Since my daughter is going to private school this year, we’ve entered the world of school uniforms. We bought polo shirts for $5 each at Old Navy. I don’t think I can make one for less than that – plus the hassle of making those little button holes and lining up the buttons…ugh! Skirts and jumpers however are easy to make. Except when you pull out your patterns and see this.
Seriously? Size 4? Even an 8 isn’t quite big enough.
I’m sure it wasn’t that long ago that I bought these sewing patterns and now my little girl needs a size 10. Where did the time go? Anyway, back to pattern resizing.
I held the skirt piece up to her and measured how much longer it needed to be.
It needs to be about six inches longer so I measured from edge and marked it with a pin.
It also needs to be a little wider. Each size is about 1/4 inch so I added an inch to the width of the skirt.
The finished resized piece. I measured my daughter and the resized pieces to be sure the waist and hips would be the right size.
The finished skirt – a perfect fit.
Have you ever resized a pattern or do you just buy a new one?
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