Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Of your DD Jean size, my DGD is 13, tall and skinny, wears size 1 jeans with very long length. She is all legs. She finds them at Rue 21, Wet Seal, Holister, any store that caters to only teen clothes.
Yeah, we tried those plus some local consignment shoppes ~ she's basically fitting well into a size 1/2 now, we're making it work. Sometimes she'll find a pair of 3/4 or 5/6 that she loves at a thrift store she loves, and I'll disassemble them and retailor them to fit her bod. Her school mandates uniforms, and school uniforms aren't made for tall skinny kids! So I have to make all her skirts (luckily she's a tomboy, so I only have to make a few 2x/year now)... otherwise, off-the-rack skirts are mini's on her, as she's all legs :) She does still love when mom makes her clothes... that makes me feel good! Many of her friends have asked her "where'd you get that!" and she just smiles and says "my mom designed it"
it has been a great journey with fashion design with her. I have a very mathematical mind, and being an artist, have become quite adept at taking any garment pattern out there and altering it to my liking / needs. Have even designed a few of my own garments, but have no idea how to publish (due to size of pieces).
I have also invented a couple really neat quilting/embellishment tools, would love to patent them and sell them, but have no idea how. One makes couching with multiple threads a breeze, and the other is a tool that helps decide if a fabric is fussy-cut worthy while you're at the store (for when we all see a fabric that speaks to us) So far I've been lucky and F&P and Dritz haven't invented the same items :) :mrgreen: