Drafting Fitted Bodice Sloper - Professional Method, Part 1
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- A professional pattern maker demonstrates his method for drafting a woman's fitted bodice sloper from body measurements. Part 1, is the back bodice.
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Sir, I’m super impressed by this video.it’s so precise and concise. I’ve searched TH-cam, trying to find one I could easily relate to. I think you should release your pattern book!
Thank you Christopher Sartorial!!! I began to sew 40 years ago. I made my clothes with the help of magazines patterns like Burda but with the age my body changed, magazines don't and I almost quit doing them. I've decided to make fitted clothes. After 2 months, hundreds of measurements in cm, inches, whatever.. 6 Bodice sloper drafting (one learn from a French Couture book, one from an American e.book and 4 from Brazilian TH-cam tutorials), It was difficult to swallow that the problem was in me, that I had "abnormal" measures... fortunately, I'm as normal as woman can be :). In one week I've already made a tunic, a collar shirt and a dress and I'm going to do more. I'm looking forward to more videos. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
I cannot thank you enough for sharing your expertise and knowledge with us! I followed your guidelines for the fitted bodice sloper and I just now have the most perfectly fitting dresses! The fit is incredible! I could cry! Thank you!
Thank you so much Christopher! This was soo much fun putting this block together. I almost think I like drawing patterns better than sewing. It fit perfectly and I am an odd shape - shoulders are wide and arms are larger than most. I still can't believe how it worked. I made a woven top and still had room in the shoulders to move. I am excited to build many creations from this, It's great! Thanks again!
The best and most professional video on drafting a bodice so far, looking forward to more great stuff, thanks!
Thanks a million!!! I've been looking for a bodice pattern that fits without much adjusting for a long time. Perfect. Anxiously awaiting the pants draft.
Thank you, Chris, for your concise, easily understood tutorials! Please keep adding more.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been trying for 4 weeks now to make a sloper or dress block. None talk about darts in the drafting, and I dont know how to add them. Your's was the first, and only, video that I watched 1 time, followed the direction, and ended up with a useable piece. I only needed to adjust the back dart another +.25in. Again THANK YOU!
I'm very happy it worked for you.
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By far the best explanations i have found on on slopers...you are extremely knowledgeable. Thank you for the videos!
Thanks much Elizabeth.
This is by far the best I've seen, thank you very much.
Thanks. I hope you found it helpful.
Thank you so much for this video! I was so confused before watching this as to the methodology behind certain measurements. You've explained everything so clearly that I'm actually able to firmly grasp the concept behind drafting a basic bodice and can work towards customizing beyond that. I wish you the best!
Thanks for commenting. Glad to be of service.
You are definitely a God sent! I stumbled across your tutorial after jumping through hoops with many other confusing tutorials. I am so used to draping my patterns I was in such disbelief after finishing both front and back under your directions. There are no words to describe the genius that you are! Thank you for making a seemingly difficult task so easy🙏
Christopher, I'm a beginner and been searching for the simplest bodice pattern for about a month now. This is really good and easy to follow.. Thanks for taking your time to explain step by step.
The best most simple tutorial I've seen. Thank you. I can't wait to create my perfect bodice sloped. Can't wait to see more.
Thanks! More coming up.
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Thank you so much for this ! I really appreciate it ! Ive been out of school for so long I wanted a refresher without going back and this was VERY helpful ! Very Much appreciated
Thank you so much, Christopher for your straightforward and informative instructions. There are a lot of poorly communicated, vague, error-filled bodice sloper instructions on the Internet and I have just wasted a week attempting to make a sloper based on some those versions. Thanks to you, I now have a sloper I can actually use. Your videos will be my go-to default from now on. Happy New Year from New Zealand :-)
I'm very glad it worked for you. I made the video because like you, I saw many video demos that were either too complicated or simply didn't work well.
YOUR TUTORIAL IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE OF THE 6-10 TUTORIALS I'VE WATCHED FOR CONSTRUCTING MY OWN GARMENT PATTERNS...THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!
Kind of you. I'm glad it's helpful.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been following other tutorials on the basic bodice and still couldn't get a proper fitting even though I used my own measurements. I have no idea why I haven't found you before. Again, thank you very much!
This is the best and most clear set of drafting instructions I have ever seen. PLEASE keep them coming. I am a beginner to sewing clothes and these have been invaluable to me!
I'm glad you're finding them useful Jackie. Good luck with both your sewing and pattern making.
Ahh finally a perfect tutorial on how to create a bodice. Thanks for this! I love how everything is accurate.
I'm glad you like it, and I hope it works for you.
@@christophersartorial7671 thx for the tutorial
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This was so easy to follow! I was struggling with the patternmaking book I had from college to make my bodice and this was a lifesaver!
