The news of the arrival of a newborn baby girl often times brings the creative juices flowing.  If you have time in your hands, you may automatically think about sewing dresses for the baby even before she could walk.  Here are a few tips when designing patterns for babies and toddlers.

Modesty

Families who embrace modesty in their way of life can design modest clothing styles for their toddlers, thanks to My Sloper Software.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old, he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6

Although training for modesty should begin early in the education of a girl, the exact age to start varies from community to community.  This training could begin as early as the age of 3 or 6.   Regardless of the age variance, parents provide modest clothing to their young daughters to accustom them to ways of modesty.  Modesty as we know, is not limited to just our outer appearance, but includes our behavior to G-d and society.

Ease

Babies in their toddler stage are quite active little people.  Add enough ease to their clothing to enable movement and activity as well as to accommodate the diaper.

Fabric

Sewing baby clothing takes very little yardage.  You can use your fabric stash for coordinating fabric to make up a whole garment and leftover trims for that extra cute adornments.  Use cotton whenever possible for the sensitive baby skin. You may try synthetic fabrics and at the same time, you should watch out for any allergic reaction to the material.

Lining

Line the upper bodice if you will be using a zipper to reduce any skin irritation to the zipper tape.

Button Closings

Your garment may have a button closing instead of a zipper.  Ensure that the buttons are secured properly to prevent the baby from swallowing them.

Gallery

Here is a sample gallery of baby clothing you can design with My Sloper Blouse, Skirt and Dress.  This gallery will be updated for more ideas.

Download

Although not comprehensive, here is a free XML Profile for babies age 12 through 24 months to be used in conjunction with My Sloper.

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Benefits of XML Profiles

XML Profiles are ideal for the professional dressmaker as well as for the amateur dressmaker who is not yet confident taking personal body measurements and wants to choose from a standard size range.

KosherPatterns.com now offers the following expanded size ranges for women and girls.

Womens Sizes 6-18

We have included a variance of height from petite, average-height to tall as well as XS through 3XL.

Womens Sizes 20-30

We have included average-height and tall women with sizes 20-30.

Young Womens Sizes 6-16

This size range is for younger slender women, available in numbered ranges 6-16 and lettered ranges XS-XL.

Girls Sizes 3-14

This size range is for children.

Reference these articles on how to use XML Profiles.

How to Load an XML Profile

How to edit an XML Profile

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