How To Get Body Measurements For Sewing

Here s what you need to get started.

How to get body measurements for sewing. Compare your measurements to the envelope to determine what size pattern to cut. 3 shoulder to shoulder length. Stand upright in a relaxed position with your feet together. The back of the pattern envelope has basic body measurements for each size.

Wrap the tape measure horizontally around the smallest part of your waist which can be easily found by running your hands down the side of your body. The measurements are on the envelope flap. If you have any questions about taking your body measurements for sewing let me know. Get someone else to take your measurements.

This video will show you how to easily take all of the body measurements you will need to create a basic clothing pattern. It is impossible to take them yourself and get an accurate read so find someone you trust swear them to secrecy and start measuring. A tape measure that won t stretch. To download our measurement chart for free go here.

Your posture should be nice and straight with feet slightly apart. Find your estimated size at the top start with your ready to wear size then read down the column to find each measurement. However drafting a pattern is more complicated and utilizes more measurements. November 28 2016 at 11 09 am we have to take best measurement of ourselves for that we have to stand in front of the mirror and take our measurement this trick was really appreciating and this solved my problems.

Donot take this too tight. The illustrations and measuring instructions seen here are sufficient for altering patterns. Neck round measure around the base of the neck slightly loose. One quarter inch twill tape or elastic for tying around the body to facilitate accuracy.

It is in this order for the vertical measurements i assume 1 body length. When measuring breathe normally and make sure the tape is comfortably fitted to the body. Then the horizontal measurements.