Drafting The Back Pant
Since the basic shape has been established on the front pant draft, we will draft the back pant over the front. Use a different color pen or pencil for drafting the back pant. Once the back pant as been drafted, we will then trace the back pant on to a separate piece of paper.
Divide D to K in half and mark as R.
Connect C to R with a straight line.
Extend up from R 3/4" (1" if you have rounded hips) and mark as S.
Extend out from A. S to T is 1/4 of waist measurement plus 2" for dart allowance.
At P, extend out 1/2" and mark as U.
Connect T to U with a curved line.
Connect U to N with a straight line.
Measure out from E 1 1/4" and mark as V. For a large bottom, measure out 1 1/2".
From V measure down 1/4" and mark as W.
Transfer F to S-C line.
G to C was divided into 3 equal sections. Mark the first section as I.
Connect F to I and I to W with a curved line.
Measure in 1/2 from W and mark as X.
From X, draw a straight line to M.
In our next post we will add in the darts and talk about slimming the pant. Look for the next post on Monday.
These instructions are fabulous. I am going to try this, but it won't be anytime soon. Too much other stuff taking priority right now. I still haven't finished my rectangles Tee.........at least it's started......LOL
ReplyDeleteThis is all so fascinating, thank you.
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ReplyDeleteI really find this process fascinating and as the owner of a flat bottom (!), I can't wait to try this method out to achieve better fitting pants. Two questions, are there any changes flat bottomed women should think of in terms of the ratios you use ( I noticed you commented on adding to a measurement (S) if you have a round bottom). Also in this instruction from yesterday, I am confused: " D to Q is 1/4 of waist measurement plus 2" for darts. So if your waist measurement is 28", add 2" for the dart allowance. Divide 30 by 4. The result is 6. In this example D to Q would be 6"., I am wondering if the final measurement should not be 8.5"? Thanks in advance for your help… :-)
As for a flat bottom adjustment, that's something that can be taken care of in the fitting.
DeleteThanks for catching me on my math. The correct answer would actually be 7.5" , 30 divided by 4 is 7.5. Thanks again. I'll make the correction.
Thanks for replying, Rhonda.
ReplyDeleteMath was never my strong suit as you can tell!!!!!!!
You saw my mistake. It was just a matter of 2 heads being better than one ;)
DeleteThank you I did it.
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