What mom didn’t have to whip up a matinee costume for her child? Sewing ears to a hat or a tail to panties, many are thinking about sewing something out of unnecessary things, but because of a lack of experience and knowledge they refuse to undertake ideas and remain unfulfilled. But in vain! Sewing a fashion item is easy. It is worth starting with the simplest garment - with sleeveless jackets, for example.
Building patterns
For sewing you need a pattern of a children's vest. Build it is very simple. You should take a T-shirt of a suitable size, turn it inside out, put it on paper and circle the shoulder and side borders, as well as the armhole lines. Now you need to work through the sketch and make two separate templates: one for the front and one for the back. It must be taken into account here that the cutout for the hands and the neck is a little deeper on the canvas of the shelves. To make the workpiece symmetrical, you can use a little trick: fold the paper in half. This will allow you to build the same sections along the armhole, shoulder and sides.
Shape Shaping
The next step is modeling. This means that it's time to designate the neckline, the location of the fastener and pockets. As a rule, a cut of the shelves is done in the middle, however, this is not necessary. It can easily be shifted to the side or made obliquely.
The pattern of a children's vest can be with tucks on the back - this will allow you to design a fitted silhouette. But they are best to outline at the first fitting, when the thing is directly on the child. It is absolutely not necessary to measure the baby’s figure and painstakingly calculate the centimeters of darts for the paper blank.
If you plan to sew more than one vest, then tucks can be transferred to the template after trying on the fabric blank. The pattern of a baby vest without tucks is considered universal. It can be used for sewing absolutely any vest, both classic and sports type.
Material selection and cutting
The pattern of a children's vest for a girl differs only in the arrangement of buttons and loops, if the model provides for them. Naturally, if the little beauty still has zero breast size and does not require additional model lines. For the kids' product, everything is decided by the choice of material texture and color. The vest for the boy can be made of cotton, a suit or velveteen. But girls have much more choice: velor, velvet, brocade, plush, satin, fur or guipure.
The texture of the canvas determines the allowances for processing. Therefore, when cutting it is important to consider the thickness and "flowability" of the material. For a suit, it is better to leave a margin of 0.7-1 cm, and for sections that are resistant to shedding, 0.5 cm will be enough. If the product is lined, then the "non-flowing" sections can not be weighted by processing on the overlock. But the edges of the elements from the "loose" fabric are recommended to be processed, otherwise the vest will quickly become unusable during wear and washing.
For cutting the lining, the same template is used as for the main canvas. Here the allowance should be at least 0.7 cm, since this material is often very loose. Sections are best treated with an overlock or glue spider web.
Style design
Do you want a sports tank top with a zipper insulated by a padding polyester for your baby? No problem! For its manufacture, raincoat fabric, lining and a segment of synthetic winterizer will be required. The pattern of a children's vest for a boy, drawn with a t-shirt, should be slightly increased. In addition to allowances, 0.7 cm in the armholes retreat along the contour of the template, 1 cm on the sides and shoulder lines. Such models are often made with an elongated back and a smooth transition to higher shelves. Therefore, measure the desired length and draw up the hem. Next, cut the back and front parts from materials and insulation.
Usually synthetic winter vests are made quilted. To do this, markup is done on the top of the raincoat fabric, and insulation is pinned to the wrong side. It remains only to lay seams - and the quilted one is ready. Gather details starting from the shoulders. The collar is made from a raincoat strip. It is doubled and duplicated with a synthetic winterizer.
In the case of an unlined model, everything is much simpler. Parts are assembled on an overlock before assembly. Immediately combine the side and shoulder sections, and then turn the material inside out and iron. It remains to lay the lines, departing from the edge of the bend of 0.5 cm. In the style without a lining, it is important to make the correct allowances, about 1 cm each, when cutting.
The pattern of a children's vest made of fur is the same universal paper blank. For a fur product, it is slightly enlarged along the contour, as for sleeveless jackets on a synthetic winterizer, and parts are assembled.
You can bear the idea of tailoring fashionable clothes for a child for a long time, or you can just get to work and soon proudly enjoy the result!