and the baby slings - but your counter and comments about the war absolutely ruined it for me.

Meg

Too hot

Loosing crochet hooks

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I made the sling and everything was perfect except the strap was too long....and you said make it tighter, but I didn't listen, but if I had... :). Excellent pattern

Kawwie Haynes

Beautiful

rude people

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I'm a new grannie and love sewing all the neatest things for our new granddaughter. I have found so many patterns online (what did we do without the internet?) - nursing covers, boppy covers, toy bags for the crib and now - this wonderful grocery cart cover!

Thanks for all your work and giving the instructions out to us 'po'folks!

Bonnie greason

first day of spring, but very cold

Rude behaviour

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Many thanks for all the great information. I started out looking for ways to make baby slings for my daughter, and found an entertaining lesson in grammar. This has certainly made me smile because I have often seen the same errors and inwardly cringed.
I will pass on the information and your web access to help our new grandchild have a safe and cuddled beginning.
Happy Spring, from the great white north!

Anna Nelson

Gorgeous day full of Sun

Lazy Brains: Specifically people who yell Go Green at the top of their lungs but throw a cigarette butt on the ground without thinking twice.

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My daughter, Sarah is 1.5yrs old and I wore a sling with her for about 7 months, basically until she wouldn't let me carry her like that any more. We are planning a trip to the zoo and I wanted to make/find a mai tei that would work best for her, any suggestions? I looked over the ones on your site and love love love all of them, but I thought you might have some insight to help save me some time. Here are some recent pictures of my Sarah, she is 33inches tall and 25lbs. Thank you for all your help.
http://family.webshots.com/album/570601798LgQJpl

jackie

breezy

people who spit in public.

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I love your sight. Thankyou for sharing all of your experience and information. You have wonderful patterns and safety information. I want to make my own sling to save a little money and as gifts for friends. you brought up some stuff i would never have thought of. I havent gotten to look at everything yet. But have really enjoyed what I have gotten to.

Sophie

sunny and cold

rude people

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I wish I could sew like you! Everything looks so interesting! I'm still hoping to make a ring sling for my daughter before she gets too big. They look easy to make but I'm so intimidated and I think I'm going to miss out on my chance to wear my baby because I'm such a scaredy cat!

Your site looks so amazing and is really really making me want to learn how to sew. Any suggestions where/how to begin?

Becky

cold and snowy

wasting time waiting for people (grownups) to get ready to go somewhere

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Thanks for posting such great patterns for slings and carriers. I'm 17 weeks pregnant and REALLY excited about babywearing, but wasn't excited about the prices. These look like projects I can do! Better get started before my belly gets too big that I can't reach the sewing machine!

Thanks again!

Melanie

Cold

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I just wanted to thank you for your webpage. My DS is 2 months old and he is baby #4. With every baby I have used your webpage to make a different sling,wrap..ect. Every baby likes something different.

Ariel

Cold!

People who drive for miles with the turn signal on

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Thank you for your awesome patterns! I made myself a mei tai from your "Frankencozy" pattern, after adjusting for my body, and I love, love, love it. I used a repurposed shirt that had beautiful fabric but an unflattering cut, so I never wore it. Now it is a beautiful carrier I use every day! My son is 13 months old and too heavy to "sling" for long! Our Maya wrap has served us well through two babies, but the Asian carrier makes it *really* comfortable to wear a toddler. I never figured out how to comfortably wear a baby on my back with the Maya wrap; I always seemed to give myself a plugged duct, so I stopped trying. With the mei tai, the baby feels so secure on my back, and although I didn't realize this was possible he'll happily ride on my back while I work (today, for example, making laundry detergent, which takes lots of stirring). So thank you for your awesome variety of easy-to-follow patterns! I'm now working on one (a gift!!) for a friend's newborn.

It is awesome to see such support for breastfeeding, babywearing, and handmade stuff. Keep up the good work! I am tickled by your refusal to offer patterns for things like car seat covers. You are right, babies don't belong in car seats unless they're riding in the car.

