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1. 
   rekha | Apr 05, 2008 09:21pm | #1

   You are asking a lot of questions here.

   1. Which specific pattern are you using so one may be able to recommend a direction
   2. There is a specific catalogue of patterns for African Americans, Estyle, (amalgamation of Ebony and Spiegel magazines) which you will find quite helpful
   3. If you have been reading Thread magazine, for immediate answers to your fitting question, look at http://forums.taunton.com/tp-gatherings/messages?msg=6194.21
   4. I wonder whether you have measured the following:

           back hip (~7" below waist) and front hip

           front and back waist (to find your waistline tie a 1/4" elastic around your stomach and move sideways to see where it sits. That will be your waist line).

           crotch length and depth. Crotch length is measured by sitting on a chair and taking a measurement from the side of your waist to the chair.

           Crotch length is measured by taking a measurement starting from the front of the waist down the crotch and over the back to the back waist line.

            You will also need to measure your thighs if you are making trousers/pants

   Hope this helps

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   rodezzy | Apr 07, 2008 09:16pm | #2

   Did you mean 52 in hips?  I'm African American and hips are usually not smaller than the stomach.