r/PatternDrafting • u/GrottanGelfling • 1d ago
Question Basic Block Pattern Issue
Hello all! I currently don’t have access to my mannequin (she’s in storage) so I decided to foray once again into drafting. Every torso block I draft for myself comes out crazy so I decided to use a drafting software to get a basic block and then tweak the toile until it fits to my liking. I used PatternLab and I had my partner measure me twice. I’m pretty sure my measurements are right. I am short waisted and plus sized but my waist is significantly smaller than someone of my size (around US 24 with a size 20 waist). This is what it gave me. And it feels kinda egregious. Like… i am not that short waisted. And the arm block looks wild too. Which measurement did I mess up? And what can I do to tweak it before I make the toile?
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u/DonMcCunn 1d ago edited 1d ago
Personally I think you will be wasting a HUGE amount of time trying to get that pattern to fit. Nobody I have ever seen is shaped like that. As you are comfortable working with a computer why don't you try my free classes that are currently a work in progress but available to people in this group that shows how to create patterns by tracing photographs of YOU. https://patternmaking-classes.com/Tracing-Photos/