Muslin work for a Moby Wrap??

this afternoon i went looking for some material to make another wrap as the material i bought last time is going to be too hot (it wasnt 100% cotton) for bubs born in december. I was hoping to find something with a nice print on it however this turned out to be more difficult than i thought. And then i saw some muslin with soft prints on them. Would it be strong enough for a wrap though? Its 100% cotton which from what i gathered is the best material to buy.

Thoughts please. Thank you

Edited by angel4

I would say no. Moby's are made of thick jersey cotton - much stronger than muslin. The muslin will probably work fine for a wee baby but probably not when they're a few months old.

thats why i was confused. The website i looked at recommended gause as well. Of course i had no idea whether muslin was gause. Is it hard to do a french seam?

I dont really need it to work for a bigger, heavier baby as i have another one made out of jersey cotton or something like that that is thicker. And by the time this baby is bigger it will be getting later in the year and cooler.

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Hi there,
Moby wraps are made out of a combination of cotton and elastane so that they stretch both ways (ie with and against the selvage)

Muslin is a non stretch fabric, so if you were wanting to make a wrap exactly like a Moby one, it wouldn't work as well with muslin.

But there are other wraps you can make that are non stretch. Dulce & Zoet are a brand that do these, I have made one very similar, its easy to do. Basically measure yourself as if you are wearing a Miss Universe sash that goes round from shoulder to opposite hip bone & back again, that's how much fabric you need. Sew up like a tube, and voila.

If you were wanting to make a wrap like Moby, then you need approx 6 meters of fabric. The wrap is only approx 60cm wide, so you could buy 3 meters, and cut it to that width and sew down the middle. Then just over-lock the outsides, they roll under a wee bit so you cant really see the edges anyway.

Sorry for the ramble, but it looked like a few conflicting posts had been put up. Thought I might add my 2c

HTH

Edited by kathamill

Eek i purchased a dulce and zoet one, didn't even look what the fabric was! but hoping it won't get to hot in summer! Good luck with the wrap makings!!

Re doing a french seam:

A french seam has the raw ends enclosed, so it is nice and neat and strong, with no fraying edges. It is one of the easiest methods of seam neatening.

Put the fabric with the right sides out (opposite of how you normally would). Sew a seam a bit narrower than you normally would (eg a .5cm seam).

Fold the fabric back the other way (right sides in), pressing along the seam line if you feel you need to (depending on the fabric pressing it with your fingers could be fine).

Sew another seam, maybe 1cm wide.

You will end up with a line of stitching, and another line of stitching which forms the fold. The raw edges will be folded inside the layers.

Easy

i used muslins - march baby! I used them to tuck her into basinette (she refused to be wrapped!) and tohide under when BF in public places etc...and as wipe ups and all sorts of things...

when it got colder I layered and often put a plush blanket or warm one tucked around her _ -she wouldnt wrap!!!

We bought the muslin packs from farmers - 3 for like $10 or something...