Anne

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Pessimism

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I have been reading through your page and it looks as though you are a very talented person. I do have to admit that you seem a bit jaded and nearly all of your posts have a negative undertone. There seems to be many snide remarks about the theft of your original patterns and the hurdles that must be overcome to be successful. You should bask in your talent and success! Inspire others to do this as well! Good luck.
You're right, I do tend to sound thus. Honestly, it's because I've had this information up for almost 9 years, since my son was born, and in that time, I've had patterns stolen and sold on eBay, my sling design ripped off more than once, and lots of people emailing me to tell me I'm going to hell :) All three do tend to conspire to make me a little, well, pessimistic. Running a business *is* hard work. People who tell you otherwise probably don't actually have a business :) I got into this very naively, and I want to be honest with my readers. If you have a hobby you want to make into a business, great! But don't go into it thinking it'll be easy money or that you'll have plenty of time to spend on other stuff. A home business is incredibly time-consuming. Just ask my kids. I keep going because I love what I do, but there have been plenty of times I would have thrown in the towel if not for that love.

Kathleen Prince

Very nice (Miami Fl)

I'm too old for them

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I am 65+ and my daughter in law is going to have her first baby and she asked me to try and make her one of these and
this will be my first attempt wish me well!

Sarah

Cold and Sunny

Omission of state of being verbs (e.g. saying, "the car needs washed" instead of, "the car needs to be washed"

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Thank you for the tutorial about the hemming foot.
I have wanted one for some time, and now I feel
confident in my decision to buy one. I might even
be able to use it too.

Dis Claimer

Perfect!!

Websites with too many disclaimers.

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I think it's hilarious that you post content on the internet and then warn people againist using it. Your page is a little ridiculous comsidering half of it is disclaimer. You must be super paranoid to think someone's going to steal your patterns or your bandwidth. I laughed for a good while after I read that.

Glad you had a good laugh.

The disclaimers are there because I have had numerous people take the free content from my website and then sell it as though it were their own.

Do you know how that feels? To have something you worked on for hours, with no pay, then be sold by someone else for their profit? It sucks. But I still want to provide the content. What's my choice? The only thing I can do is put up the disclaimers and hope that they will dissuade assholes from stealing my content and profiting from it.

If you think that's funny, I'm guessing you've never been in that situation.

NEL's mum

hot and sunny

Not sharing!!

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Thank you so much, Jan. Really appreciate your time and effort in setting up this website. I have a three month old little boy and he loves the ring sling I made for us. I have bad wrists and it really helps taking away some of the strain from carrying my very well fed boy. I will be recommending your site to all my friends. Keep up the good work.

Christine

Fantastic

pattern thiefs and liars

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Thank you so much for a wonderful pattern. I was in a pinch to make one tonight and could not find a pattern in time for the gift to be made. Your pattern is easy to understand and I am gladly going to ad you to my webpage for others to contact you (although I am in transportation I know lots of quilters who drive for us they appreciate the links)

Natasha

Summer and fine

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Thanks,

I was going mad trying to attach yarn hair to a rag doll, the paper and sewing it made it work. Now my daughter will have the doll she has dreamed about, and charmed me by telling me how good a job I was doing.

Haven

Cold and Snowy :-(

Lazy, selfish people

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I absolutely love this site! I was introduced to it by an employee at a local fabric store when I was looking to make a baby sling (I picked the No-Sew Ring Sling). I also used the baby mobile patterns, which are great. Thank you so much for sharing all of these wonderful ideas!!!
If you ever find a pattern for denim baby bibs with snap closures let me know. My own pattern didn't turn out so well, lol. Thanks again!

Barbara

warm and rainy

lack of respect for others

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You did a lot of work! Thank you. I will try to make one... Let´s see if I come to goog result.
I am always impressed by women working back home to see their kids. You´re doing a great job.
Beijos from Rio de Janeiro
Barbara and little Rock´n Leo

Emily

warm

people who look at your site use the suggestions and don't let you know how much they are happy to do so.

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looking for a pattern for shopping cart cover. followed google to your site. thanks for having it. I will feel much better about my granddaughter sitting in carts. She has Erb's Palsy and has a diffcult time sitting up right how (getting better every month) and puts her mouth on things. thanks again
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