Making Childrens Clothes

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Hello

I'm not sure I'm posting on the right board so bear with me if not!

I was in Next yesterday looking at kids clothes and they had a denim patchwork pinafore dress which would be so cute for my niece but it was £15 and I hardly spend that on my own clothes!

But I realised I have a big pile of old demin that I didn't want to chuck out but didn't have many ideas for.

I'm an average sewer and think I could manage to make one.

I was just wondering if anyone had a good resource for patterns for childrens clothes either a website or a good book that I could get from the library.

My niece is 20 mths old and if this works out well she could end up with a whole new wardrobe!!

Thanks in advance for your help - apologies if I've picked the wrong board!!!

vic1

when my kids were little ( now 17 and 21) used to use their dads and my old jeans to make some dresses and trousers for them. i used garments they already had as a pattern - obviously leaving a wide seam allowance . if you want have a very bulky seam you will need a heavy duty needle and to get a double seam ( parrelel lineed seam ) a double needle. i would make these for my grandaughter also 20 months but i'm not allowed to as its " naff " or some other such word - i look at most of the clothes for children and think with the right materials how easy they would be to make - wish i'd bought an overlock machine ( sighs ) one other thing to point out i used to be a sewing machinist and had above average skills but if you start simple and build up you should be fine.

picklepick

i always find lovely patterns on burdastlye.com

they have a couple of little dresses on the baby part but not sure if they'd be suitable.
you could always adapt another pattern to fit a child maybe?
hope that helps

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Hello

Thanks for the replies.

Great idea Vic1 about using exisiting clothes for a pattern.

Thanks, Picklepick, I'll take a look. I bet I'll get inspired even if not exactly what I was thinking of.

Thanks!

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