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Maternity Wear

    Re: Maternity Wear
    Reply #15 on: October 11, 2008, 10:38:29 AM
    This doesn't help for online tutorials, but some of the prettiest, trendy patterns I have seen are Jalie patterns:
    http://www.jalie.com/sewingpatterns/maternity.htm

    Also, these patterns are in Danish, but there are some really cute and simple maternity clothes patterns here.  You need to be a little more familiar with sewing to use them, because European patterns tend to make a lot of assumptions about the user knowing how to do things, unlike American patterns.  (For example, it would say "make a casing" and not explain how to do that.)  http://www.fjoelner.dk/varegrp.asp?la=uk&uart=50
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      Re: Maternity Wear
      Reply #16 on: October 12, 2008, 06:19:23 PM
      I havent tried this tutorial yet but I am no longer fitting into my jeans so it about time I tried (24 weeks here!)

      http://creativelittledaisy.typepad.com/creative_little_daisy/2007/10/250-maternity-j.html

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        Re: Maternity Wear
        Reply #17 on: December 27, 2008, 05:16:06 PM
        I'm pregnant too and although I'm not showing yet (10 weeks along!), or will be for another little while, I still want to be prepared! I found that Burda has some cute maternity patterns. I especially like 7800. Unfortunately sometimes the smallest size is 10 (37.5" bust) and so I'll be posting a question about how to shrink a pattern!

        Good luck finding what you're looking for. And thanks to everyone for commenting. You're all so helpful!
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          Re: Maternity Wear
          Reply #18 on: December 28, 2008, 12:16:30 AM
          I'm at 22 weeks myself and am loving sewing my own maternity clothes when I can find fabric.  It seems like all of the ready-to-wear stuff is either super expensive, huge, or has really ugly colors.  I just made myself 2 tops from Butterick 5217.  It's not a maternity pattern, but it's plenty roomy in the places it needs to be roomy in.  I made it 2 sizes bigger than I usually am and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to wear both tops through the rest of my pregnancy.  Right now, I'm just wearing a belt just below my bust since I'm not that big yet.

          This is also a super easy pattern and it doesn't take a ton of fabric to make. 

            Re: Maternity Wear
            Reply #19 on: January 25, 2009, 09:34:27 AM
            You could also find an empire-waist top pattern in non-maternity wear and alter it pretty easily for the bump. I did a few shirts this way when I was pregnant:

            http://www.flickr.com/photos/supamb/436462827/

            and this is how i redrew the shirt front:
            http://www.flickr.com/photos/supamb/2468438251/in/set-72157594204770081/

            Good luck, and congratulations!

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