Re: Patterns for jumpers
Posted by: dgarnera <dgarnera@...>
sound like just the ticket!
Thanks,debra
Pat Spelling wrote:
> I am NOT an expert sewer.What I finally ended up doing for myself and for
> my kids was this. I found a pattern that I liked and I used brown wrapping
> paper to make a pattern from it. Since most jumpers are fairly simple and
> don't contain complicated darts etc, this worked out. Then I would just
> make a jumper when I felt like it. For my growing girls I added length in
> the shoulders and hemline and stitched it so that I could let it out as
> they grew.
>
> For a maternity jumper I would take a hint from the Mennonites. They wear a
> really nifty dress that has a double bodice that they can just unsnap or
> unbutton and raise up, unzip underneath and nurse. Well, I think the front
> part of a bodice of a jumper could be buttoned down instead of
> attached. Or maybe buttons at the top of the shoulders to be undone. After
> all, you would have a blouse under the jumper so unbuttoning from the top
> wouldn't expose anything.
>
> Just some thoughts
> Pat (in Oklahoma)