"Bye Bady Bunting, Daddy's gone a hunting... tofind
some denims—old and thin—to wrap his Bady
Burting in."
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E.A. Byrnes
By the time our son reached the ripe old age of five
months, my wife and I were determined to find a practical
way to tote the little feller around with us. We'd used a
stroller, of course, but were eager to share the woods and
fields that we loved with our child ... to take him to
places where buggy wheels feared to roll.
Well, I solved that problem—in a few hours' time and
at absolutely no out-of-pocket cost—by making a denim
infant pack. The baby hauler is washable, easy to carry,
and adjustable . . . and if you can sew (hand-stitching
will do, but use a machine if you're able... or if you can,
as I did, convince a knowledgeable friend to teach you), it
should be possible to whip one up in no more than a few
hours.
FIRST, GET “THE
BLUES”…
Begin the project by locating two pairs of adult-sized
jeans that have "good" (that is, still strong) backsides.
With the rear pockets facing up on your work area (the
floor will do), remove the backs of the pants from their
fronts. You'll want to leave the hard-to-sew-through seams
attached to the discarded fronts, and use only the
seam-free backs for the project. (See Fig. 1 for detailed
cutting instructions.)
Now, spread the two jean backs out flat, and make a
T-shaped cut up each crotch (again, as in Fig. 1). Note
that the top of one "T" runs approximately through the
center of the pockets, while the other lies only midway
between the crotch and the bottom of the pockets.
