Drafting a Men’s Upper Body Jacket Block

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Drafting a Men’s Upper Body Jacket Block

In this lesson we shall teach you how to draft a men’s jacket block from body measurements. Additionally, we shall teach you how to translate this block into a two-button, single-breasted classic jacket. Furthermore, we shall learn how to draft a breast welt pocket, hip besom pockets and a notched collar.

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Module	Description	Step
1	Planning the Front & Back Jacket Block	1-20
2	Drafting the Shoulder, Front/Back Neckline & Armholes	1-15

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MODULE 1 • Planning the Front & Back Jacket Block

Step	Description
1	This lesson will require you to prepare a sheet of paper unlined measuring 30” (76.2cm) by 38” (96.5cm).
2	Step number one, is to draw a straight line that runs parallel to your grain, about 1 ½” (3.8cm) in from the edge of the paper and mark a point on that line, 2” (2.51cm) down. That point will be called point #1.
3	And, from point #1, we measure all the way, take the measurement of the base of the neck to the waist (#27 Center Front – Neck Base to Natural Waist), which in our case is 18.5” (47cm), we did that in the back upper body sloper. So, that’s 18 plus .5, and I am going to label that, point #2. And that is going to be my waist reference point. It’s good always to annotate.

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