We tell you how to take measurements and accurately determine the size of clothes according to the Burda table for your child. And also, how to read the signs and work with children's patterns.
This is done like this:
for the model to sit well on the figure, you need to take measurements correctly, compare them with the data in the corresponding Burda table and choose the appropriate size.
Tip:
You should not be guided by the size of the finished clothes that you usually buy in children's stores. These sizes do not always match the dimensions of the Burda. In stores, clothing sizes vary by manufacturer.
Important:
Before cutting it is necessary to take measurements. They are removed on top of underwear, previously tying the waist with a tight, for example rep, tape. Fix the tape. When taking measurements, the child should stand straight, but without tension.
1. Growth
measured from the top of the head to the feet.
2. Bust
measured across the widest part of the chest.
3. Waist
measured over a tape tied around the narrowest part of the body.
4. Hips
measured by the most prominent points of the buttocks.
5. Sleeve length
measured with a slightly bent arm at the elbow from the shoulder through the elbow to the wrist.
6. The length of the side seam without a belt
measured from the bottom of the tape at the waist to the foot.
7.Step Seam Length
measured on the inside of the leg from the groin to the foot.
8. Back length
measured from the seventh cervical vertebra along the mid-back line to the lower edge of the tape at the waist.
How to take measurements from a small child
After taking measurements:
you need to compare the measurements with the data in the corresponding table and select the most suitable size. If necessary, the pattern should be changed by as many centimeters as the measurements obtained differ from those given in the tables.
How to work with patterns
Sheets with patterns (1, 2 and 3) are located in the middle of the magazine. The magazine clips should be opened with an anti-stapler, ruler, coin or other hard and flat object, so as not to damage the fingers, and remove the sheets of patterns. Clips again to close. Lay out sheets of patterns.
In the instructions for the selected model, a reduced drawing of the details of the pattern is given. It shows what details are needed for this model and on which sheet of patterns they are on. In addition, the instructions contain the numbers of the pattern parts, the sizes and the lines of the pattern contours corresponding to them, and the amount in which each part should be cut out.
Example
This is how the reduced drawing of the pattern details looks like:
1 Front half of trousers 2 x
2 Rear half of trousers 2 x
3 Top cut with 1 x fold
a) 2 x tie belt
Contour lines for each size differ from each other:
Details of the pattern are transferred to tracing paper along the contour lines of the desired size.
Burda Size Charts. How to take measurements
Source and illustration: Burda special issue. Children 1/2019
