So I'm thinking of drafting some patterns based on the standardized pattern masurements, instead of based on personalized measurements for people I know. Just to see if it's feasible. Just in case I were to sell my stuff. It would be better to have standardized sizes, right?

I found some charts with the standardized measurements, even the ones that aren't shown on patterns, like sleeve lengths. None of them for the women include what the standard skirt length should be, or even like, a hip-ankle length (shoulder-ankle would be best). But I'm short, so I think I have a good guess at what the "correct" length would be.

I might not upload all or any of them to DA, though. We'll see if I really want to spam my account with that many redundant patterns.

ETA: These are the sizes of my patterns:

32-44" bust: 2 patterns (50", 52" long)
34-38" bust: 4 patterns (28", 52", 52", 52" long)
36-40" bust: 5 patterns (50", 52", 54", 55", 58" long)
38-42" bust: 3 patterns (40", 52", 57" long)
39-43" bust: 3 patterns (40", 52", 54" long)
46-50" bust: 2 patterns (40", 52" long)
50-54" bust: 1 pattern (52" long)
54-58" bust: 1 pattern (52" long)

I tend to favor the 52" length because 54" is half of 3 yards, which means that it fits nicely onto the layout. Unfortunately, while it's the perfect length for me, it's rather short on a lot of other people. In medieval dresses, it's better to err on the side of too long, because the merchants and nobles wore dresses that were way to long, to signify their wealth. Only crazies like me want to dress like peasants, so reenactors in general are biased towards the upper classes. Meaning that if a dress is too long for a person, it's still more likely to get sold than a dress that is perfectly full-length, or ankle-length. Which means that I need to draft more patterns with longer skirts. Which sucks because if I make the body piece longer, I have to make the gores longer, which in general means I have to use more fabric (more than 3 yards). Never fear though, because it's okay for overdresses to be shorter than the one underneath. My shorter dress patterns are not a complete waste.

Of course the really annoying thing is drafting with the fact in mind that the fabric is probably going to shrink, and I really don't know how much until it happens. With some patterns it's okay and there's enough room to fudge things around. Other patterns won't work at all though, and I have to redraw a whole new layout for that size.

But it's pretty fun, trying to fit certain pieces of certain sizes into a certain amount of space.