Regular jeans can be turned into maternity pants in a few minutes. A tunic for expectant mothers is also sewn very quickly. During pregnancy, a woman should try to look beautiful, then she will have a great mood, which will have a positive effect on the child. Clothes for expectant mothers should be comfortable. If you do not want to buy new outfits while waiting for a child, then you can quickly turn old ones into beautiful and comfortable things. It is not necessary to spend a lot of time at the sewing machine for this. Many of the options for transforming things presented below are designed for just 10-40 minutes of work.
How to quickly convert pants into maternity pants?
If the term is still short, then you can use the following method.
Take a regular hair tie, pass one side of it through the hole for fastening the jeans, and tie it in a loop here. Now you will put the free end of the elastic on a button or button, thus improving the fastener.
The following maternity pants presented are very comfortable to wear. For them you will need:
- pants;
- a small piece of jersey;
- threads;
- a needle or sewing machine;
- scissors.
Cut out 2 wedges in the form of a triangle on the right and left of the trousers from the top from the waist down, attach them to the knitted fabric. Cut out 2 of these pieces, leaving an 8 mm seam allowance. From above, where the hem is on the belt, the allowance should be 1.5 cm.
Sew the cut out jersey parts in place of the cut ones on the trousers - on the right and left.
In almost the same way, you can sew for pregnant women, or rather, remake old jeans. In this case, cut out the wedges not at the side, but at the top of the front pockets, also replace these parts with knitted inserts.
The next option is ideal for the last months of pregnancy. Peel off the waistband, zipper, and cut the upper front from the jeans.
Now attach the jeans to the knitted fabric, you need to cut out 2 parts - the back and front yoke. The back should be slightly above the waist, and the front should be semicircular at the bottom. To create this line, by attaching jeans to the knitwear, outline the bottom semicircular part along the cutout. At the top of the yokes, leave 2 cm for the hem. If you want the jeans to fit tighter on top, then leave 4 cm on the hem to fold this part of the fabric, sew and insert a wide, not tight elastic band.
To sew the yoke of the trousers, first sew the front and back from the sides. Then turn the knit inside out, fold it over the jeans with the front pieces. Join, topstitch, iron the seam and the maternity jeans are ready.
Outerwear for expectant mothers from the husband's T-shirt
If your significant other has a clothing size larger than you, then you can make your beloved man an unexpected surprise by turning his T-shirt into a tunic for yourself. A pattern is not required for this model. All you need is:
- T-shirt;
- scissors;
- crayon;
- pins;
- needle and thread;
- sewing machine.
Any other loose T-shirt can be used to create a tunic.
Place it on the table with the front facing you, fold it in half. Deepen the neckline by making the semicircular neckline here deeper than it was. Step back 5 cm from the edge, cut a tape of this width parallel to it.
In order for tunics for pregnant women to dress well, you need to provide a fastener. In this model, a vertical cut is made on the top of the back, then it is turned and a button and an eyelet are sewn on.
Collect the resulting cutout from the front with a thread with a needle, then attach the previously cut U-shaped part, stitch it here.
To make the large sleeve more elegant, you can redesign it in any of the two ways:
- For the first, you need to turn the shirt inside out, draw a new line on the sleeve and top of the side, then sew along the basting.
- If you use the second method, then rip off the sleeve completely, draw on it another, smaller size. Create a new line for the armhole and side, and sew.
The photo demonstrates how the sleeves are transformed in both ways for a tunic for pregnant women.
You can decorate the edges of the sleeves with flounces made from T-shirt scraps. Fold the tape we cut out earlier, fold it in half, wrap it around the neck of the T-shirt, and stitch it in.
Decorate the yoke with buttons, after which the tunic is ready.
Maternity lace tunic
You won't need a pattern for this adorable model either. All you need:
- lace fabric;
- ready-made lace collar;
- braid from the same material and fabric.
