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altering childrens patterns

Altering Store Bought Patterns For Overweight Children – Chest

July 24, 2018 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

Overweight children, plus size children and obese children will usually have much larger chests than average size children.  In addition, they will usually have large upper arms that make altering store bought patterns very difficult.  This tutorial will address both areas needing to be altered. FULL CHEST With a large full chest, wrinkles will show […]

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How To Alter Skirt Patterns For Plus Size/Overweight Children

October 11, 2016 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Sewing For Plus Size Children

August 9, 2013 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

As we get ready for the fall season and school to begin, we once again get many emails asking for information on how to sew good fitting clothing for plus size children.  Shopping for clothes for plus size children is very hard considering the fact that so few clothing stores carry clothing that will fit these […]

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