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   Jean_ | Dec 30, 2000 10:16pm | #1

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   This may be helpful to you..

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   kath_taylor | Jan 28, 2001 11:28am | #2

   *kristi, try this. Cut your normal size skirt pattern a little bigger to allow for the extra weight that you will be carrying in your legs. Cut a piece of stretch fabric in the shape of a half circle and cut the part out of your skirt where your tummy normally sits. make sure you leave a seam allowance on it. Sew the two together with the straight piece of the circle at the waist edge. , make sure you have an elastic waistband and presto! Instant maternity wear that you can wear with a long tunic top. have fun Kath

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   jungman | Mar 08, 2001 02:57am | #3

   *I've been trying to do this, too. the panel kath suggested works, but i'd rather make a few clothes i can re-alter later to fit after i've lost the bulge.Slash your skirt or pants pattern vertically in one or two places, down maybe a foot past the hip (i ruined my first effort because i didn't run the slash low enough, which was tight because the thighs get much bigger, too). Fan it out so the waistline looks like it would accomodate your future belly, and add a little arced height also. When they are sewn together,try on and baste in short darts from the waistline down, or add elastic. Made like this, you should be able to remake them later to fit when you've lost the weight, without the maternity panel making you feel dumpy.

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   jungman | Mar 08, 2001 03:00am | #4

   *Forgot to mention that you reverse the method for dresses and tops: slash up from the hem to near the neck or shoulder (you want to add room as far up as the breast, but you need to slash further so the pattern fans out smoothly and the outside line flows rather than curves suddenly)