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maker: 'unknown'
caption: 'A Penelope modeled with a baby bump'
date: '2022-04-05'
intro: 'The maker made the following adjustments to adapt Penelope to work with knit fabric and her pregnant belly:'
title: 'Pregnant-lady Penelope'
tags: ['penelope']
---
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The maker made the following adjustments to adapt Penelope to work with knit fabric and her pregnant belly:
- Took new measurements with "waist" at the narrowest part of her body, which was several cm higher than normal, up at the ribcage
- Added 15cm to the vertical measurements, then used that length of swim elastic to scrunch the top 30cm or so on the side seams
- Omitted the back vent and trimmed the seam allowance on the straight side of the Back part to make it cut on fold
- Took the width of the darts out of the sides and waistband
- Reduced the ease to 0% (in advanced options) and sewed extra wide seam allowances, an imprecise method of accounting for the stretch of the fabric that ended up working out well
- She printed the pattern with a hem bonus of 10% and later took another ~1.5cm out of each side
She reports that this was very easy to sew without the zipper requirement of woven fabric, and that she is happy with the outcome!
![penelope_showcase_1.jpg](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/penelope_showcase_1_2fd395c37f.jpg)
![penelope3.jpg](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/penelope3_bdd59509cb.jpg)
![penelope4.jpg](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/penelope4_a4c0b919df.jpg)