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Measuring your bust accurately is important for making clothes or assessing weight loss. To measure your bust, you will take off your clothes, stand with your legs closed, wrap the tape measure neatly and hug the largest part of your bust. Your hip measurement is where one end of the wire meets the other.

Steps

Part 1 of 2: Prepare to measure your bust accurately

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   Find a full body mirror. While it is easier to measure your bust on your own than other areas of your body, mirrors will help you ensure that the tape is not twisted or skewed. Therefore, you should stand in front of the mirror to measure.

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   Take off your clothes. Clothing you are wearing, such as trousers or a shirt, should be removed. You don't need to take off your underwear to get accurate measurements. Wearing jeans or any outfit that is too thick will change the actual measurements.
   • If you usually wear thick clothing, you do not need to take it all off, just measure to check the results of weight loss.
   • However, if you take measurements to make the garment, it must be as accurate as possible.

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   Stand with your feet closed. Avoiding your legs wide can make your measurements larger than your bust reality. Therefore, you need to stand with your feet closed when measuring. At least the feet should not be wider than shoulder width, but it is better to close them.

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   Distinguish your waist (bust) and hips (bust). Your natural waistline is the smallest part of your upper body and sucked in. The hips will lie just below the waist and are usually bigger than the waist. Bust measurements include both the buttocks and hips.

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   Find the biggest position. Your hip measurement will be measured at the widest part of your hip. This is because the measurements must accurately reflect the physique of the body and the hips are the largest part of the lower body. In order to fit your figure, you will measure at the largest position.
   • With the tape measure in place, you need to move it up or down about 2.5 cm to 5cm to find the biggest point.
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Part 2 of 2: Using a tape measure

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   Keep the tape measure on one side. This means keeping one end of the tape measure on one side. You can place the end of the tape on either side first. You can also place the tape measure end in the middle if it feels easier to measure. Just make sure you wrap the rest of the wire so it reaches the end of the wire.
   • A tape measure is a flexible and flexible tool that you can buy from a apparel store. Most tape measures are about 180cm long. Supermarkets and grocery stores both sell measuring tape.
   • You can also print the ruler to paper using a template available online. Just type in the information into a search engine and you will see results. After printing the pattern, you will cut each section of the ruler and then stitch it together neatly and use glue or tape to glue. Of course, you must be very careful when using this ruler as it is easy to tear. However, do not try using cardboard as the material is too hard to measure accurately.
   • Do not use a metal tape measure. The in-built metal measuring tape would not be suitable for body measurements. The reason is that these rulers are not flexible enough to give you an accurate reading.

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   Loop the tape measure back. Turn the tape measure carefully behind your back to make sure the tape is not twisted. Pull the tape measure to the other side of the hip. Make sure the tape measure is placed neatly on the sides.
   • You can also start by holding the ends of the tape and step over the rest of the string so it is behind you.This will work when you have trouble wrapping the tape behind your back.

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   Mirror. Now wrap the tape measure behind your back and look in the mirror to make sure the tape measure is neat. The entire tape measure is parallel to the floor and is not twisted. In addition, the tape measure must also look neat.
   • You will need to turn around to see the tape measure on the back. Turn to the side so you can see clearly.

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   Tighten the tape measure. When measuring, the tape measure must hug the waist. However, you should not squeeze too tightly to affect the blood circulation. As long as you pull tight enough, you can place a finger under the ruler.

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   Read measurements. You will look down at the tape measure to read the measurement. Your measurement is the number that one end of the tape measures against the tape remaining after it is wrapped around your hip. You can look in the mirror to make it easier to read the number.

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   Write down your bust measurements. Now that you know your bust, write down that information for later. You will also need other measurements to make clothes, such as bust, thigh, waist, and leg length depending on the outfit you need to sew.
   • Similar to when measuring your bust, take your thigh measurement at the fullest part of your leg.
   • Pants length is measured on the inner thigh, from crotch to your desired length. If you have pants with the desired length, you can measure the length of that pants instead of taking body measurements.

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   Increase actual measurements when sewing clothes. When making clothes, you will not use the exact body measurements because this will make the clothes tight, which means it is very difficult to move. So, you have to actually measure up in order to wear the outfit comfortably.
   • You increase your actual measurements for two reasons. First, as noted, this makes the outfit easier to wear. The second is for styling. For example, if you wanted to make a skirt that flared and puffed, your bust measurement would be larger than the measurement used to make an A-skirt.
   • Fabric also affects the measurement gain more or less. If it's an elastic material, you don't need to increase it too much.
   • Most tailors know how to increase the measurement. However, if you make your own clothes, you should add 5-10cm depending on how wide or hugely your clothes are.
   • In addition, if you are a well-built person, you will increase your measurements more to ease movement.
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Advice

• Some people find their buttocks larger than their hips. In this case, you will measure both the largest part on the upper hip and the largest part of the buttock. The measurements when sewing your outfit will be slightly larger than the actual measurements so you can wear them properly.