How to take measurements?

Take your measurements correctly:

Before choosing your pattern size, it is essential to take your measurements with a tape measure:

• Height : you must be straight and measure from head to toe, as with a height chart.
• Chest : Measure around the fullest part of your chest, usually midway between your shoulder blades.
• Waist : Measure at the smallest point.
• Hip size : measure at the widest point of the hips.

Take your measurements properly (without sucking in your stomach, or in the morning on an empty stomach) while breathing normally.

Then compare these measurements to the size chart in the pattern and choose your size accordingly. Choose the size closest to your measurements.

For teenage girls

On the women's patterns available in sizes 32 to 52, the two smallest sizes are suitable for teenage girls. Size 32 corresponds approximately to a 14-year-old and size 34 to a 16-year-old. As always, refer to the measurement chart to choose the most suitable size.

For women

Ikatee patterns come in two size ranges: 34 to 46 and 32 to 52, which correspond to ready-to-wear sizes. We still recommend that you take your measurements to compare them to those in our chart; you may notice a difference with your retail size.

Depending on body shape, it often happens that not all measurements correspond to the same size (42 for the chest and 44 for the hips). In this case, the choice of size is influenced by the type of pattern. For example, for pants, the hip measurement is the most important. The chest measurement has no influence. For a blouse, on the contrary, the chest measurement is the most important.

We use a height of 165 cm to create our patterns. This means that it may be necessary to modify the pattern to perfectly fit your body shape. These adaptations are explained in the patterns and on our dedicated page .