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TAKING MEASUREMENTS

The child to be measured should stand erect and steadily. The child to be measured must not try to give help in taking the measurement, because any movement on her part may change the apparent length of a line and lead to inaccuracy of the measurement. When taking measurements to or from the waist, it is best to begin by determining the position of the child’s waist line. Tie a piece of cord tightly round the waist of the child, pressing the cord well down into position.

Please note that some measurements do NOT always translate into a particular measurement on the dress.

For example, some dresses have no waist.

The measurements that are needed most often are as follows:— Shoulder to waist {front). — Starting from the neck point of the shoulder line measure to near the middle of front waist.

measure shoulder to waist

Neck to waist {back}. — Starting from the nape of the child’s neck measure to the waist at the middle of back.

neckline to waist line

Neck.—Measure round the base of the neck easily. It may be more accurate to wrap a piece of cord around the neck easily and then measure the length of cord.

Chest.—Starting 2 or 3 inches below the neck line, measure horizontally from armhole to armhole. This starting point line gives the usual level of a plain straight yoke.

This is usually called the bust measurement

measure from shoulder center line near neck to bottom edge of dress.

width of back at shoulders

neckline to sleeve line

waist

waist line

Chart of Approximate Body Measurements (taken in inches) for Various Ages. The sizes may vary among styles. The patterns are designed for the girl who has not yet begun to mature.

Size	Height	Shoulder to Waist	Waist to Knee	Shoulder to Knee	Shoulder to Ground	Neck	Chest	Waist	Hip	ArmLength	ArmholeWidth
6 months	28	7	9	15	22	7 ¼	9	19	20	8	9
1 yr	31	7	10	17	25	7 ¼	9	20	21	9	9
18 months	33	8	11	18 ½	24	8	9	21	22	9 ½	9 ½
2	34	8	12	20	28	9	9	22	25	10	10
3	36	9	13	22	31	9 ½	9 ½	23	26	11	10
4	39	10	14	24	34	10	9 ½	24	27	12	11
5	41	10 ½	15	25 ½	37	10	10	24	27	13	11
6	43	11	16	27	39	10	10 ½	25	28	13	11
7	45	11 ½	17	28 ½	41	10 ½	10 ½	25	29	14	11
8	47	12	17	29	43	10½	10½	25	31	15	12
10	47½	12	17½	29	43¼	11	11	25½	31¼	15½	12¼
12	48	12¼	18	29¼	43½	10½	11½	26	31½	16	12½
16				41¼			18¼

Chart of Approximate Body Measurements (taken in centimeters) for Various Ages. The sizes may vary among styles. The patterns are designed for the girl who has not yet begun to mature.

Size	Height (cm)	Shoulder to Waist (cm)	Waist to Knee (cm)	Shoulder to Knee (cm)	Shoulder to mid calf (cm)	Shoulder to Ground (cm)	Length of skirt from waist to mid calf (cm)	Neck (cm)	Chest (cm)	Waist (cm)	Hip (cm)	ArmLength (cm)	ArmholeWidth (cm)
6 months	71	18	24	32	42	56	31	18	23	48	51	20	23
1 yr	79	18	25	43	52	63	35	18	23	51	53	23	23
18 months	84	20	27	47	59	66	36	20	23	53	58	23	23
2	86	20	31	51	60	71	41	23	23	56	63	25	25
3	91	23	33	56	66	79	44	24	24	58	66	28	25
4	99	25	36	61	72	86	48	25	24	61	69	30	28
5	104	27	38	65	78	94	52	25	25	61	69	33	28
6	109	28	41	69	83	99	56	25	27	63	71	33	28
7	114	29	43	72	87	104	59	27	27	63	74	36	28
8	119	30	44	74	90	109	61	27	27	63	79	38	30

Note: the hemline should fall at mid calf for many smocked dresses.

That would be midway between knee and the ground. That would put the shoulder to hemline for an 8 year old at about 36 inches.

In measuring children for garments, it must be remembered that children are expected to grow.

A child's average yearly height growth is 2 inches. Regarding the length of the garment, to size for the next year after the measurements are taken, the length of the garment should be made 1 or 2 inches larger than the present measurement.

The change in width, such as chest, waist or shoulders, due to growth, is much slower. An estimated measurement made of width, over clothing, is probably sufficient to last for some time.

Children outgrow their clothes rapidly. However, Bumba Bella’s hand smocked dresses have an advantage. The hand smocked dresses have “grow features” because of the nature of the smocking stitch. The natural elasticity of the smocking stitch allows the garment to ‘expand’ and ‘grow’ with the child to some extend.

Also, the hemline of our dresses usually has enough extra cloth so as to allow the hemline to be lowered by 2 inches.

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