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4X maternity patterns
My daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs 4X maternity clothes. Does
anyone know of any available patterns in this size? Does anyone know of ready made clothes in this size? Thanks Karen |
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Try the following:
www.lanebryant.com both regular and maternity I think www.chadwicks.com clothes.....not sure about maternity Look for the Women's sizes "Terry Unkelhaeuser" wrote in message ... My daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs 4X maternity clothes. Does anyone know of any available patterns in this size? Does anyone know of ready made clothes in this size? Thanks Karen |
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Terry Unkelhaeuser wrote:
My daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs 4X maternity clothes. Does anyone know of any available patterns in this size? Does anyone know of ready made clothes in this size? Thanks Karen Hmph! The very best of luck to you in your search! When I was pregnant, I found that according to clothing manufacturers no-one above a size 18 gets pregnant and therefore there are *no* RTW clothes and especially *no* patterns for larger women! I can't think why this is the case, but I found not a sausage for myself and wound up altering patterns considerably and making my maternity clothing by trial and error. I *hope* you manage to find things for your DIL, but AFAICT, there's precious little available! -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia PS. FWIW, chopping out the front piece of a pair of pants and inserting a maternity panel is easy enough to do. PPS. You can take an ordinary blouse or T-shirt pattern and simply make the front about six inches longer and slightly circular in profile at the front hem. It will be too long for a short while, but then will expand to fit the growing tummy! Toward the end of the pregnancy, it can help to slit the side seams to allow extra room. HTH...? |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:33:35 GMT, Terry Unkelhaeuser wrote:
My daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs 4X maternity clothes. Does anyone know of any available patterns in this size? Does anyone know of ready made clothes in this size? Thanks Karen Do a Google search for '4X maternity wear' - it brings up too many RTW sites to list here, but your DIL will be spoiled for choice - this market is much bigger than it used to be. She might find www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/ useful too - answers lots of questions, such as how she might expect her measurements to change, and has a resource list, including pattern manufacturers and books on sewing outsize maternity and nursing wear. Connie Amaden-Crawford's patterns at http://fashionpatterns.com are specially sized for figures up to 7X and although they don't include maternity wear, some patterns could be adapted - she also drafts pants patterns to fit the individual, so it might be worth contacting her. HTH anyway. Trish |
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Terry Unkelhaeuser wrote in
: My daughter-in-law is pregnant and needs 4X maternity clothes. Does anyone know of any available patterns in this size? Does anyone know of ready made clothes in this size? Thanks Karen Simplicity and Mccall's both have patterns that are sized up to a 20 or 22. You just have to look at each pattern (not every pattern goes up to that size). For ready-to-wear try www.motherwear.com for a nice selection. Also, www.motherhood.com has a lot of plus size stuff, and they also have outlet stores, but their return policy is very strict (store credit in most cases and I think you have only two weeks to get that) so make sure it is something that she will like/want. JC Penny's and Sears both have plus sized maternity as well (though with JC Penny, the catalog has more than the store). I think Old Navy, the Gap and Target have some items up to a XXL, which I'm not sure corresponds exactly to a 4X, but their return policy is very liberal so it might be worth taking a look. HTH! -j -- |
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Trishty wrote:
Do a Google search for '4X maternity wear' - it brings up too many RTW sites to list here, but your DIL will be spoiled for choice - this market is much bigger than it used to be. She might find www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/ useful too - answers lots of questions, such as how she might expect her measurements to change, and has a resource list, including pattern manufacturers and books on sewing outsize maternity and nursing wear. Connie Amaden-Crawford's patterns at http://fashionpatterns.com are specially sized for figures up to 7X and although they don't include maternity wear, some patterns could be adapted - she also drafts pants patterns to fit the individual, so it might be worth contacting her. HTH anyway. Trish Sigh! Where were you when *I* needed this stuff, Trish??? ;-D -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Hi I was a 4X when I was preggers. I put the stretchy panels in m
pants....including old jeans....and they were wonderfully comfortable. wasn't too worried about the quality of my work at that time as my top hid the panel If you want to buy some well made large tops eBay has plus siz designers that offer tops, loungers, tunics, etc that might be comfortable---d zines:cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&include=0&user id=d zines&sort=3&rows=25&since=-1&rd= And fabrictoyou:iewSellersOtherItems&include=0&userid= fabrictoyou&sort=3&rows=25&since= 1&rd= You might try all-plus-sizes: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ems&userid=all plus-sizes&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=2 Good luck Beck - Kitty Fluf Posted via MooTal http://mootalk.com |
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On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 00:37:49 +1100, Trish Brown wrote:
Sigh! Where were you when *I* needed this stuff, Trish??? ;-D Sorry I don't know why I know this stuff - I'm a UK size 14 and don't have kids - but I just seem to end up making things for people who are either bigger or more pregnant than I am... Totally forgot to say, along my usual tub-thumping lines, that caftans, djellabahs, kimonos and other ethnic wear are fab for any size and shape of body. I have instructions for making all of these using your own measurements, should the said DIL want them. www.galleryafrica.com has a great range of free-size garments in African prints, including caftans and dashikis. Trish |
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Trishty wrote:
www.galleryafrica.com has a great range of free-size garments in African prints, including caftans and dashikis. Trish Wow! Those are gorgeous!! -- Joanne http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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