Call for pattern testers - CLOSED

Six months ago I put a free pattern and tutorial for a bubble dress online. While I received many pictures of super cute bubble dresses made with the pattern (check this out), it also became clear that there is room for improvement. The dress needed to be longer for the bigger sizes, and I also became increasingly ashamed over the amateuristic look of the patterns (they were just scans of hand-drawn patterns!). 

In the past few weeks, I finally learned to draw digital patterns, and after making a digital version of the peplum bubble dress patterns, it was time for improving the regular bubble dress patterns as well. Rather than just making a digital version of the same pattern, I started from scratch and drew all-new improved patterns. The differences with the old pattern are the following:

- better sizing (the dress is longer, especially for the higher ages)

- more sizes: instead of 2y - 4y - 6y - 8y, it is now 1y - 18m - 2y - 3y - 4y - 5y - 6y.

- a peter pan collar, which you can choose to leave on or off

- digitally drawn in really pretty colors :-)

- more detailed instructions are also on their way

Improving and digitalizing the patterns took me many more hours than I anticipated. In view of the time I put in it, and also taking into consideration the high quality of the new patterns, after much thought, I decided to no longer give it away for free. Instead, I will sell the pdf-patterns in an online webshop for a small price (probably around $7).

Therefore, I would also like to have the patterns tested properly. Currently, I'm still looking for pattern testers for the following sizes:

- 1 year
- 18 months
- 2 years
- 3 years
- 4 years
- 5 years
- 6 years


Being a pattern tester means that you:
- receive the pattern for free
- make the dress, and send me feedback and some pictures of the dress (worn, not on a hanger) within 3 weeks (2 if possible).

If you would like to be a pattern tester, please send an email to straightgrainblog [at] gmail.com, indicating which size you plan to make. Please rely on the table below to choose the right size, not just on the age of your child. Keep in mind that these are the dimensions of the finished dress, not of the child who should be wearing it ;-) So the easiest way of working is to take a well-fitting dress from your child's wardrobe, measure it up, and compare to the measures in the table.


Dimensions of the finished dress:

	1 year	18 months	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years
length (back neck to hem)  [in cm]	43,5	47	50	53,5	57,5	60,5	64
chest (circ.)  [in cm]	54	59,5	61	63	65,5	67,5	70
length (back neck to hem)  [in inch]	17.1	18.4	19.7	21.4	22.6	23.5	25.1
chest (circ.) [in inch]	21.2	23.5	24.0	24.9	25.8	26.6	27.5

Thank you in advance! :-)