Rough Pattern Making

My method to pattern making is tracing and winging it, with a dash of rough measuring.
It's not an exact science, but it works for me.

I started with an existing doll dress just to get the shape of the neck and arm holes, from there I measured parts of the doll and drew the shape of the dress. I then had to trace and redraw parts to get everything I needed.

As soon as I buy new straight pins (I can never keep them around, they always get lost) I'm going to test this pattern out be sure it works. It'll probably need little tweaks but nothing major.