The figure diagrams in Drafting & Fitting Pants and Skirts show where and how to measure. Charts keep track of the measurements in numbered cells. Later, charts refer back to previous pages for measurements in their charts' numbered cells, making the measurements easy to retrieve. Drafting for atypical figures is addressed throughout the book.

The diagram on the left shows how to measure a woman with a stomach circumference that is larger than her hip circumference. This is one example of the many atypical fitting variations presented in this book. All of the book's atypical and traditional fit information was researched and developed with and for the many adult students who drafted, tested, and developed their pant patterns in the author's IFM classrooms in Philadelphia.