Use a basic baby pattern block to make a tracksuit for a baby. Sizes:- birth to 2 years.
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I’m making presents for my niece’s birthday, so I thought I’d share the pattern and process with you
Download PDF Pattern
Free PDF Sewing Pattern Sleeve
Free PDF Sewing Pattern Back pants
Free PDF Sewing Pattern Front Pants
Free PDF Sewing Pattern Top
How to Color Block
To color block the pattern and add in sections, such as a stripe across the front and into the side of the pants, see my tutorial below
Printing your pattern
Download the pattern from Itsostylish.com. Print it out as A4 sheets using Adobe Reader in poster print mode. Select cut marks and tiling on the poster setting in Adobe Reader. Print out the Boho cropped top in your chosen size.
Stick the pattern pieces together at the cut marks using clear tape.
Notions
Knitted elastic 2.5cm wide. ½ meter
Sewing machines
Scissors
Tailor’s chalk or scrap of bath soap
0.5m of knitted tracksuit fabric
Sewing thread
Computer
Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader is free to download
Printer
Printing paper
Adjusting the basic block
Top :
_Add 1cm to the pattern piece at the fold line from the neck to the bottom
_Make 2 sections of this pattern. 1 for the front and 1 for the back.
_Cut the neckline at the front down by 5cm.
_Section the back and front into 3 pieces according to preference and cut it out. Redraw sections adding seam allowance
Pants
_Add 2.5cm to the waistline at the top of the pants, back and front for the elastic
_Cut 1cm off the side of the back and front to accommodate a 3cm stripe down the side.
_Cut the stripe 3 cm wide, to the length of the side of the pants
Waist sizes
_Birth 41cm
_3 months 44cm
_6 months 45cm
_12 months 47cm
_18 months 49cm
_24 months 51cm
Cut the elastic for the waist at 60% of these measurements
Cutting the tracksuit
_Lay the pattern pieces on the fabric and cut out the sections.
_Slit the front neck and nick at regular intervals for the laceup tabs (nicks 3cm apart and you want to add two plus one the the neck opening so slit it 7cm and mark at 3 and 6cm)
_Cut strips of fabric down the side of the fabric for the binding.
Sewing the Tracksuit
_Attach 6cm length loops (folded in half) to the nicks on the top half of the front of the top.
_Sew the back to the front, right sides together at the shoulders.
_Sew a binding around the loop and the neck edge, leaving enough at the neck opening to fold into a loop.
_Sew in the stripes.
_Nick the sleeves in the center of the armhole edge. Sew in sleeves
_Sew back to front from sleeve edges (right sides together)
_Cut rib trim at 60% of width for sleeves and waist (9cm wide). Attach.
_Straight stitch the loops so that they fall to the neck edge.
Pants
_Sew the stripe to the side of front and back
_Sew the pants, right sides together under the crotch
_Sew the elastic together in a circle
_Sew elastic to waist evenly by stretching in quarters as you sew.
_Add rim trim (see rule above)
_Stitch down elastic
Press and enjoy
All images, video and patterns are my own
Images taken with my iPad
Pattern made using the software I wrote
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