Tukacad sloper how to#

Tukacad sloper how to#

In the video below, I show how to draft the basic block. Just make sure to add the Waist-to-Hip and Waist-to-Knee measurements to it for yourself. If youвЂ™d like a handy measurement card to record these and other measurements, you can click on the image below to get a PDF.

This is a vertical measurement.ДЇor more help with correct measurements, you can check out the video in this post. Alternately, you can tie yarn around yourself at both levels and measure that way. Waist-to-Hip:В You may want to put a sticker on yourself level with the tape while holding the measuring tape for the waist and hip measurements, so that you can easily measure the distance between your waist and hip. Waist:В This can be your actual waist, or where you want your skirt to sit.I prefer to do actual waist and then change up my pattern from there. To start with, you need four measurements: your waist, your hips, your waist to hip length and your skirt length (for this weвЂ™ll be using a waist to knee measurement). So hike up your skirts (sorry, couldnвЂ™t resist) and get ready to draft and sew! Then IвЂ™ll show you how to take that basic skirt pattern and turn it into all of these skirts:

So grab your drafting tools вЂ“ kraft paper or wrapping paper (use the back side), a pencil and a ruler, preferably a clear one ( hereвЂ™s an affiliate link to the one I use in the video)В YouвЂ™ll also need some muslin (or fabric from your stash), weвЂ™re going to be drafting and fitting a basic fitted skirt. But never fear, skirts are the easiest thing to start patternmaking with. Never fear, skirts are the easiest thing to start patternmaking with. So, weвЂ™re going to be drafting our own patterns based on our measurements! ThatвЂ™s right вЂ“ starting from scratch. I hope you learn a lot about skirts and flat patterns from this. If youвЂ™ve been a reader of this site for a long time, this is an update to a an old post that now contains VIDEO вЂ“ yes! If youвЂ™ve never seen this post before, welcome. Hey yвЂ™all, today IвЂ™m going to show you how to make a skirt pattern.