What You Need To Take Measurements

Obviously measurements is an important part of our services, if our customers can come around then we will do all measuremnts as necessary.

But we also recognised that some might want to do their measurements from home and send to us, that is okay too. So that is the purpose of this article to explain how you can do it on your own.

Tape Measure: You’ll need a flexible tape measure. They’re usually found at all fabric stores and online stores.

Tight Fitting Clothes You don’t want to add extra length to your measurements, so be sure to wear form-fitting clothes when you take your measurements. Think yoga pants and a tight-fitting t-shirt.

Although, While you can take measurements yourself, it will be much easier to get the right measurements if you ask a friend for help.

Trick to taking proper measurements

Trick to good measurements is getting the tape measure to sit just right. If you’re too loose, the tape measure will fall down and won’t stay parallel, so it’s pretty easy to tell when that’s happening. If your tape measure is staying parallel to the ground, you’ll want to check if you’re squeezing too tight with your tape measure. Check this by looking at where the tape measure is pressed against the body. Is it creating an indent? If yes, you’re too tight. Loosen a little bit. If you loosen your tape measure and it falls down, then you’re too loose again. The tape measure is too tight. It’s digging into Martin’s skin.This is perfect! Keep adjusting until you’ve got everything just right. This takes some getting used to, so don’t get frustrated. It still takes me a few minutes to get my tape measure in the right place and I’ve been taking measurements for years. Also, taking measurements is not something you need to do for every project. I usually take my measurements twice a year, just to see if my body is changing shapes. That means once you have a good set of measurements, you can use them over and over again.

What to measure

• High Bust (Women Only)
• Full Bust (Women) / Chest (Men)
• Waist
• High Hip
• Full Hip
• Thigh
• Knee
• Calf
• Inseam
• Arm Length

High Bust (Women Only) This measurement is only measured on women. This is the only measurement that won’t be exactly parallel to the ground. Place the tape measure around your back, directly under your armpits, and over the top of your chest.

Waist measurement A finger width above the belly button or Halfway between the bottom of your rib cage and your hip bone.

Full hip measurementThis measurement is taken around the largest part of your booty.

Thigh, Knee, Calf Measurements
Thigh: Measure around the widest part of your thigh.
Knee: Measure around the middle of your knee.
Calf Measurement: Measure around the widest part of your calf.

Inseam Measurement
For this measurement, we’re measuring the distance on the inside of your leg. Place the end of the tape measure at the highest point between your legs. Then measure down to the center of the bumped out ankle joint

Arm Length Measurement
first thing we need to do is find the shoulder point. Place your fingertips on your shoulder bone. Follow your shoulder bone out towards your arm. When you reach the end of the bone, swing your arm forward and backward. You should feel the non-moving shoulder bone on one side of your finger and your moving arm joint on the other. This is your shoulder point. Place your tape measure on the shoulder point. Position your arm at a right angle Measure from shoulder point, down to the elbow (wrap under the elbow), then up to the center of the big round wrist bone that sticks out of the outer edge of your wrist