Hello Sewing Friends.

As stated in my title I am a complete NEWBIE. Ive taken 4 sewing classes and have sewn a drawstring pouch, a pillowcase and two garments however, in those sewing classes they didn't do a great job at explaining how to follow the written pattern directions or how to really figure out the correct sizing on your pattern when your alone without a teacher guiding lol. I bought this NEW LOOK pattern because it said "easy" and I've opened it up and honestly its anything but easy for me with darts, interfacing etc hah.

I looked at the back of the pattern envelope and decided to go with size 12 based on the size of my bust figuring that was enough. However, looking at the FRONT pattern piece for the shirt I selected, it has different sizes for the bust dart and the waist line and those dont necessarily match the sizes on the back of envelope from what I see, so i dont know how to proceed.

Can anyone explain how to properly go about choosing a size and then how to handle those additional sizings for waistline and bust dart?

My sizes: Bust 87cm, Waist 82cm (which isnt even a waist size on the envelope but IS a waist size on front pattern - i dont get it !? )

HELP!
Thank you so much !

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