Hello everyone,
I am very sorry that I haven't written in a while. I have completed the pattern of the garment. For copy right purposes I will not be putting a picture of the pattern itself. I will explain how I did it though. As you already know the first thing to do is to take your measurements for this garment I needed my bust, waist, hips, shoulder to waist and finally waist to floor. Considering the fact that I will be wearing heels with this garment I added 10 cm's to the skirt length. If I wanted a long trail then I would have added a minimum of 30 cm on the back.
After I had all the measurements I did all the calculations. When doing a pattern you need 1/4 of the measurement you have so for example if your waist size is 60cm in total on the pattern it should be 15cm because once it is cut and sewn together it will end up being 60 cm's again. For the Bust however; after dividing the measurement I add 1cm to the front and take away 1cm from the back pattern due to the bust and the same thing happens on the hips too, you add 1cm to the back because of the bottom and take away 1cm from the front. This way the pattern will fit your body in a much better way.
Note: If you have a big bust then you can add more to the front and take away the same amount from the back and the same goes to your hip measurement.
I always use a base pattern. After drawing the base pattern, I do the adjustments according to my measurements. This just makes sure that you make a pattern smaller or larger without loosing the shapes and the curves.
The next step is the cutting and sewing of the mock up. I will be posting pictures of while I am making the mock up and will also will post some form the fitting phase too.
