Batik for babywearing and for baby to wear!

You don’t have to wrap your baby in a coarse tablecloth to save money! Why not use batik – the natural choice for people living in these tropical parts? It’s supportive, cooling and not to mention colourful. Highly recommended for heat-resistant mummies, daddies and babies.

I’m selling these 100% cotton batik fabrics I personally handpicked for my babywearing projects back when Asher was littler. I’ve aborted the projects but these pieces can still be converted into clothes, nursing covers, baby wraps, ring slings (metal rings can be purchased from www.slingrings.com), the back panel of SSCs and mei tais.

Details, from left to right:

Aurora Garuda, 5m, $40 – This piece reminds me of egrets flying across a brilliant azure sky. On hold and pending payment

Grassy Paisley, 5m, $40 – Gender neutral and suitable for daddies. Can be converted into a long size 6 wrap or two M-sized ring slings.

Funky Geometry, 3.3m, $26.40 – Modern batik design in the form of squiggly lines and inverted triangles. This piece of fabric can be converted into a long size 3 wrap, or one S-sized ring sling and a nursing cover.

Bougainvillea Bouquet, 6.4m, $51.20 – Dyed with indigo, the print is beautifully mottled throughout. Can be converted into a size 5 wrap and an S-sized ring sling.

Watermelon Splash, 2m, $16.00 – My favourite out of the lot. The red isn’t too loud and is just vibrant enough to brighten up your outfit. Can be converted into an S-sized ring sling.

The width for all of the above is 111cm.

As you can see, my price is $8/m but I would highly prefer to sell these fabrics by the panel instead of chopping them up into bits. However, if anything catches your fancy, send me an e-mail at pineapplegarden [at] gmail [dot] com and I’ll see what I can do. Postage will be at cost and self-collection is from Toa Payoh (everyday) or Evans Road (on weekdays).

These are all brand new and have never been worn. The fabric has been flipped in the individual pics to show how vibrant the reverse sides are. The material does not have a waxy finish so there is some grip. It’s quite easy to make your own wrap, or instructing a seamstress to make one for you. Just cut out tapers and make the rectangular panel of cloth into a parallelogram, finish the edges and use excess fabric to make middle markers. Don’t know what I am talking about? Go to www.didymos.com to see what a woven wrap looks like.

Here is an old action picture of me wearing Asher in a piece of batik similar to Grassy Paisley. The wrap has long since gone onto another mama living in Johor Bahru.

For more information on babywearing and its benefits, go to http://thebabywearer.com/forum/ and join the Facebook group Babywearing Singapore.

Thanks for looking!