Hello there! I tried my best to measure myself, but it seems I’ve done something horribly wrong with the lower body measurements.
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I believe it should be public? Please advise.
The measurements should be quite close to a UK 10 aside from the bust, hips and thigh being wider & waist being a little higher, I think.
this are yours:
20.6cm Waist to hips
22cm Waist to seat
this are for example my:
10cm Waist to hips
22cm Waist to seat
Waist to hip is the distance to the hip bone
Seat is much lower than the hip
I pasted all my measurements into ChatGPT (AI) and asked it to make a drawing of a man based on the measurements. It drew a very accurate picture of my body. This provides a visual check of your measurements.
I see! I was having trouble with the waist to X measurements doing it alone, so it makes sense. Thank you for your insight, it really helped me!
Use a string, or even better, an elastic one around your waist. Then you just need to make a few minor adjustments to the string, positioning it around the bend where your body is bending. That’s the waist level. Leave the string where it is and measure from it, up or down. If you’re on your own, just throw your tape around it, measure it with another string and so on. It’s not easy.
Measuring is always a bit of a problem when it comes to making patterns. That’s why a lot of systems try to minimise it to just a few measurements and do the corrections later. Free sewing is all about measurements, and loads of them. A lot of them can break or make a working pattern.
