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Posted by Seeker on July 31, 2005, 3:37 pm
Larisa,
We used to make growth tucks in girls' skirts of about 1" doubled (2"
in all). Usually these were about 4" parallel to the skirt hem. If
done with a chain stitch, it was really easy to let them out when the
girl grew tall enough. Could you not stitch a similar tuck in each
pant leg above the knee? These days cargo pants are so fashionable.
The tucks above the knee would look in style IMHO, similar to cargo
pants..
Sharon
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:58:27 GMT, CNYstitcher
>Thanks. I have a skinny tall boy and a skinny, tiny daughter....the
>clothes for DD still come from infants/toddlers section of the pattern
>books (she's almost 22 months and is just now wearing 18m clothes, but I
>still have to take in the waist!!). I'm not so much worried with width
>as they both prefer elastic right now, the length just made me
>laugh...before DS tried them on, he held them up - to get the bottoms of
>the legs just touching the floor, the waist was at his shoulders!!!
>
>Larisa
>
>Doug&Michelle wrote:
>>>Those commercial patterns are designed for baby elephants. Always have
>>>been. You will need either to do some major pattern alteration (I
>>>remember making my DD some things in size 6 width and size 10 length) or
>>>buy some children's size pattern drafting software. Length is easier to
>>>adjust than width.
>>>
>>>Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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>>
>>
>> Olwyn Mary is right, they are not meant for skinny short kids, I always have
>> to adjust the pattern for DD, who is going into grade 1!
>> I was especially amused by the comment about baby elephants!
>>
>> Michelle Giordano
>>
>>
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