Thanks. I'm gad it worked for you.
Thank you, thank you very much. It was quite a search. Your tutorial is not only patiently explained, but it also gives me insight how to adapt the measurements due to the pattern.
I'm glad you found it useful.
Thank you Chris! I've tried making the basic bodice many times with different tutorials. They were ok. And then I made the bodice with your instructions and it fits perfectly! The fine details made a difference. You have the best tutorial for the basic bodice, thank you! :D
Kind of you. That's why I developed this method.
This has to be one of the best fitted bodice block tutorials that I have see on the internet , I really found your tutorial style clear to follow with great added information ….I will be watching all your tutorials ….will be making the blocks in a range of size in order to gain confidence in this method. This is how pattern cutting should to taught...im still learning a 62.Thank you .
Very kind of you Gerald. I'm not that much younger than you. I'm still learning new techniques.
Thank you. I know enough about pattern making to know I know nothing about pattern making. You make it look easy, best tutorial I've seen.
I appreciate it.
Love this tutorial! I’ve made myself a duct tape body form to my measurements, will be measuring and drafting tommorrow. I m sure it’s going to fit just fine. So easy to follow your instructions. Thankyou
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the best demonstration of pattern making. Look forward to the pants sloper! Thank you so much ❤️
Thanks much. Pants are notoriously difficult, even for professionals. I strongly advise either purchasing a pant pattern and adjusting it, or take a pant that fits you and rub the pattern off it.
Thank you so much for this video. It was nothing short of amazingly presented. So concise and clear; something that makes sense, is logical and I can remember. I've also taken notes. I've never thoroughly understood the drafting before, although I did some 40 years ago, and the other sloper videos presented are simply sloppy and confusing by comparison. I am very grateful to have found your videos.
Thanks for the kind words. After years of drafting patterns in the industry, I came to realize that drafting a bodice is not nearly as difficult as most textbooks describe. Apply the measurements in the right places and you'll create a good fitting bodice.
The best drafting bodice video so far. Thanks Christopher.
Kind of you. Thanks.
I’m goin out for paper to do this today. Thank you, finally it makes sense. Subscribed.
I hope it works for you.
I can't thank you enough for these videos! I tried and failed drafting a sloper multiple times using more complicated instructions, but somehow this method fit me almost spot-on at first, and only took a few tweaks to get a perfect fit. Thank you so much. :)
I'm glad it's working well for you.
Please make more video tutorials. I’ve watched video, read blogs and a few books, but I’ve found your video is simple to follow and to the point. No dramas.
Hi Christopher.. Am so thankful I found you. You are a really great teacher. Can't wait for more videos. Thank you so much. God bless you
Kind of you. Hopefully, more videos coming.
Wow wow wow
Just found you here and can I just say…. I used this tutorial and made a block for myself today. Fit immediately. IMMEDIATELY!!!
This is so valuable and you’re so gracious to give this information to us. Thank you and I look forward to following your other tutorials. 😍😍
It almost brings tears to my eyes watching this video. I have almost given up because of the complicated videos and instructions available for free viewing. Its insane some of the techniques I have viewed before yours. I can not thank you enough for presented this in layman's terms. I cant wait to draft my bodice.
I'm glad to be of help. Let me know how it turns out.
this video is kind of like the epitome of what the internet should be used for. Thank you so much, Mr. Sartorial! Very straight to the point and explained just enough to not confuse me as a novice!
Absolutely amazing!! Spent hours trying to make a bodice and messed up too many times to count because it was difficult to understand. Thank you so much yours was very easy and concise!! You are literally a life saver!!
That's why I made the video. I hope it works well for you.
Thank you, Chris!! This was not only mesmerizing to watch, it enabled me to draft a perfecly-fitted bodice and understand why it worked, whereas the previous one I tried did neither of those things. Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience.
I'm glad it worked so well for you.
Thank you very much. Now i have a better understanding of drafting patterns. Very explanatory and professional.
Have just found your channel, wow such concise uncomplicated instructions with many useful tips. Thank you so much. So very helpful
I'm glad you find my videos useful.
Christopher, today is 4/5/19. I've spent weeks up to today trying different bodice making tutorials and failed miserably until I found yours. Thanks for being patient and organized in your teaching method as well as in the measurement text. Next will be your front bodice tutorial. Again, thanks for taking the time to make this.
Sorry for late response. I hope it worked for you.
Oh, you don't know how many of these I've had to watch. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Have missed your fabulous tutorials ~ Back again in May 2024 to rewatch the old ones ( yes, they’re that good!)
I want to thank you so much for your videos. I used your drafting videos to make a safari vest that fits so well it makes me smile to look at it. But the most important thing is the confidence it has given me to sew. The things I made before your videos were confusingly off and very discouraging. Your videos have helped me progress in one of my favorite pastimes. Thank you so much!
