Standard Skirt Measurements

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Sat, 10/12/2013 - 00:24
yvelyn
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Dear Nezhat,
Would appreciate if you can provide standard measurements for sizes 8-16 for skirts just like the sample size 12 you used for the tapered skirt.
I have looked through the link you provided in an earlier discussion but there is no reference to the upper hip measurements.
Regards,

 

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Wed, 10/16/2013 - 18:46
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Nehzat
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Re: Standard Skirt Measurements

 Dear yvelyn,

In many pattern drafting methods the upper hip is not measured. That is why the chart does not have this measurement. However having an upper hip circumference measurement will give a better fit to the pattern.

One way to estimate the average for the upper hip would be to measure this on different sized women you may encounter. For example, if you have a few size 10 friends, you can measure their upper hips and divide by the number of people you measured. This is the best way to get this average for different sizes.

Happy sewing, 

Nehzat

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