She isn't tall for her age, nor what you might call "well developed" for her age. In fact she's smaller than most of the kids in her age.
But she does fit a woman's size 8 (NZ sizing) in raincoats, almost fits a Warehouse pajama size XS AND is almost too big to fit a Simplicity size XS.
Today I whipped up a raglan-sleeve tee for TLM using the raglan tee pattern from my Sew U Home Stretch book (by Wendy Mullin). I used the XS size and some polyester/elastane jersey that has a nice dark green-to-pale mint ombre colour effect on it.
I added self-fabric sleeve and hem bands because the body and sleeves were a bit short (to be fair, the original pattern has three quarter length sleeves), and also around the neck (instead of ribbing 'cos I had none). I had to cut down the neck because it would have been too small to go around her head. Not sure if this was user error, or that a XS woman has a much smaller head than a pre-teen of the same body size.
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| the collar stands up a bit as it's not ribbing, but I like to think of it as a low funnel neck... |
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| it looks like I used contrast fabrics, but these are all cut from the same cloth, which is ombre dyed |
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