Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Mays' mei tai

I finally finished sewing it. It took be about 1 week to complete it but it is done. If you don't know what a mei tai is, read about it here. They didn't have the definition on wiki so that's the best that I could find.

The cumulative time is probably about less than half a day. The reason I took so long was because of the bug. She doesn't like me doing anything that doesn't involve her. I can only work in spurts, before she comes looking for attention. Sometimes, all she wants is for me to sit next to her and read to her. She's a demanding one.

It's basically a chinese baby carrier. I didn't have any chinese silk on hand so stripes it is. It turned out quite nice I think. The material is from Ikea. I bought a pair of Ikea kitchen towels cause I liked the color. The size was just nice so I decided to use it for the mei tai. The straps are from an old bedsheet that I cut up cause I didn't have anything long enough to use.

Finally the photo. Here's me testing out the mei tai with my unwilling participant. The photographer is my niece.



I'll take a better photo when I have the chance.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't that your daughter?

nadhirah said...

err... yes? She is? Why do you ask?

Drea said...

great mei tai pic, its beautiful

Nadhirah said...

thanks! First attempt. Very glad how it turned out. :)