Children’s Clothing

Learn how to draft and sew children’s clothing with practical tutorials focused on fit, comfort, and durability. This category covers pattern drafting for kids, sizing and adjustments, fabric choices, and step-by-step sewing techniques for everyday and special-occasion garments. Ideal for sewists who want to create well-fitting, handmade children’s clothes that are comfortable, long-lasting, and thoughtfully made.

Completed basic T-shirt bodice block drafted from body measurements

How to Draft a Perfect T-Shirt Pattern (Bodice Block Tutorial)

Drafting a basic T-shirt pattern from measurements is one of the most useful skills in pattern drafting for beginners. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to draft a a bodice block for a perfect T-shirt pattern for stretch fabrics, step by step, using your own body measurements. There is a separate post on how to […]

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Finished basic sleeve block traced onto sturdy cardboard for reuse.

How to Draft a Perfect Sleeve Pattern: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

In this blog post I will share a very simple method of sleeve pattern drafting and walk you through how to draft a sleeve pattern that creates a basic sleeve block that fits any bodice block or sewing pattern you already own; making this a great beginner sleeve pattern tutorial. I will be using the basic bodice block pattern that I

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BBC Children in Need spotty T-shirt

Quick Children in Need Craft: Spotty T-Shirt from Old Tee and Scraps

Every year BBC organises a charity event in the UK called “BBC Children in Need“. This is supported by majority of schools. The school to which my offspring goes to, raises donations by allowing children to go to school in spotty clothes. Every year, without a fail, I am unprepared. With one week to go

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