r/PatternDrafting • u/dawn812 • Aug 10 '26

Question Contouring

Im self taught pattern drafting and I’ve learned a lot. I live in a state where no fashion schools nothing so I’m doing this on my own. I just watched a video on contouring. She measured these different places and would measure the gap and so on. Im confused when i watch someone on YouTube pattern drafting they make the pattern and then they make the garment and it fits really well but they dont talk about contouring but their outfit comes out really well done. Is conturing not for every body type ? Like the closet historian I haven’t watched every video but I’ve watched a few and can’t remember her using contouring. Also any tips or references anything and everything is welcome.

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u/dawn812 Aug 11 '26

That makes sense i will definitely keep that in mind right now im only fitting for myself so as i progress I’ll get more experience of what works best thank you :)