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Posted on: 6/3/09 11:41 AM ET
Had a thought this morning and decided to post it. Do you remember the PR talk sometime back about "body space" in reference to getting "your" correct crotch curve by using a flexible ruler or piece of aluminum foil? Like this pic. Well, that pic spawned the following. Could this same method be used for determining "your" personal neckline, back/front shoulder placement and armscye shape, too? I'm not planning on experimenting with this, but was curious if anyone else had.

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Posted on: 6/3/09 12:17 PM ET
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I actually did this recently with Glad Press and Seal. I used a method similar to the saran wrap block, but used the Press and Seal because I knew I would have to manage alone. I was able to get a pretty good wrap around me, and used a thick sharpie to draw in neck, shoulder and armseye shapes. I drew a straight line up an extra piece of the wrap and lined that up with my spine and just pressed it in place best I coud. I cut up the side where the side seam would be and up one shoulder to the neck and then cut apart the front from the back. I had also indicated the center front line and bust apex before I cut. I placed that on some exam table paper and traced all the markings. I ended up with a pretty good guide for my neck, shoulders and armseye! It was interesting because it showed me that my neck/shoulder point is very high, probably due to overdeveloped muscles running along my neck. I now use this to determine shoulder width, shoulder slope and armseye depth on patterns.
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Posted on: 6/3/09 5:56 PM ET
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Are you saying you rolled the Glad Press and Seal into a tube like the crotch foil link? You made a necklace sort of thing for around your neck and then did the same thing for around your armhole? The P & S holds it's form like foil? I'm not familiar with P & S so excuse my ignorance.

  
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Posted on: 6/3/09 6:14 PM ET
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The saran wrap method is HERE...
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Posted on: 6/3/09 7:23 PM ET
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Thanks for verifying what I thought she might be describing (after I posted :rolleyes:). Now I understand it's how *she* got her personal neck, armscye shape, etc. I seem to think it might be less work to form a foil tube around the neck and armhole, though. It would probably take two people because the shoulder point at neck would have to be marked and cut, separating the front and back neckline. It would then have to be laid on the paper pattern and traced. Ditto for the armhole. The shoulder and underarm seam would have to be marked, cut to separate the back and front armholes, then laid on the paper pattern to be traced. My thinking was since there's "body space" between the center's front and back pants pattern (linked above), there's also "body space" between the front and back neck, and front and back armhole.
  
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