Young mothers like no one else understands that for children you need to choose all the best, including the elements of the wardrobe. However, high-quality clothing made from natural fabrics is often expensive. Not everyone can afford to pamper your baby with numerous various overalls, blouses and costumes. But there is always a way out. You can sew clothes for newborns yourself without significant financial costs. First you need to choose the model you like. Also you will need a fabric, a thread, a pattern and some free time.
Choice of fabric
The first thing that you should pay attention to when making clothes for a newborn with your own hands, is the choice of fabric. It should not contain impurities of synthetic fibers. The basic requirements for the material for summer clothes are not to retain moisture and to pass air well. Thus, the processes of thermoregulation are improved. For a winter wardrobe, soft wool, a bike will do. When knitting clothes for newborns, it is better to choose cotton, viscose, silk or alpaca wool.
Important are the tactile characteristics of the material. The baby will be more comfortable in clothes made of soft, pleasant to the touch fabrics. For everyday things it is preferable to choose warm pastel shades. It is better to avoid bright and colorful colors. This option is more suitable for a festive outfit. After all, with prolonged wearing it can damage the still fragile vision, as well as cause overexcitation of brain structures. You can decorate everyday clothes with appliqués and embroideries. They can also be done by themselves on a template or buy already ready.
Merchandise and tailoring
Patterns of clothes for newborns, as a rule, quite simple. And even if you do not have much experience in modeling and tailoring, and you have never attended sewing and sewing courses, then still there will be no special problems. After all, clothes for newborns are characterized by a special simplicity of cut, which everyone will master. Among the many models you can choose everything you need, from a light summer hat and ending with cheerful overalls in the form of a penguin or a bunny. The undoubted advantage of such handicrafts will be saving money, sewing according to individual standards and the opportunity to dress a baby in exclusive fashionable outfits.
The baby will be comfortable if the outfit will sit exactly on the size. Therefore, it is worth paying special attention to the correctness of taking measurements. This can be difficult. After all, rarely a child agrees to lie down quietly while mom makes incomprehensible manipulations with a centimeter tape for him. And here are some rules that will help to sew clothes for newborns exactly in size:
- The length of the product is measured from the seventh cervical vertebra along the back to the waist or to another desired length.
- The length of the shoulder corresponds to the size from the base of the neck to the end of the collarbone.
- The width of the back is measured between axillary depressions at the level of the scapula.
- The circumference of the breast is changed at the level of the lower edge of the scapula. Breast height corresponds to the distance from the shoulder to the most prominent point of the breast.
- Waist circumference - in the narrowest place.
- Circumference of hips, on the contrary, on the most outstanding sites with the coverage of the tummy.
- The length of the sleeve corresponds to the distance from the humerus to the thumb with the straightened arm and to the base of the wrist with the elbow bent at the elbow.
- The length of the panties or skirt is measured from the waist to the desired level.
After the pattern is ready, it remains only to sew the product. It is important to remember that for everyday things, the seams should be outside. This will relieve the delicate baby skin from irritation and rubbing.