The Fit

 

This is tough – Babies and Toddlers are all different sizes! Short, Tall, Chubby, Skinny, Long Arms, Short Torsos – no different from adults but I need to get some averages.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Newborn Jacket

The first baby that gets to try this on is my Granddaughter Remy.  After all, she was the inspiration! 

Cute eh?  But does it fit?  The bow is tied way too big (my fault – I tied it) and I think I need to shorten the ends but that is only cosmetic and has nothing to do with the real fit.  What about the sleeves?  Is the neck too tight and high under her chin?  What about the body length?  Is it too much fabric around her body?

Obviously I need to try it on some other bodies!

 

 

 

 

I enlisted an employee of a friend who has two little girls 18 months and 3 years old.  I took several sizes to their home for a fitting and came away even more confused.  The 18 month old was chubbier than her 3 year old sister.  Hmm, what to do…

The next fitting was with Kaylee, daughter of the owner of Essenza Boutique in Scottsdale where I sell my women’s jackets.  She is adorable and will be my one of my on going “fit models” when I don’t have access to Remy.

This was interesting because I noticed shoulders were so different too!  How in the world will I ever figure out the correct fit?  What do I know of babies and toddlers?  It has been a million years since I was  there!

I think it is back to the drawing board with the sizes.  Maybe it won’t be a total revamp but I do need to at least make my sizes consistent.  I don’t think it matters that they compare exactly with other manufacturers because it appears one manufacturers 6 month size is an other’s newborn or even an other’s 9 month.  I just need to have my patterns always exactly the same with no variation.

But… Here is the next delimmna and it is a biggie - causing me too many wide awake hours in the middle of the night. 

What about the closures???