Sew Your Own Maternity Clothing
June 23, 2009 by Chloe Findlay-Harder
Filed under Home & Living
I’m one of those people who really doesn’t like having to spend a lot of money on store-bought clothing. I’d much rather sew something instead.
Especially if I’m only going to wear it for a few months!
I started looking for maternity clothing patterns and was surprised at how few of the “big” pattern manufacturers have. I did find more options for patterns online, but it can be awfully expensive to buy sewing patterns from another country.
So what’s a girl to do?
Why get creative of course!
Today’s trends of soft, unstructured blouses, maxi dresses and empire waists mean that commercial patterns can be easily adapted to work through most of a pregnancy.
Check out Simplicity pattern #2642 – the waist is high enough that you can easily fit a “bump” under there. Especially if you add a little extra ease at the front.
How about a soft, summery blouse? Simplicity #3624 has options for several sleeve lengths, and due to the front gather, can be altered to allow a little extra ease at the front.
How about those maternity jeans? A very clever Craftster mother-to-be came up with a great idea for transforming a pair of standard jeans into maternity jeans!
images: Simplicity Patterns
