Drafting Instructions for Women's Tailored Skirt Sloper

Draft pattern for women's tailored skirt sloper by following these manual drafting instructions, or use the form below to generate drafting instructions specifically for your measurements.

(NOTE: the instructions generated are specifically for the measurements that you enter, but then you have to actually draft (draw) the pattern by hand, following those instructions! If you'd like a more automated solution, check out Dress Shop App.)

All measurements are to be taken with the customer wearing foundation garments.
NOTE: there are NO allowances for seams; seam allowances are to be added later.
NOTE 2: wearing ease is not included, because a sloper, by definition, is a pattern for a garment that fits like a "second skin", with no room allowed for breathing, movement, etc. Wearing ease is to be added later.

  Use metric units  

[PIC] F1 Center front length measure the center front length of the skirt from center front of the waistline, down the center front, to the floor.
F2 Center back length meassure the center back length of the skirt from center back of the waistline, down the center back, to the floor.
F3 Waist measure the waist, allowing no ease
F4 Hip measure the hip, seven inches (17.5 cm) below the waistline, allowing one inch (2.5 cm) of ease.
  NOTE: The finished length measurements are obtained by subtracting, equally, from both front and back lengths, the desired distance from the floor up to the hemline of the skirt.


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