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Wrap the tape measure around your thigh from front to back and then around to the front. Measure the circumference of the fullest part of your thigh.

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Pull the tape measure snugly then check out the number.

Upper bust measurement. Rather than basing your size on your bust measurement base it on the upper bust measurement. You may be tempted to cheat by lowering the tape measure a few inches but then you won t get an accurate measurement. Let me explain how ellie and mac patterns are different.

This measurement is your underbust as shown by the red line in the diagram. This number is your topbust. Keep the tape snug.

Now measure around the fullest part of your breast. Amy s fit tip starts with your upper bust measurement. The block for a c bust cup green lines will fit a bust of 37 inches 3 inches more than the upper bust.

In the image the upper bust measurement is 34 inches. Originally a size 8 in 1958 it is now known as a size 0 due to vanity sizing. An upper bust measurement would make it more difficult to determine just how awesome ellie and mac patterns are because lindsey drafts her patterns differently from most other designers.

The tape should be loose fitting as when measuring for a bra. Wrap the tape measure around the widest part of your upper arm from front to back and around to the start point. Wrap the tape measure under your arms pulling it as close as you can to your armpits.

Well there is an easy answer to that question. Place the measuring tape firmly on the lower edge of the bra parallel to the floor. Make certain the measuring tape is snug but not constricting.

Measure around your body at the fullest part of your bust keeping the measuring tape in place firmly but softly. Measure around your chest just below the swell of your breast. Someone who wears a c cup bra will usually have a bust measurement around 3 inches bigger than their ribcage measurement so a 32c for example has an underbust of 32 inches and a bust of 35 inches.

Compare your under bust measurement to the size chart below. Using the upper bust measurement to create the block the width at the upper bust will be 34 inches 5 25 ease 39 25 inches. The block for a b bust cup blue lines will fit a bust of 36 inches 2 inches more than the upper bust.

The number is the band size which is usually the ribcage measurement rounded to the nearest even number. Measure your upper torso. It is a size that fits measurement of bust waist hips anywhere between 30 22 32 inches 76 56 81 cm to 36 28 36 inches 90 71 5 90 cm depending on the style and make.

Measure the circumference of your arm. Let s just see how using the upper bust measurement is going to work out simply for a b cup using my upper bust measurement upper bust ease method.