Fold the lace in half across so that the front is just below the back. Attach the collar in place, outline its top on the fabric, cut out.
To finish the neckline, stitch the matching lace or knit ribbon to the front of the neckline first. Then turn the hem to the other side, and sew the maternity tunic from the inside out. To make a belt, simply twist the lace with ribbon, sew in the front, and tie at the back.
You got such a wonderful new thing in just 30 minutes.
Patterns of tunics for pregnant women
Similar tunics for pregnant women can be sewn from other fabrics, thereby diversifying your wardrobe for the magical period of waiting for the baby.
The presented pattern of the tunic will help you easily sew a new outfit.
To create a new thing, you will need to take a few measurements to find out:
- girth of the neck;
- length from shoulder to waist;
- waist or hips;
- product length.
It is better to make the tunic loose so that it can be worn in the third trimester of pregnancy. Adjusts the width of the product with elastic, threaded into the drawstring.
Take something from this:
- a large sheet of paper;
- glued newspapers;
- tracing paper;
- graph paper.
Place a dot in the upper left corner, marking to the right a value equal to a third of the half-girth of the neck, plus 5 mm. Further, moving along a horizontal line, set aside 2–3 cm for the neckline. Then from the resulting point another 20 cm for the shoulder and sleeves.
From the shoulder down, set the length to the waist, draw a horizontal line. This is where the elastic drawstring will be.
If you have a long gestation period, then the width of the future product is determined by the girth of the abdomen, do not forget to add free fitting for the allowance. If the period is short, when the pattern of the tunic is drawn, the width of the product is determined by the girth of the hips. The back pattern is created on the same basis, but make the cutout for it small or do not make it at all. Now fold the fabric in half, pin the front pattern on it, and below the back. Outline, marking the waistline, cut with seam allowances on the side of 8 mm, and at the bottom 1.5 cm.
Stitch the front and back at shoulder and side seams, hem the bottom. If you do not know what this word means - file it.
Cut out the hem of the neck from the fabric according to the markings on the pattern, sew it into place. Sew a drawstring from the inside out, thread an elastic band into it, sew that one. You now have another tunic outfit.
Other sewing patterns for pregnant women
Below are a few more models that are very lightweight in execution.
To create such a new thing, you need a fabric 1 meter 40 cm wide. First, draw a pattern. The photo shows that the length from one sleeve to the other is 1 meter 20 cm. The width of the sleeve folded in half is 20 cm. Based on the hint, redraw the pattern on paper, then on the fabric. Cut with seam allowances.
Fold the back and shelf right sides to each other, stitch on the shoulders, and then on the sides and armpits. Finish the neckline with a bias tape, jersey tape, or pre-cut piping here.
The low belt is 17 cm high and 92 cm wide. Cut it out, sew the side parts together, sew to the gathered bottom of the maternity tunic.
In the next model, you can walk not only during the waiting period for the child, but also at other times, for example, on a beach vacation.
The back and front consist of the same rectangles. But a V-neck is made on the neck of the shelf. It must be edged, the back and the front part must be sewn on the shoulders and on the sides, the product must be hemmed, after which the tunic, sewn by hand, is ready. If you want warmth in such clothes and hands, then pay attention to the following model.
It's also easy to sew for pregnant women or just for fashion-conscious women. A canvas with a width of 120, a length of 65 cm is cut out. If you do not want to make unnecessary seams, then fold the fabric across in half, mark down 65, and sideways 120 cm, cut. Expand the canvas. As you can see, you have a one-piece tunic. It will only have two seams that separate the arms from the sides. Sew along the indicated basting, cut and shape the neckline.
This is how not only a tunic for pregnant women is made, but also beachwear. If you want to learn how to sew a dress for pregnant women, the video will help you with this. This model is also simple to implement:
But such a tunic can be sewn for pregnant women, if the period is still short. This new outfit will suit any fashionista:
The video below will simplify the task when reworking jeans:
