Chapter: 11th 12th std standard Textiles And Dress Designing Cloth stitch Higher secondary school College practical steps methods Notes

Stitching Ladies Cloth - Taking Body Measurement for Bodice, Sleeve, Skirt

Taking Body Measurement for Women Bodice, Sleeve, Skirt - Waist: Measure snugly around the waist keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

TAKING BODY MEASUREMENT:

a. Bodice measurement:

Bust:

Measure around the fullest part of the bust raising the measuring tape slightly to a level just below the shoulder blades at the back.

  Waist:

Measure snugly around the waist keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

  Neck:

Measure around the the neck, passing the tape just above the collar bone time front and along the base of the neck at the back.

  Shoulder:

Measure from the neck joint to the arm joint along the middle of the shoulder (A to B in fig. a)

  Front waist length:

Measure down from highest point of shoulder to waist line through the fullest part of the bust (A to C fig. a)

  Shoulder to bust:

  Measure down from highest point of shoulder to tip of bust Distance between bust points:

Measure in the horizontal direction, the distance between the two bust points (D to E fig. a)

  Back width or across back measurement:

Measure across back from armhole to armhole about 3 inches below base of neck (P to Q in fig b)

  Back waist length:

Measure from the base of neck at the centre back to waist line (R to S in Fig b).

  Armscye depth:

Measure from base of neck at centre back to a point directly below it and in level with the bottom of the arm where it joins the body. (R to T in fig b).

b. Sleeve measurements:

  Upper arm circumference:

Measure around the fullest part of the arm.

  Lower arm:
For lower arm, measure around the arm at desired level corresponding to lower edge of sleeve.

  Elbow circumference:

Measure around the arm at elbow.

  Wrist:

Measure around the wrist.

  Sleeve Length:

For short sleeve length, measure down from tip of shoulder at top of arm to desired length of sleeve (B to F in a) For elbow length sleeve measure from top arm to elbow point (B to G in a) For full length bend the elbow slightly and measure down from to of arm to back of wrist passing the tape over the elbow point (B to H in a).

c. Skirt measurements:

Waist:

Measure snugly around the waist keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

  Hip:

Measure around the fullest part of the hip horizontally. (7' to 9' from waist approx.)
  Waist to Hip:

Measure down from waist at centre back to fullest part of the hip (S to U in fig.b).

  Skirt Length:

Measure down the centre back from waist to desired length of skirt (S to V in fig. b) length from waist to floor can be taken at the same time and te difference between the two noted. This difference will give the number of inches the skirt is above the floor level. After taking your measurements compare then with the sample measurements for ladies garments given table. 1. Any measurement which appears too small or exaggerated must be rechecked at once.

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