Makes me happy!
@@christophersartorial7671 hope you’re good and keeping well. We’ve missed your videos… lots of love.
Well explained, Excellent explanation. Very clear and precise. Thank you for wonderful tutorial. I can not wait to see for the next video.
This is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you for sharing your expertise! This was such an in depth but accessible video!!
Very precise an well tempered a voice one can record in memory thanks for sharing we appreciate your approach much
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Thank you very much! Your videos showed me the practical part of what I learned in my books
I'm glad to be of help.
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You have no idea how your tutorial has helped me... Thank you!!!!
I'm very glad to hear it.
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Hi Chris. Thank you for an excellent tutorial, as always. I am learning how to draft a bodice block in detail and your video ticks the box. Looking forward to many more video's that will increase my knowledge. Kind regards.
I'm glad you find them useful.
Thank you so much. Moving the shoulder dart to the side was exactly the information I needed!
Hands down the BEST pattern making video on youtube, stitched this for myself and it came out perfect!!!!!! Fit me to the T! So glad I found this may God reward you for your kindness!
I'm blushing! Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad to be of service, and blessings to you as well.
@@christophersartorial7671 hello from Curacao , i just find your videos and you are the best ,very proffesional and your explanation is very clear thank you for sharing with us , God bless you.
I want to ask you, if i can use your method in cm too in place of inches? So let me know as soon as possible. Thank you very much.
@@karinafermin7839 Hi Karina. Yes, the drafting method would be the same whether using Metric or Imperial.
Wow, that was beautiful. Looking forward to part II now. Onwards!!...
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I need more of your tutorials please...I’ve never had a better fit in my life...
Nice to hear. I hope to make more soon.
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Very good and understandable tutorial. There are some out there that are extremely complicated and impossible to understand (divide this by three, add a cm here etc - no explanation as to WHY which makes it impossible to alter later on), but yours works for me and is very comprehensible as to why you use which measurement where. That in turn enables me to make small changes if I need to. So thank you!
That's one of the reasons I made the video, to show that it doesn't have to be so complicated.
Thank you for simplifying the drafting method. It took me a minute to realize that you had the pattern sideways. :) at the start of the marking lines. You didn't rush through and your soft voice made it easy to understand. Again Thank You
Thanks. I was taught to draft with the pattern oriented sideways, so I always do it that way.
Thank you for this video. Very detailed. You took your time to explain things and the reason for doing them.
I'm glad you like it.
This is the first time i come across your channel . i took courses before but no one teaches you anything and its all commercial here so have been trying to self study pattern making for awhile now and i failed alot to understand . also i watched many youtube videos and it was very complicated . This is the First video I watch in your channel , i didnt try it yet but you say all the information clearly and easy . i just have troubles from inches to cm . thank you really , you are very helpful and a wonderful teacher , please keep making those videos.
Great to hear from you Menna. I'm not sure what was wrong with the courses you took, but there are many good ones out there.
This I understand, and think it's possibly something I can do. Other videos have left me feeling very confused. Thank you.
I just subscribed. This is the best video I’ve seen yet! Thank you!
The best I have ever seen so far 👏👏👏 thank you 😊
Thanks Fatima. More coming soon.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been working myself back up to Fashion Design and I've watched a lot of tutorials on the basics but yours is by far the best one I've come across. It's clear and concise and precise, not like a lot of other ones that add too much fluff at the beginning and too much mannerisms that are distracting. So, once again I Thank you.
LOL at the mannerisms! If all teachers did that in school I don't where the world will be heading. Hahaha!!!
Tekeleth Yahalom baht Israel THEE best!!!!!
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I would just like to say that over the last few weeks I have tried drafting my own pattern, and have viewed and tried quite a few. Yours is the easiest I have tried, and looking forward to trying your other patterns.
Thanks. My other videos follow more closely standard drafting methods, so I hope you're not disappointed.
Dear Christopher, you are the fitment god. I live in South Africa and have been struggling with tops and shirts due to my DD bust measurement and small 34 waist line. I drafted along, made my muslin and WOW! a perfect fit. It is 22:18 in South Africa and I can not stop looking at it. I love it. May I request you do a shirt with a hidden button placat cut onto the shirt front and a collar with collar stand. I tried many but none that fitted like this one. XOXO
Thank you so much for sharing this Professional video i can understand each step that you demonstrate looking forward to my first drafting i am sure i will succeed with your help many thanks.
it took me four trys, converting your easurments to metric and then comparing my draft from your way to my previous sloper and yay , its spot on except for the arm holes which are personal choice anyway. Excellent way of perfecting a sloper. Now to go make a armhole template then make up a muslin . thankyou for taking the time to show us
I'm glad it's working for you. The armhole depth is at the bust level for simplicity. As you stated, it can be raised or lowered based on preference or fashion.
