TODDLER'S FROCK
This baby frock is used for toddlers (newborn to three years old). Its upper part is known as the bodice or yoke and the lower part is the skirt. It can be varied with different styles like a collar or maybe made decorative by using lace, frill, smoking, embroidery, applique,
etc.
Detailed features: It can be done with, (1) Pintuck or lace on the front yoke. (2) Opening at back up to
half the full length. (3) Skirt joined to the yoke by gathering or tiny pleats.
(4) Puffed sleeve. (5)Decorative stitches by colored threads at the bottom
round.
Measurement Required:
Below is the standard measurement for a One-year-old baby.
Chest………........50 cm
(20”) Shoulder…...........…..11.5 cm (4 ½”)
Bodice length…..10 cm (4”) Sleeve
with shoulder...23 cm (9”)
Frock length….....45 cm (18”) Sleeve –round…….....16.5 cm (6 ½”)
Bodice length =one-fourth chest minus 2.5 cm (1”)
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR DRAFTING
Front Bodice:
Square lines from 0, on a four-layer fold
with folds at 1-0 and 4-0.
1-0
= bodice length plus 1 cm(1/4”).
2-0
= one -twelfth chest.
3-0
= one-twelfth chest plus 1 cm (1/4”)
4-0
= one-twelfth chest plus 1 cm (1/4”)
Square
down from 4 to 5
6-4 =
1.5 cm (1/2”).join 2-6.
Shape scye 6-5
7-1 =
1.5 cm (1/2”).shape 7-5.
Portion
1-7-5 is only for the front.
Back:
8-0 = 1.5 cm (1/2”).
Shape
neck 8-2.
9-5 =
1.5 cm (1/2”).
Shape
scye 6-9.
After cutting the patterns of front and back will look like
fig. 3 and 4.
If tucks are to be used for the front, They should be first taken on the material before cutting it. The extra
material required for tucks is shown by 0-4-5-9 in fig .5.
Skirt (see fig.2 on page 80).
Full length of frock less bodice length = skirt length.
The bottom round of the skirt is generally kept double the chest
measure plus about 25 cm (10”).
Take two layers of material (the upper for the front and lower
for the back), with a fold at 10-11.
11-10 =skirt length plus 1.5cm (1/2”)
12-10 and 13-11= one-fourth chest, extra material for gathers or pleats.
14-12 =one-fourth chest, extra material for gathers or
pleats.
15-13 =one-fourth chest plus 6.5 cm 9(2 ½”) or
15-11 =one-fourth-bottom round plus 1 cm (1/4”)
Join 14-15. 16-15 =1.5 cm (1/2”)
Shape bottom 13-16. 17-14 =2.5 cm (1”).
18-12 =same as 5 to 1 of the bodice.
Shape front scye 18-17.
19-18 = 1.5cm(1/2”).Shape back scye 19-17.
Keep 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4”) below 11-13-16 for inturns.
The unfolded parts in fig. 6:
1 =Back skirt, 2=front skirt, 3=front bodice
4 =back bodice, 5 and 6= sleeves.
