Sarah J. Doyle | December 6, 2012
Twice a year we do a special report to see which plus size children’s patterns are the most popular. We keep totals for the spring season and for the fall season – what do mothers, grandmothers, etc really NEED for those plus size boys and girls? This fall the most popular pattern for plus size [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 20, 2012
A few weeks ago we ran a post asking the question, “Who do you sew more for…… plus size/full figure women or overweight/obese children”? We have gotten a TON of emails from people answering that question and reasons WHY they do what they do. By far the MAJORITY of people responding say they sew for [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 24, 2012
For those who have plus size / overweight children it sometimes can become a nightmare trying to find nice styles that actually would FIT the child. Even the “plus” sizes don’t work because a 16 Plus would be for a somewhat overweight 16 year old, but what happens if the size range on that 16 [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 20, 2012
There are many articles regarding the statistics concerning overweight/obese children, as well as the numbers of full figure/plus size women (adults actually – not just women). We’re wondering if you who are in a sewing / alteration business actually do MORE sewing for the overweight children category or plus size women. While I would venture [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 3, 2012
Regardless of what size pattern you buy for your plus size/overweight child, there are always changes that need to be made. Sometimes a single change will do it, and other times there may be 2, 3, 4 changes necessary before the store bought pattern will actually fit the plus size child. We are starting a [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 26, 2012
Skirts are a very easy clothing garment to make, however “easy” becomes “difficult” or “impossible” when you’re dealing with making clothing for the plus size/overweight/obese girls. The answer to this dilema is to make the pattern using the CHILD’S measurements, and not the “standard” measurements the commercial pattern companies use. The only measurements necessary to [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 12, 2012
While doing some research for a video we’re doing regarding our Plus Size Children patterns and classes, we found some very disturbing information. First of all, did you know that there are NO, I repeat NO, commercial patterns or clothing for plus size, overweight or obese children under the age of 6? Are you also [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | June 27, 2012
Many times it takes MORE time to alter a store bought pattern so it will hopefully fit than it takes to actually SEW the pattern. We all have our particular “adjustment” areas — hips, waistline, bust issues, etc. How often have you FINALLY gotten a pattern to fit right and actually look good, when the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | June 20, 2012
Today is the first day of summer, and we can’t wait to announce our Sunsational Summer Sale at PatternsThatFitYou.com. You can get a WHOPPING 20% off your entire order — AND that includes our Value Packs that include over $50.00 worth of current “off the shelf” sewing notions, interfacings, elastics, thread and much more for only [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | May 16, 2012
Patterns That Fit You has a new look now and TONS of new patterns and pattern making classes added. If you haven’t visited the site in awhile you really need to check it out. For those in the sewing and craft business, there are a lot of patterns for items that would make great craft [...]
