Hold the tape at the center back of your neck. Then measure the shoulder length of the garment.

Standard Body Measurement For Sewing Kids Clothes Kids Newborn To 12 Years Clothing Size Chart
Full body measurements for sewing. Distance from shoulderneck point to bust point. Good sewing tool accurate tape measuring for sewing tailoring body waist measurement or measuring any curved surface. Bend your elbow 90 degrees and place your hand on your hip. Approximately 6 15cm more than your actual bustchest measurement. A persons body measurements may differ from standard body measurements because of height weight profession posture growth physical abnormality etctherefore it is advisable that you consider these factors and make adjustments at the time of cutting. Length from waist to floor minus 1.
Measure from the base of your neck right in the middle of your shoulder from a birds eye view and along to the tip of your shoulder. Can provide you accurate measurements suitable for a seamstress a crafter a quilter or whoever just need a flexible measuring tape. This video will show you how to easily take all of the body measurements you will need to create a basic clothing pattern. And since you are working with the pattern for ¼ of the body you need to divide those 4 inches by 4. 3 shoulder to shoulder length. That makes an overall increase of 1 inch.
For individual body differences changes can be made in body and sleeve lengths when appropriate. Singer 00218 tape measure 60 inch. The total length in inches is your sleeve length. Measure across your shoulder to your elbow and down to your wrist. It is in this order for the vertical measurements i assume 1 body length. Neck round measure around the base of the neck slightly loose.
Donot take this too tight. Standard measurement sizes in inches. The length chart provides average lengths for childrens womens and mens garments. To download our measurement chart for free go here. Then the horizontal measurements. If you have trouble determining your shoulder tip find a garment in your closet that fits well and has a collar and sleeve.
Stride crotch length plus 1 to 2. 2adistance between bust points. For example if you measured your bust to be 48 inches and the pattern goes up to a bust of 44 inches you need to increase with 4 inches all around the body. Both the fit and length charts are simply guidelines.