The sling rings have arrived!

I had been planning to buy a Sakura Bloom sling, but after researching a little online & realizing how easy they are to make, I decided to do it myself. I'll follow the advice here to make it. Last week, Tuesday I think it was, I ordered a pair of 3" aluminum sling rings to make my own linen sling. The lovely people at SlingRings.com replied nearly instantaneously to my email request about shipping times--since I'm on a bit of a deadline here--then sent out my rings just hours after I ordered them. Then I bought three metres of linen on sale at Atex Fabrics & waited for my rings to arrive.

The fabric I bought is twice as wide as I need, which means I'll have enough fabric for another one--if anyone's interested in buying a sling from me, let me know. I'll see how long it takes to make mine & figure out what I want to sell it for, but I'm pretty sure it would be less than buying one at a store or from Sakura. :)

Oops, the fabric shrunk width-wise when prewashed... only enough for one & a half slings. I guess I'll have to make something else out of it!

Here's pretty much everything I need to make the sling:

Update: I told you the sling would be quick to make! Here's the finished product, modelled by the lovely Ikea kitchen chair.