FBA Patterns vs Non FBA Patterns

FBA stands for Full Bust Adjustment. In doing more testing we have found that if you have a fuller bust, the blouses (and jackets) will fit, but there is extra material in the under arm. We have come up with a way to distribute this and have called it the FBA.

How do you know if you are and FBA? More will be posted on this as to the difference between the under bust and waist measurements, but for now a quick rule of thumb - if you are larger than a C cup, you are an FBA.

What is the major difference in the patterns? It is how the pattern is drafted and how the dart is "manipulated or rotated".

What else does the "tech side" understand? There will be a slight "off grain" difference if you use the FBA patterns and to some the pattern looks "weird" on the screen - the front piece looks long, but when the garment is sew up, the dart takes up the difference.