That was me under a different Google account.
Thank you so much for the video, so helpful to a beginner
Thank you so very much for this. Very insightful. Very much appreciated. Will be trying to put this into practice soon...
I hope it works well for you.
I agree with @Wenz To ive watched ALOT of these trying to get proper instruction and this has to be the best on out on the interwebs! thank you for the effort of recording and being so clear!
Thanks for your kind words.
hi Christopher, I have been drafting pattern for 16 years now but I didn't understand exactly how it worked until yesterday that I watched your. thanks for the armholes and truing explanations.
It took me many years to develop the techniques I now use.
You were right...yours is the best video...specially with the dart ...thank you
Very kind of you, thanks.
Thanks. It is so detailed and useful.
Excellent video on drafting a bodice I've ever seen. Ive been looking for something like this!Thank you so so much and God bless you
Please can you put up a video for drafting pants? I'll be most grateful to have it. Thank you so much
I am often asked to demonstrate a pant draft. I may do so if I can simplify the process, but I won't demonstrate something that I'm not confident will work for you. For now you're better off starting from an existing pattern, or if you have an old pant that fits you, rip it apart and trace off the pattern. Believe it or not, that's what a lot of professional pattern makers do.
Christopher Sartorial Thank you so much, I'll do just that
I really enjoy your teaching style. I hope you create more videos!
Thanks. I'm working on one now.
Oh Chris!!! Thanks for making this soooooo easy.
I didn't see you measure across back. I did it anyway.
Great video...I look forward to more videos, especially pants draft.
I subtract 1/2" from the across shoulder measurement for across the back, so no need to measure. I'm glad you liked it.
This is the best i ve seen so far! Tnx soo much!
You're very welcome. I hope it works for you.
Hi Christopher, sorry about my comment, I found the information at the beginning of your 1st video. Thank you again for your video.
I have done and redone the bodice draft but none fit as perfectly as yours the first time. Your method for making the armhole smaller was right on point. I want to thank you for making simple the drafting of the bodice. I am looking forward to drafting the women's pants.
Thanks Margaret. Don't hold you breath on the pant. It may take a while for me to simplify the process sufficiently. A sleeve and skirt are coming soon, though.
@@christophersartorial7671 HI Chris , all your videos are Amazing, I hope you make a women's pants pattern video soon 🙏 😊
Chris you have become my new friend, now, I must work on the lapel jacket your way keep the good work 👏 🙌 👍
thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge
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Thank you, this is super easy to understand. 👌💕
Hi chris u have a great tutorials. hope u will upload more about other related to garment tips and techniques.. thank u so much.
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Amazing tutoriel! Thank you so much!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I'm glad you like it.
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thank you . Your instruction is greatly helpful. thank you
I'm glad to be of service.
Christopher, you ROCK! amazing teacher
Kind of you. Thanks.
Excellent, keep the videos coming
Thank you! The lesson is very useful!!!
Excellent video! Thank you!!
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Hi Chris,
I can't believe I'm just now recently finding your pattern drafting videos. You are definitely a professional and I appreciate your knowledge and skill. Thanks for sharing. Are you also an instructor, you do so, so well.
I've only done a little teaching. I work full time in the industry, and freelance on the side, so little time for it. Perhaps when I retire.
THANK YOU MR. CHRISTOPHER.
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Thank you so much, finally a pro video on how to do it
You're very welcome. Let me know how it works for you.
Hi Christopher. Thank you very much
You are doing a great work keep it up
I hope to do more soon.
Hi I'm HappyDandong who runs sewing Channel. I got to know you by posting a recommendation videotaped . 😊😍
Welcome. Nice to connect with you.
Wow the best tutorial on bodice pattern.... And chris i would love one on pencil skirts thanks
I have done two videos for skirt slopers. Look for them and let me know how they work for you.
You make it look so easy
You are the best. I need all the help I can get. Can you give help for measuring a round back and/or mature figure? You gave me the help for sloped shoulders and waist to hip connections that I was never able to find before and I understand . Your tutorials are great. I need all the help I can get but I never expected to get the quality of your knowledge and teaching skills. So happy you spend time to explain each step that builds on the next. Thanks for a basic balanced presentation without a background of flash and noise. Hopefully more people will find your channel. I can watch again and always find more info. I read all the comments and your replies. Please continue to make more videos on your TH-cam channel.
Thank you so much for sharing this. From Sri Lanka
You're very welcome, from Texas.
i am so happy I saw this video...very simple and understandable..with those complicated tutorial you get crazy with this I feel like I found redemption...haha
Thanks. I did the video to show that it doesn't have to be complicated.
its worth watching. thanks