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Using just a few simple sewing techniques, discover the easy way to create fun and stylish outfits for young children (0 to 5 years). By combining a few easy-to-learn stitches with great fabrics and trims, expert seamstress Emma Hardy explains how to make beautiful yet practical clothes for your children. Choose from 25 different projects, including party frocks and pinafore dresses, simple shirts and elasticated trousers, sleepwear and accessories, such as hats, bibs, bootees and aprons. There are clothes for young boys and girls, toddlers and babies, plus full-size paper patterns that can easily be scaled to suit different ages. Packed with useful tips and sewing techniques, Making Childrens Clothes provides a comprehensive guide to creating fantastic items that your child will love to wear.
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Emma Hardy is a stylist and designer who has worked on various lifestyle and interiors magazines, including Country Homes and Interiors and Marie Claire. Her previous books include Sewing in No Time (ISBN 9781906094256), Quilting in No Time (ISBN 9781906525293), Fast, Fun Cards (ISBN 9781904991304) and Green Crafts for Children (ISBN 9781904094744), all published by CICO.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book off a shelf at a store so knew it was primarily girls clothes, suits me fine. I liked a lot of the items and from reading through, the patterns seem fairly straightforward to make (I am a relative beginner). There are a few patterns for boys, not many but I will make the PJs, dressing gown and possible the shorts for my son. Some gorgeous skirts, pants and tops for girls. Photography is beautiful in it and the patterns look so achieveable I made the cover item straight away in only a few hours from some leftover fabric. It turned out lovely, I can't wait to try something else.
If you are new to sewing/dressmaking this would be a good buy, but if you are more accomplished it might be a little too simple.
If you are new to sewing/dressmaking this would be a good buy, but if you are more accomplished it might be a little too simple.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I haven't tried any patterns becuase I only got the book yesterday-but like the other reviewers I agree it is very biased towards girls. There are only a couple of boys items, and the boys shirt is not particularly trendy!
The book says clothes from 0-5 years but the majority of the patterns are for 2-5 yrs with a couple of items for babies, for example the very cute shoes are 0-9 months so too small for my daughter who is just going into 12-18 months size but practically everything else is too big for her, although I will look at scaling down the patterns.
Don't get me wrong, once she is bigger I will make lots and lots of the designs in the book, it is beautifully photographed with really clear instructions I just feel it should have been titled Making clothes for Girls!
The book says clothes from 0-5 years but the majority of the patterns are for 2-5 yrs with a couple of items for babies, for example the very cute shoes are 0-9 months so too small for my daughter who is just going into 12-18 months size but practically everything else is too big for her, although I will look at scaling down the patterns.
Don't get me wrong, once she is bigger I will make lots and lots of the designs in the book, it is beautifully photographed with really clear instructions I just feel it should have been titled Making clothes for Girls!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Couldn't wait to get this book but started making the trousers for my daughter and the pattern literally doesn't work - asked advice from my friend who is a Childrens' clothes designer (and my trusty Nan!) neither could make sense of it and I ended up moderating it and using my friend's pattern which disappointed me as was hoping to do these patterns alone! Now reluctant to try any more as I feel a bit let down. Nice ideas though and handy to have the patterns full size - maybe I will give it the benefit of the doubt and try something else.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
making children's clothes
I have made 3 dresses for my grandaughter's i am very happy how they turned out, simple patterns to follow. Read more
Published 1 month ago by daisy
Stunning simplicity
Emma Hardy has put together a beautiful book of stunning children's clothes. The clothes are gorgeous but are fairly easy to make. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Marty the Moo
Patterns and styles I want to sew
This is a wonderful book. Looking through there are a lot of patterns that I'd like to use and I have sewn the hat and tiered skirt and am very happy with how they've turned out... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A D Herriot
Making Childrens clother
This is an excellent book for a novice or experienced dressmaker, it has a lot of variety and can be adapted. The patterns a geared mostly to girls however.
Published 4 months ago by J. L. Noble-taylor
Wonderfull book, but be carefull if you do not buy the english copy
I buy the portuguese translated copy, it's amazing what a bad translation can do to a book. The translation is awfull, errors, mistakes, bad interpretation of the english language,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Filoselle
Great ideas but full of mistakes and omissions
I am a very experienced stitcher and have found errors and omissions in the patterns I have tried. Clearly the patterns have not been tested as often they would not work in the way... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jennie Caminada
very good book
Bought for my daughter for her birthday. She as just started making clothes for the grandkids and for friends children
Published 8 months ago by happy shopper
Childrens Clothing
This book is full of exciting but practical ideas for making childrens clothing it also gives the user plenty of ideas for making the clothing different and original.
Published 9 months ago by LesleyJoan
Disappointing
Was very excited to get this book as the photos make the projects look wonderful. Have tried two of the projects so far (pinafore dress and capri pants) and found both to be... Read more
Published 9 months ago by ElizaBGoode
great children's clothes
My friend was given this book for Mothers Day but I had to buy my own copy. I have now made the gipsy skirt twice as my daughter loves it so much, the PJ bottoms and the boys... Read more
Published 12 months ago by rsellars
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