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 The Body Measurements illustrated here by Oma Montana are for Blouses, Skirts, and Pants, which in turn can be used for Dresses/Gowns, jumpsuits, Playsuits etc.

Before attempting to measure a figure, take time to check your tapeline against your ruler for accuracy.

Clients should wear fitted dresses while their measurements are taken so extra values won't be added to their measurement values.

The second finger should always be placed inside the tape while taking measurements to allow room for little allowance.

Let's first of all take a critical look at all the illustrations and try understand them. This would help us understand every point we are to measure.

Don't worry, relax your mind, this won't be be difficult to achieve.

Figure 1 and 2 represent the front and back bodice respectively and they are called model forms.

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The Black dots on each of the model forms represent each points measurements would be taken.

A- Center Base of Neck: This is the hollow on the base of your neck. Try using your finger to locate this point.

B- center waist point: Located exactly on your navel or belly button as you may prefer to call it.

C- neck shoulder point: this is the point where the shoulder line meets the neck.

D- shoulder tip points: this is measured from one shoulder tip to the other. This might be hard to locate especially in some ladies. Look at the model form again, try tracing this point on your shoulder but this time around, try raising your arm up, you would notice a slight depression at the edge of your shoulder line. This is your shoulder tip point.

E- Armpit
F- Side waist point

G- Bust point. Simply call it nipple for figure 1 and shoulder blade for figure 2.

Notes : All points except A, G, B are common to both front and back. Point G aids in determining length of basic control dart.

Understanding these points would help you in drafting your basic patterns.

When measurements are taken in length, it means they run either vertically, or horizontally or diagonally from one point to another and when measurements are taken in widths, it means around the figure. Width measurements are also referred to as girths.

SO LETS BEGIN
TAKING MEASUREMENTS FOR BODICE/BLOUSE AND SKIRT

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1) Center Bodice Length : this is taken from center base of Neck to center waist point. i.e. A-B.

2) Full Bodice Length : this is what we generally refer to as Bodice front or Bodice Back. It is taken from shoulder neck point, falling over the bust point, to the center waist line.

3) Across Measurements : also called Across back. Taken from one point to the other at the back on the point where the arm joins the body, with the tapeline running across the chest. It is usually 4 inches below center base of Neck. This measurement helps in shaping the armscye (armhole) of the draft.

4) Shoulder point width: this measurement is taken from one shoulder point to the other with the tapeline resting on the center base neck. Most tailors call this measurement "across back" but this is wrong. This measurement also aids in shaping the armscye of the draft and it's value is few inches more than that of the across back.

Please visit Omamontana for full notes on taking body measurements.

Be free to ask questions and make comments. Thank you

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