From the vid-adjusting adjust skirt length front and back patterns

Dear Innayah,

In the Skirt Block Pattern Making (Straight & Tapered) Online Video Lesson we use a size 12 dress form, and only measure the center front length. But in the Full Figure Skirt Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Online Video Lesson we are using a full figure dress form and need to take 3 extra measurements for the skirt length so we can draft the pattern for the full figure.

For someone with a full figure, who might have a protruding belly, sides and or buttocks, we measure our desired skirt length along the center front from the waistline, then we measure the distance from the waistline to the floor along the center front, side and center back. Next we subtract the desired skirt length from the center front to the floor measurement. Whatever this number, we subtract it from the waistline to floor for the side and the center back measurements. This way we have the skirt length along these three areas. Later we will use these new measurements to adjust the front and back patterns along the waistline.

Doing this will ensure that the hemline of the skirt will be parallel to the floor all the way around and allow the skirt to fall nicely on the body.

I suggest that you also watch the Skirt Block Pattern Making (Straight & Tapered) Online Video Lesson to help clarify why we need to do things a bit differently for a full figure skirt pattern.

Please let me know if this clarifies it for you.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat