Mini Hedgerow Dungarees

Here are my baby dungarees to fulfill my Mum and bub matchy matchy dreams. 





My baby was a few months shy of 1 when I sewed these dungarees and her measurements were a bit smaller than then smallest size available (the Hedgerow is designed for 12m and above). However as I wanted to make something bubba would grow into this wasn't too much of an issue! 

At the time of sewing her waist was only 2cm smaller than what the pattern was designed for, and her hips only 1cm. However being a shortie at 68cm she was well under the 79-83cm height the 12m size was designed for. 


As I wanted her to get plenty of wear out of these I only took 1cm off the legs and instead compensated with a super deep hem (folded up 2.5cm, then 6.5cm).,with the idea that I'll let it out as she gets older. This meant I had to reshape the leg of the pants slightly to allow for this. 

For her waist I added in these buttonhole elastics (just left that portion of the seam allowance open, sewing down the edges), again allowing her room to grow.

This does mean the bib looks a bit big on her at the moment but given the rapid rate she's growing I don't anticipate this being an issue for long! The straps also had to be folded up at the back (again with the idea that I'll let it out and resew the buttonhole as she gets bigger!) 





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