Beautifully illustrated and extremely informative. As someone who has basic sewing skills (and high expectations of oneself), I found this book invaluable to my journey of becoming a more skilled sewer.

Without a doubt, I will be buying this book to continue to use as a resource and I will recommend it to others who want to try to sew their own garments.

I'm so excited to put these skills to use!

i just started sewing, and i think this is perfect for any level sewist. it explained a few things i’ve been confused about in easy to understand terms and instructions. i especially appreciated the section on how to correctly measure yourself and common fit issues. can’t wait to draft my own prairie dress!

This is an incredibly useful book, packed full of value. I have tried to draft my own patterns before and this book gives clear instructions with great imagery. I’m looking forward to trying out some of the patterns included in the book. This book is definitely suitable for someone who has never drafted before but wishes to try and it will give you a thorough grounding in the basics that you can then build on in the future. Highly recommended.

I’ve been wanting to learn how to make and modify patterns. This book really helped! I strongly recommend adding it to your reading list.

This is a great book, and exactly what you would expect from Elisalex.
I have purchased and made patterns from By Hand London for a number of years and have also followed some of the hacks posted on their website and Instagram.
Although I haven't made anything using this book yet, I have read through cover to cover.
It has so much information in about how to draft and adjust but written in a way that's easy to follow.
I'm really looking forward to using this to make items that are Made To Measure

This book explains how to self-draft and sew in very easy to understand way. I liked that the instructions are clear and that there are illustrations.

I am a sewing beginner and this book will help tremendously in improving my sewing journey!

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarry Books for an advanced copy of this book!

I have been sewing for what feels like forever (ok, it might be some 10-ish years or a bit more). I never learned any tips and tricks from the designers. I have somehow learned the basics of adjusting and mashing pattern sizes. But this book gives a real and useful insight into what needs to be changed and adjusted to achieve the perfect fit. Love this book! I will be yelling about this book from the rooftops all over the sewing community.

This is an excellent guide for beginner, intermediate, and even advanced sewers! Rather than give you patterns and let you learn from there, this book teaches you how to draft your own pattern based on your body, how to fix and edit your fit, and then gives you lots of cute, versatile patterns for every body shape and size, which you can use alongside all the previously given information to create clothes perfect for your body. I'm most excited to try the faux jumpsuit with the capelet! The tips for helping figure out how to correctly size your pant curves was so helpful, and is something I constantly struggle with. This guide is going to be so helpful throughout anyone's sewing journey, and will become a staple!

Thanks to Netgalley and Quarry Books for the e-ARC!

Informative and accessible - a recommended purchase for collections where craft and sewing titles are popular.

I love the details! But, I hate that it expires due to the pdf way I have to download. I would genuinely have a better review if I had time to actually sew something from this instruction manual. Either way, it is still excellent quality, and I wish I had something this good when I began sewing years ago! Thank you for the copy!

If you want to create your own wardrobe you need this book. This is all the stuff no one teaches you. Creating a pattern from a well fitting garment and how to fix fit issues with commercial patterns are covered. The real gem is explaining how to draft your own patterns to make a true one of a kind bespoke garment. Made to Measure is a great reference for sewists of all skill level.

As someone who has wished to fly across the ocean just to attend one of Elisalex’ bodice fitting classes in person, I cannot express how excited I was for this book. And it was even more wonderful than I expected. My new favourite resource on sewing - from basics to solving fit issues and adjustments and the guide to begin to learn to draft my own patterns - it has it all. Appreciate this can be used by all levels of sewists and varying difficulty and styles for the patterns. Would be the perfect holiday gift. The best part of the book is how much each page reminds me of Elisalex - that unique and whimsical element to her style, amazing attention to detail and the clear and easy to understand illustrations and instructions. I cannot wait to get my hands on the physical copy on release day. Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read an advance copy.

The book provides great information on creating clothing patterns from scratch. The illustrations used are clear and allow full visualization of the steps to take in order to customize garments. As a sewing newbie looking to create my own clothing, the instructions provided allow me to start. I have used some of the information in order to customize some ill fitting patterns I had. Another highlight is the use of plus size models to highlight the clothing made. This is not always a norm in these types of book and it highlights how clothes can be made to fit any body. Overall highly recommend this book for anyone starting out into garment making and those who are wishing to customize clothes.

Made to Measure is the perfect book for those looking to sew perfectly fitted outfits that are flattering on your figure and not to complex to make. Lots of really helpful tips and advice along with many patterns to draft and sew your own outfits. I want to try making the willow wrap dress, it looks beautiful and not too tricky to master. Would highly recommend this book.

A very cool book with so much information. I like the amount of pictures, they make it so much easier to understand techniques used.

Amazing beginner sewing book and self drafting information, the section on how to measure was the highlight for me. Most of the actual sewing techniques I would find difficult to learn from a book, but it gives you a start (or the correct term to search on YouTube)! The self drafted patterns were mostly not my style but I am excited to try out a few as I’m very new to the world of self drafting.

Some really nice and cute projects to sew, whether you are big or small. I also like that the pages are full of step by step instructions to help you sew well. The photographs are also bright and beautiful. Some of the methods could also be used to upcycle or alter your clothes.

I feel that some of the instructions might be better given as video. Will have to try some of these to see if I could still follow the steps without any difficulty.

4 stars.

Very nice, handsome book with a great aesthetic -- I'm looking forward to giving some of her designs a try this fall. I've never been a fan of following sewing patterns, so this is much more up my alley. Great idea, packaged very nicely.

Really impressive book for anyone that wants to start sewing themselves!
The author has some great tips to offer such as sleeve hacks for example that I found really useful.Also other sections like how to choose the correct fabric for your project and how to care for the fabric and eventually your garment are very important and is good the they are included in the book and you don't have to search that information else wear. Another point that I found very interesting was the different options she gives in each pattern to adjust your project to your own needs and expectations. Rating the patterns with a difficulty level was also very useful as you don't have to go venture where you don't feel comfortable yet and something that looks complicated on the other hand might be super easy, so is good to have that info before starting a pattern and maybe waisting time and fabric on something you are not skillful enough yet to complete.
A small touch that I loved was the photos of all - sized models, as most of the "fashion" books give a false idea that everyone that can benefit from fashion needs to be thin or anorexic, the representation of all sizes in this book is a more realistic view of the world. Well do Mrs Jewell on being so creative and inclusive.

What a wealth of knowledge! I've been sewing for over a decade, self-taught and as a costumer, typically having to combine multiple patterns or create my own in an attempt to get close to the garment that I want. Advice on self-drafting or altering patterns was scattered or in hard-to-parse fashion textbooks.

This is laid out beautifully, with cute, simple illustrations to guide and has a plethora of additional things to keep in mind, like ease, how the weave of a fabric will affect fit, how adjust for different types of tension and body shapes, all with wonderful constant reminders that if something doesn't fit right, it's always the garment's fault and can be fixed, not the body's.

There's something in here for everyone, whether you're looking to sew your garments entirely from scratch, or just alter them, if you've been sewing for years or are looking to pick it up in an increasingly fast-fashion world.