An important part of the pre sewing process is taking accurate measurements to ensure you get the correct fit on whatever youre making be it a garment to be worn or new curtains to hang in the living room. Each suit or dress requires a certain amount of material and if tailors use too much then material supplies will run out more quickly.
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Why is it important to know the accurate body measurement. Whether you choose to make your pattern block from a commercial fitting pattern or draft it from measurements having accurate measurements is critical to the success of your block. Plenty of people have a high or low bmi and are healthy and conversely plenty of folks with a normal bmi are unhealthy. Accurate body measurements is very important in drafting of pattern if the pattern will fit the individual for whom the pattern is drafted. Accurate body measurements are important for the tailor as well as material doesnt come for free. Accurate measurements are important because precise amounts are required for reactions to take place for a recipe to turn out and to keep correct records of a measurement. When measuring measurements that are not accurate provide data that is wrong.
Accurate body measurement is important to insure the dress youwill wear or buy is fit to you. This is achieved firstly by taking accurate body measurements so it is important that you know how to do this correctly. And a well fitting block is critical to the success of everything you make. It is simply a measure of your size. Its important to recognize that bmi itself is not measuring health or a physiological state such as resting blood pressure that indicates the presence or absence of disease. You will need the measurements even before you purchase the pattern as commercial patterns dont usually have all of the size options in one packet.
In addition too small dresses or suits need fixing which in turn require additional material. Please watch and like. Accurate body measurements helps to produce garments that are fitted to the body because the way the measurement is taken will determine whether the garment will be tight fitted semi fitted or oversizeloose fitted. Bust waist hips etc this is where the beauty of making your own clothes comes in you can make a garment to fit you and fit you properly throughout. The old saying measure twice cut once really does ring true or in my case measure five or six times cut once. When measurements are not accurate this provides incorrect data that can lead to wrong or even dangerous conclusions or results.
How to take body measurements on yourself detailed and accurate hi friends in this video i showed how to take accurate body measurements on yourself. An average person is rarely the same size throughout their whole body ie. If you want to sew an item of clothing for yourself or someone else it is obvious that you will need the correct basic body measurements. Taking accurate body measurements is one of the keys to great fit.