When you are plus size AND pregnant, it can be challenging to get cute plus size, cheap clothing. Sewing your own is a great option, and changing  regular “store bought” patterns into plus size maternity styles is entirely feasible.

In fact, you can take the normal patterns that you like to use, and have on hand and change them so they can be used as maternity patterns.  Just a few simple changes to the patterns will give you a huge wardrobe of maternity clothes!  In addition, many of the maternity clothes can be changed back into regular clothing after the baby is born!

Here is a link to a guide on how to alter regular plus sized patterns for maternity. It costs about 15 bucks. Click this link to get the guide for Converting Patterns to Plus Size Maternity

This guide is great. Whether you’re looking for maternity dresses, maternity evening wear, maternity bridal gowns, maternity pants or whatever type of maternity clothes and maternity wear you’d like, this guide will help you get started on your sewing projects.

They show you how to take a variety of regular sewing patterns and make changes for stylish maternity sewing patterns, including the popular “under the belly” slacks, shorts, skirts AND “under the belly” panties!

Here are some more suggestions for how to adjust maternity or plus size patterns so they fit well.

Try a belly band. These are great for early to mid pregnancy as you can still wear your normal clothes but leave the buttons and zippers undone. The belly band hold up your clothes and covers the top so you can’t see the gap. I tried them first time this pregnancy and they are great. Ebay has some if you can’t find them anywhere else.

And here are some plus sized maternity patterns that go to size 30, which will enable you to make some stylish plus size cheap clothing:

http://www.northbreeze.com/Patterns/MaternityPatterns.htm

http://patternsthatfityou.com/Maternity.htm

Also, most plus sized clothes patterns should work if you make the belly a few inches bigger, or make looser fitting tops or dresses. I noticed many plus sized maternity patterns go to size 22, you can just make them all a little bigger by taking smaller seams.

Nice looking stylish maternity patterns and maternity clothing are usually very hard to find – especially if you’re not an “average” size.   Plus size maternity clothing is often very difficult to match the size you really need.  Even if the size is available, how many different “styles” of maternity clothes are available?  Pregnant women usually have very little to choose from. That’s why it makes a lot of sense to sew your plus size maternity clothes.

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