How To Perfectly Measure Your Body For Pattern Drafting A Bodice 12 Tips! | Sew

How do you perfectly measure your body for sewing and pattern making a bodice and sloper? Fashion designer Anastasia Chatzka shows you how to take all the body measurements you need to do just that including tips in her latest youtube sewing tutorial!

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[sheilyroblero]

I have been practicing, and watching your video made it so much easy for me,

[joanoconnor]

Hi Anastasia. Thank you, thank you for this very informative video. I'm looking forward to applying it for a future project.

[jessrobinson]

This was an excellent guide, especially since you covered tips for how to measure yourself! I wanted to know if you also have a video for taking measurements for a skirt block/sloper and if not, if you have plans to make one to add to this series. Thanks!

[shortsweettoo]

Do we measure the breast measurements with a bra or no bra? If we use the bra, it may not be properly fitted. If we do not use a bra, the breasts may be laying too flat, lol. Hard to know what to do. Excellent video.

[face-in-the-crowd]

Do you have one of these videos for the bottom half?

[shellylemons]

Do you have any tips on those of us who have had lumpectomies that altered one of our breast apexes center? Fortunately my tumor was high and I didn’t lose any of my breast but I did get a “lift”. They are now symmetrical and park in the garage perfect, just one headlight looks up. Lol

[nanizon]

So as a 64yo woman, I take my measurements with my bra on. LOL Great vid.

[deepikam]

Why didnt u display the name of the measurement in the screen..u just display the numbers😮...iam from sreelanka..pls display the name of the measurement instead of displaying numbers😮

[Deuteronomy-uwls]

Ok... I'm supposed to be cleaning my house today. Not making a sloper. Let's see which side of my brain wins

[amyjohoppins]

Errmah Gerrd! I ended up using my eye liner to draw lines on my body so I was being accurate. Draw. Wipe off. Rinse. Repeat. Until FINALLY I have my side lines in the proper placement...and all the rest. Went through this half a dozen times (or more!) I am finally satisfied with my measurements having remeasured so many times until I measured reasonable differences I could work with. Oy! ... now to go scrub off all those black lines... Bye!!

[kellyross]

So ... the dress form is, like commercial patterns, a B cup. When you measure over the shoulder down to the waist on a DD, do you skim the tape measure over the bumps, or do you follow the flesh? 😂😂😂

[EAHall]

Anastasia my shoulder slope is 20.25 for the front. It goes almost passed "C" and the "across shoulder line", have I done something incorrectly?

[manestage]

I had no idea there were so many measurements to be taken for a bodice. I already know this is a vid I'll have to refer to a million times. So helpful! I purchased a smart tape measure and it makes it so much easier to measure oneself.

[abi.gailia]

I'm an experienced seamstress and knew a lot of these things, but some of these tips are completely new to me!

[sillygurljak]

You’re so cute, thank you for your video, you also sound like mila kunis lol

[emilymcarthur]

is frustrating that you give numbers her then use the names of the measurements in the actual pattern drafting video. It seems unnecessarily confusing to not have the numbers and the names listed somewhere

[rikkib]

Fantastic video Anastasia! Very helpful. I can’t wait for your next one on taking the measurements and making a sloper with it. You explain things so well and have such a pleasant manner 😊

[rose]

Um. . . .do you measure yourself with no clothes on? Or just undergarments? The first measurement, around the bust, would be very different with undergarments vs no 😆undergarments, esp. for some of those . . . ahem. . . whose body parts naturally head south.????

[e.p.]

Thanks for your video and enthusiasm. It is encouraging and delightful. Quick question: is the "across chest front" measurement (#15) the same as a high bust measurement?

[phyllisgordon]

Thanks. I have the 2nd edition of Armstrong. I notice that this edition has a full length measurement from base of neck to waist. What is your recommendation.?