I get your point, and I see what you are doing. However, I cannot see that the prop scales with the figure if it's parented. If it did, I would not get the results that I showed earlier in the post. 

Normally it would scale, but it seems that the cloth simulation "locks" the size of the prop when it starts it. Unless the -prop- has been given any scaling values by itself, which it hasn't.

Having to make the figure larger than normal in the target frame would be counter productive to me if I am just trying to get a tight or loose fit for the clothing. If you look at the picture I posted you can clearly see the effect.