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.

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.

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