🤎 Balloon Dungarees — PDF Sewing Pattern
9 sizes, 6 months to 10 years · Cross-back straps that stay on the shoulders · Balloon legs with ankle bands · Bib pocket · A4, US Letter and A0 · Layered files
Every parent of a toddler in dungarees knows the strap that keeps sliding off the shoulder. These straps cross in the back, so they stay where they are, through climbing, crawling and being upside down on the sofa.
The legs are full and rounded, then gathered into a band at the ankle. Room to squat and climb, nothing dragging in the puddles, and a shape that grows with the child: what is ankle length this spring is still a good length next autumn.
No zip, no fly, no sleeves. The back waist is softly elasticated, the straps button at the bib, and the only buttonholes are on the straps — two on each, so the dungarees grow with the child by 4 cm (1½″). Gathering into a band is the one new technique, and the tutorial shows it step by step.
The files are layered: switch on your size, print that one only.
✔️ 9 sizes: 6M · 9M · 1Y · 2Y · 3Y · 4Y · 5–6Y · 7–8Y · 9–10Y
✔️ Step-by-step illustrated PDF tutorial
✔️ Print-at-home files in A4 and US Letter
✔️ Layered pattern files — print one size at a time
📏 Size Chart — Body Measurements (height · chest · waist · hip)
6 months: 68 cm / 26¾″ · 45 cm / 17¾″ · 45 cm / 17¾″ · 46 cm / 18″
9 months: 74 cm / 29¼″ · 47 cm / 18½″ · 46 cm / 18″ · 48 cm / 19″
1 year: 80 cm / 31½″ · 49 cm / 19¼″ · 47 cm / 18½″ · 50 cm / 19¾″
2 years: 92 cm / 36¼″ · 52 cm / 20½″ · 50 cm / 19¾″ · 54 cm / 21¼″
3 years: 98 cm / 38½″ · 54 cm / 21¼″ · 51 cm / 20″ · 56 cm / 22″
4 years: 104 cm / 41″ · 56 cm / 22″ · 52 cm / 20½″ · 59 cm / 23¼″
5–6 years: 116 cm / 45¾″ · 60 cm / 23½″ · 55 cm / 21¾″ · 64 cm / 25¼″
7–8 years: 128 cm / 50½″ · 65 cm / 25½″ · 58 cm / 22¾″ · 69 cm / 27¼″
9–10 years: 140 cm / 55″ · 70 cm / 27½″ · 61 cm / 24″ · 75 cm / 29½″
These are body measurements. Choose by height first. If your child falls between two sizes, size up.
✖️ Straps cross in the back and button at the bib, with two buttonholes each to grow with the child
🎈 Balloon legs gathered into ankle bands
👜 Patch pocket on the bib
🔄 Softly elasticated back waist
🚫 No zip, no fly, no sleeves
✂️ 3/8″ (1 cm) seam allowance included
🗂️ Layered files — switch on your size, print that one only
Medium-weight woven fabric: corduroy, cotton twill, linen, denim or canvas — 0.8 m to 2.2 m of 150 cm (59″) fabric depending on size (1.0 m for 2Y); every size is in the pattern
Elastic, 3/4″ (2 cm) wide, for the back waist
A scrap of light fusible interfacing
Sewing machine with a buttonhole function
Scissors or rotary cutter, pins or clips, safety pin
1️⃣ Buy the pattern — your download link appears straight away
2️⃣ Open the layered file, switch on your size and print it at 100%
3️⃣ Cut and follow the illustrated tutorial
4️⃣ Cross the straps, button them and let them climb 🤎
Active toddlers and climbers · Everyday wear across two seasons · Handmade gifts · Sewing a second pair in linen for summer · Siblings in two sizes
This is a digital PDF sewing pattern. Nothing physical will be shipped. Your files are available to download immediately after purchase.
Sew the buttons on securely. On the smallest sizes, consider replacing them with snaps — a loose button on a garment worn by a baby or a young toddler is a choking hazard.
Print at 100% or Actual Size — never Fit to Page — or your sizes will not come out correctly. Colours may look slightly different from one screen to another. This listing is for the pattern only, not finished dungarees.
