Hello, I am struggling matching HJAs measurement names and numbers in her book to the names and numbering in seamy M. Is there a template already available to use in seemly me? Or a reference chart to use please.
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Welcome @JanetB,
Confirm that these are the required mesasurements for Arrmstrong and I’ll create a template for HJA.
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Hello and welcome to the Seamly forum, @JanetB
Here is a Size 34 individual measurement file that you may use:
HJA Size 6 - 34.smis (3.8 KB)
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Why are the formulas gone for the (convience) calculated measurements?
Like:
<m name="highhip_arc_half_f" value="7+3/4"/>
when it should be:
<m name="highhip_arc_half_f" value="(highhip_arc_f/2)"/>
Plus if the highhip_arc_f measurement changes, you have to change the highhip_arc_half_f too. No bueno.
Not to mention this does not add up:
<m name="highhip_circ" value="32"/> <m name="highhip_arc_half_f" value="7+3/4"/> // value * 2 = 15 <m name="highhip_arc_half_b" value="8"/> // value * 2 = 16... 15+16 = 31 not 32
These should be in the file too: Where you just measure the highhip_circ and highhip_arc_f, then calculate the rest.
<m name="highhip_arc_f" value="15"/> <m name="highhip_arc_b" value="(highhip_circ - highhip_arc_f)"/>
This also applies to the bust & waist circ’s and arc’s.
Another thing I thought about in regards to templates is we have to take into account the units.
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Hello Douglas. Oh Thankyou very much for reading my post. Yes I can confirm that those are the numbers and names for HJA. As I am new to exploring the possibilities of digital pattern making, your help will be most valuable to me. I a. 67 years old, tall with a mature body shape. Commercial patterns don’t suit anymore so, beginning a new journey of discovery.
Thankyou.
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Commercial patterns may be a moot point as the Big 4 pattern companies (Simplicity, Butterick, McCall’s, and Vogue) has recently been sold to a liquidator, so the future of printed patterns is in question. We’re here to help you in what ever way we can.
That being said… you are free to use the ME file Grace posted, or if you want I have it updated with the calculated values as I pointed out above. For ex: if you measure the full waist measurement, and the front 1/2 of the waist measurement there is no need to measure the back 1/2 as it can be calculated.
Also what units would you be using - inches or centimeters?
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Hi Douglas. I use centimeters here in Australia.
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Oh forgot to add, the half measurements would be great. I have watched minimalist machinist MANY TIMES. And can follow how to get the half measurements. Thanks
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Thankyou Grace, I’ll download it and workout how to load it into seamly me. Janet
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If you have your permissions set, you’ll be able to double-click on the downloaded file to open it in SeamlyME. Then you may save it to the correct location where you’re keeping your measurement files and change the name by clicking on File > Save as.
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