Plus Size Children's Patterns vs. Regular Size Patterns
Sewing for plus size children can be a real challenge. A friend tried to make a simple skirt for her overweight 9 year old daughter. The daughter had a chest measurement of 36", waist 34" and hips 38" and when she tried to get a commercial pattern "close" to her daughters' measurements, she ended up with one of the "plus" size 16 patterns. Now we all know that an 8 or 9 year old child is NOT going to be as tall as the 16 year old, neither would the arms be the same length, etc, depending on the garment you're trying to make.
I had told her about our Plus Size Children patterns, and she was a little hesitant about trying anything since the huge waste of time and fabric ordeal when she dealt with the plus size 16 pattern. I figured it was time to prove a point with her, as well as others that might have questions about the plus size children's patterns. I used a regular commercial size 10 skirt pattern, whose measurements said 24" waist and 32" hips, and made a skirt (the pink one). I then used our Plus Size Children size 10 pattern, with measurements of 32" waist and 38" hips and made a skirt (the burgendy one). The following picture compares the two "size 10" skirt patterns.
As you can readily see, the skirts are the same length. Whether the size 10 girl is skinny, regular size or overweight, they're normally about the same height - just a major difference in the WIDTH of the hips and waist. After seeing my "show and tell" skirts for a size 10 regular and overweight size child, she was definitely ready to try another skirt - this time using my size 10 plus size children pattern. We did do a minor adjustment to the pattern as her daughter had a 34" waist and our size 10 had a 32" waist, but the rest fit perfectly!
The difference between the plus size children patterns and the regular commercial patterns is that we had accumulated the actual measurements of overweight children from our customers for over a year, then got them all into a data base, from which we made the patterns. So, as you look at the patterns on the Plus Size Children site, you'll see the actual "plus size" measurements for each age grouping, and if you compare YOUR child's measurements to them, you'll see that they're pretty much on target for what your plus size child's measurements are. Every pattern on the plus size children site has been made using the actual measurements of overweight children.
If you have a plus size child or know of somebody who does, you could be doing yourself or them a real favor by trying one of the patterns, and see how much easier it is to sew for the plus size children.
I had told her about our Plus Size Children patterns, and she was a little hesitant about trying anything since the huge waste of time and fabric ordeal when she dealt with the plus size 16 pattern. I figured it was time to prove a point with her, as well as others that might have questions about the plus size children's patterns. I used a regular commercial size 10 skirt pattern, whose measurements said 24" waist and 32" hips, and made a skirt (the pink one). I then used our Plus Size Children size 10 pattern, with measurements of 32" waist and 38" hips and made a skirt (the burgendy one). The following picture compares the two "size 10" skirt patterns.
As you can readily see, the skirts are the same length. Whether the size 10 girl is skinny, regular size or overweight, they're normally about the same height - just a major difference in the WIDTH of the hips and waist. After seeing my "show and tell" skirts for a size 10 regular and overweight size child, she was definitely ready to try another skirt - this time using my size 10 plus size children pattern. We did do a minor adjustment to the pattern as her daughter had a 34" waist and our size 10 had a 32" waist, but the rest fit perfectly!
The difference between the plus size children patterns and the regular commercial patterns is that we had accumulated the actual measurements of overweight children from our customers for over a year, then got them all into a data base, from which we made the patterns. So, as you look at the patterns on the Plus Size Children site, you'll see the actual "plus size" measurements for each age grouping, and if you compare YOUR child's measurements to them, you'll see that they're pretty much on target for what your plus size child's measurements are. Every pattern on the plus size children site has been made using the actual measurements of overweight children.
If you have a plus size child or know of somebody who does, you could be doing yourself or them a real favor by trying one of the patterns, and see how much easier it is to sew for the plus size children.
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