I’m about to make the bedtime story pajamas for my daughter who is 10. As the pattern is only sized to 8, and she is big for 10 years old, I want to increase the size of the neck opening. I haven’t made the pattern in several years, so I’m a little uncertain as to how is the best way to go about it. I would really appreciate hearing your thoughts.
On the piece for the front, there are dots to indicate the end point of the shoulder seams. I am considering moving the placement of those dots towards the outside about 1/2″ and re-drawing the slope of the front to make it more open. I realize I also need to do something to the back to make it correspond.
Additionally, I will need to increase the chest size, as her chest matches the “finished” measurements. That seems straightforward- I think I can simply extend the side edge of both front and back pieces by about an inch.
I’m doing all this in a stretch. The sewing shop near my house had no voile or lawn, like I was hoping for and the little old ladies insisted that this cotton/poly stretch was the only fabric one would ever use to make pajamas. Actually, it will probably be good that it’s in a stretch so there is more ease as I’m pretty unsure about how it will all go down.
