Infant T-tunic

This is the basic tunic I put Rose in until she was about 6 months old.  Then I left out the pin tucks and made it a bit wider.

I made them in white linen and during summer that’s all she wore.  For cooler weather, she wears a woollen dress over the tunic.

Rose is still wearing the slightly wider version that I made 18months ago.  They’re just getting short.

Madonna and Child (c 1460)

Here is Rose wearing the larger tunic at Festival this year.

Larger tunic

And here’s the pattern

 

Rose’s Shoes

I made these shoes when Rose was 2 and a half, her shoe size was 7 or 8.

they’re from my bible – Shoes and Pattens, published by the Museum of London.

Here she is wearing them

Rose shoes

Shoes without Rose

And here is my pattern

A couple of notes;

I think this is the pattern I modified so that I could fit a thick sheepskin insole and I don’t think it worked very well.

There’s another pattern somewhere that fit Rose’s feet perfectly, but then couldn’t fit socks as well.

If I were making this pattern again I would use a heel stiffener.

Rose’s next pair of shoes will be ankle boots

 

Bodice block for a toddler

I got this pattern from a nifty book, published in Melbourne in 1947! It’s called “Clothes for your children” and it was published by The Argus, a newspaper that doesn’t exist any more.

I used this bodice pattern to make a generic 15th-16th C frock. I made the skirt from 8 trapezoids and made the hem EXTRA long – about 20cm, nearly a third of the skirt length. I used trapezoids so I didn’t have to gather the skirt onto the bodice.

I made the bodice lace in the front, with overlap so I could make it wider and she wears it with a linen t-tunic style underdress (pattern here) , lace on separate sleeves (so I didn’t have to fit the sleeve cap) a white bib and apron. The apron and bib meant that I didn’t have to wash the woollen dress everytime she ate.

Here’s a picture

Rose at Festival

This still fits Rose 2 years later – now it’s about 20cm too short!

And here’s the pattern for the bodice – you’ll have to make your own pattern for the skirt;

one year old bodice pattern

 

A hood for a child

This is the pattern I used to make a hood for myself. The “skirt” is about 5cm too short for me (or maybe my dresses are too low cut?)

But its works really well as Rose’s second hood. She’s worn it since she was 18months old. See?

Rose wearing her hood

And here’s the pattern I measured from the real thing, ‘cos I didn’t make a pattern when I made it. If you click on the picture, you can download a pdf of it. The measurements are in millimeters

child hood pattern

The hood is based on a picture in  Textiles and Clothing published by the Museum of London.

Interesting side note: the picture (which isn’t in the google book result) is listed as being based on the Hours of Milan, c 1380.  BUT  The Hours of Milan, elsewhere in the internet, are attributed to Jan Van Eyck in 1422,