The Babywearing Bag

You may remember Jolijn as previous examples of her DIY Classic bags were posted back in December.  She promised that she would send us images of her next project... two DIY Baby bags.

Jolijn writes, 'The first Onbag Baby is finished. It's made from pieces of a Didymos Waves wrap in 7 different colors (Lind, Aqua, Silber, Sequoia, Purple, Allegro and Violet). It was fun to make!'

What a great looking bag, the contrasting colours work so well together! 

So we have a small batch of our exclusive special editions bags available once more.  There are two Baby sets, one classic set, as well as some 'zone' accessories.

Take a look at them all here...

 

 

Another wonderful DIY bag to share.

Nerida has used different fabrics to accent the bag with this lovely pattern being used on the straps.  She has also enhanced the finished bag with the beautiful embroidered design on the front.  Great stuff!

 

Eva used colours from her favourite wearing wraps and slings to provide inspiration for the beautiful handpainting on her Onbag.  The 'triskel' symbols and brightly coloured triangles look fantastic.  Eva says 'this is my favourite bag now, even when I go out without my baby'.  

The design was completed using standard textile paints and colours.  Eva's friend Petra sewed the bag for her, leaving parts of the bag fabric white so that the textile paint colours remained vibrant and clear.

A stunning bag! 

 

Jolijn has made these two amazing DIY Classic creations for herself and her sister, both have unique personalities using different fabrics, patterns and textures.  

The black velvet bag is very stylish and classy, with the richly patterned and coloured red lining it really stands out.

I love the vibrant green colour of the cotton Classic.  The patterned lining suits it so well and is sure to brighten up even the dullest winter day.

Jolijn writes that her next project is two DIY Onbag Babies!  I can't wait to see what colours and fabrics she uses.  

Don't the special red DIY Onbag labels look smart too?

I'm Odhrán, Sarah's brother-in-law and baby-wearing uncle of 5 wonderful kids.

You'll be hearing more from me in future as I'm going to be taking over the day-to-day running of Onbag at Sarah's request.  She has been finding it increasingly difficult to balance running a small business and looking after two small but energetic boys, so I have jumped in to help out.  This will give her the time to develop some more ideas and projects of hers which have had to take a back seat until now, so watch this space!

I just wanted to introduce myself to the many readers who check this site regularly, and I look forward to chatting with you all here or on other forums.

 

 

Thank you so much for your patience everyone! I've just received a whole delivery of lovely shiney new Onbags - I have every colourway in stock and I'm bracing myself for the rush! So if you've been waiting and stalking my site then now is the time to get the colourway of your dreams!

Well done to everyone who worked so hard to make International Babywearing Week a success!

Two lucky ladies won Onbags as part of the celebrations, one in Southampton, one in Hungary!

Zsofi who helped to organise the Hungarian event (http://hordozas.hu/hordozashete2009/) sent me this lovely email:

"I just got these from the happy winner, Viktoria, mum of two little girls from north east hungary, Eger.

She loves the bag and sends you her fond wishes!

Here is her daughter Laura also sporting the babywearing week t-shirt."

Viktoria was lucky enough to win an Onbag ByEthicals Special Edition, in Autumn Scrappy Stripe.  

And, nearer home, in Southampton, Debbie wrote to tell me about their event:

"Southampton and Portsmouth Sling Meets joined forces on September 21st to celebrate International Babywearing Week 2009.

We had some very generous donations which enabled us to hold a charity raffle and auction, as well as having a cake stall.

One of the prizes which was donated to our auction was an Onbag Classic, which was won by Carol.

The event was very well attended and we raised over £200 for the charity of our choice, Best Beginnings.

For more details and pictures of the event, please see http://www.southamptonslingmeet.com"

Many congratulations to the organisers of both events, and many happy years of babywearing to all concerned!

I am very pleased, proud and excited to tell you all that the latest addition to the Onbag Family is now here!  Designed to fit your Onbag perfectly, they will also transform any other bag - making it organised and beautiful.

These 'zones' are Onbag's answer to the pocket, they make it easy to organise your bag, to swap things around for different outings or to take just what you need when you go for a nappy-change.

Made by ByEthicals, each is beautiful and unique - as well as being easily identifiable inside your bag.

They come in four shapes: cube, brick, flat and square. You can choose from simple, but beautiful fabric, or one of the lovely appliquéd designs. Each one has two handy loops; to go over your wrist or clip to the elastic loops on your Onbag.

Use them to suit exactly what you need to carry, and what you need with you on that particular day.  Never lose things in the bottom of your bag again, or have things spill all over the floor!

Personally... I have

• a 'change zone', which I just put over my wrist and use as a bag in it's own right for short trips.  A brick-zone will fit your wipes case and nappies, whether cloth or disposable very neatly.
• a 'toy zone'... I use a cube-zone filled with little cars and other interesting things, which is great to pull out at cafés for the kids to rummage through.
• a 'pens zone'; I use the flat-zone like a pencil case and include some scraps of paper for scribbling - me or the children!
• a 'special things zone'; I use the square zone for the important discoveries we make - pebbles, leaves and so on.
• a 'beach zone'; we live near the sea and I have a couple of small spades and so on in a brick-zone so I can just grab and go.

...but you'll be completely different from me! 

I would suggest starting with one brick and one cube, and see how you go...

You can't beat these for versatility, practicality and easy organisation!

The lovely Lucy, who was previously in charge of managing the waiting list and creating beautiful bags, has had to stop sewing for personal reasons. Sad as this is for Onbag, I do completely understand her decision and I wish her all the best in getting everything back on track.

The upshot of this is that I'm afraid I will have to shut down the custom list for the forseeable future. I have just recently moved house (and country) myself and I am putting Onbag into a lower gear while I allow the family to regroup and re-establish. In this situation I do not have the time to sew the bags myself (even if I had a sewing room set up!) or to go through the process of selecting and quality-testing a new seamstress.