Back Bodice Pattern DIY: Learn Bespoke Sewing Part 3

Your Back Bodice Pattern DIY:
Learn Bespoke Sewing Part 3
Refining the 7 Measurements To A Basic Bodice Pattern

 

If this is your first “Learn Bespoke Sewing” class, go to this post to begin.

 

Learn Bespoke Sewing

 

 

Tools You Need for your Back Bodice Pattern DIY:

1. 1 ” Tru-grid, available here.
2. 60″ Seamstress Measuring tape
3. Pen or pencil
4. 18″+ ruler
5. 2 yards of String

 

Back Bodice Pattern DIY: Place the Dots

 

1. Mark Point A:  1/2 the measurement across your back, shoulder to shoulder. Point A also meets the measurement from the red bust string to the shoulder at the top of the arm.
2. Next is Point B:  1/2″ up from the imaginary line formed by the first measurement, then 3.5″ or 4″ from Center Back.
3. Point C: 1″ below Point B, then back to center, placing the mark at Center Back.
4. Down Center Back to Point D:  This is the Back Neck/Shoulder to Back Center Waist measurement.
5. Point C to D form the Center Back, which you can mark “Place on Fold.”
6. Point F:  1/2 the Back Waist measurement, usually a straight line.
7. Underarm Point E:  1″ below arm, at the point where a straight line crosses the end of the red bust string and meets Point F.

 

Step 2: Connect the Dots

 

 

1. Connect all the dots with straight lines except for the neckline and the armhole.
2. The neckline shape can be drawn in any shape you wish. However, for our beginner purposes, try to copy the shape of the line you see in the drawing.
3. Connecting Point A and Point E creates the armhole.  The back armhole tends to go downward in a fairly straight line for 2 or 3 inches, then curves slightly, forming a sharper curve as you get closer to Point E.

 

You have completed the Back Bodice Pattern DIY!
Come back for the lesson where we create the Sleeve Pattern.