We recently had some most beautiful blue fields nearby.
They were growing Linum of some sort and the mass of flowers was spectacular. Just like a Mediterranean sky brought to earth.  All gone to seed, now.  They were definitely annuals, but whether for Linseed Oil or as an addition to animal feed, I don't know.   
( I may have to creep out and glean a few seeds to plant in my flower beds. )

Thank you Iminei, RJR_38, Sakar and wrekins. Such pretty things!  I will bear in mind washability.

I have a double sleeve board, which I would recommend, one arm is 19 x 4 ins and the other is 19 tapering from 3.75 to 2.5 ins.  I had a quick look on the internet and there seems to be a fairly wide choice available.

Mine is the same as So Chic's. I wouldn't be without it for doing shirt sleeves.

 I'm most unlikely to make a high round neckline and even a Nehru or Mandarin collar would need a bit of ease. So, I must try the neck chain method, Elnnina. Thank you and good luck with your lovely fabric.

Thank you for the recommendations, Kwaaked. I have ordered the Connie Crawford book. Not too bad a price even with p&p to the UK. I have been binge watching draping videos. The University of Fashion ones are particularly helpful. I'm also watching the Bluprint / Craftsy class, "Fashion Draping with Paul Gallo. He's a bit ponderous compared to U of F and he doesn't seem to add much, if any, wearing ease as he goes along. Perhaps he is creating more of a Moulage.

A very up to date and interesting video is this one, from Stitchless TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKYbNZodg4k

This was made after Shingo Sato had draped a Jacket using Muslin and a lot of masking tape, instead of pins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd-TuvyuDIU

My only caveat following the Stitchless TV vid' is that she takes her darts right up to the vanishing point of any mounds. Traditionally a bust dart, say, does not extend further than about 1" into the bust circle. I wonder of her garment would be skin tight especially across the back.
I do like her method of slashing then taping. It would be quicker than all that delicate pinning. I'm so cack-handed.

Happy sewing,
Clare.

   I have a paper tape double, which approximates me as I was several years ago. So, in an effort to make better use of it, I checked my measurements and added various bits of padding, with a view to draping a usable basic master pattern with all of my figure foibles built in. i.e. no more major pattern adjustments. Ha Ha!

YouTube has some quite useful draping videos. The oldest ones are the best, as they show a lot of detail, but not everything. Even they 'cheat' by presuming that I am using a professional dress form with Princess lines, etc., marked. My body doesn't come with those!  At least these old ones show draping for a four dart sloper. The newer videos are generally posted by enthusiastic youngsters who drape on a size 6 form, without wearing ease and only use Bust and Waist darts on the Front. The back might have a tiny waist dart. The possibility of a Back shoulder dart is mentioned in passing. Huh, have you seen my shoulder!

I don't want to decry their efforts, but I have to laugh. I'm a real person. I have bumps and hollows.... that need darts...and wearing ease! I really don't want to go back to pattern drafting from numbers; measuring ones self is a trial - everything keeps shifting! Toiles will still be needed, but Oh, to have a pattern me shaped!

Here are links to the videos that I have found most useful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqlv9X-08NE            There are parts 2, 3 and 4, but she skips over how the                         
                                                                                    Back bodice is draped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8s7jykqt8              I shall use this one for the Back Bodice, she does have one
                                                                                     covering the Front, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScYU6ntbAfk            A Jacket Sleeve by Shingo Sato. Might be able to crib ideas for
                                                                 draping a one piece sleeve, especially the underarm shape for the Armscye.

Anyone found any other useful draping ones.

Clare.

Thankyou, Veselay.  I shall do just that.

Clare

I have only had my CPX2000 for a few weeks, Mudcat, and didn't like the way they showed me at the dealers, either. I was worried about damaging something, it was all so tight. So, I trawled the internets and currently use the first method in the video by Johana Lu from The Last Stitch'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8dp1VNXqcY
I didn't have a thin crochet hook, so I bought a flat dental hook from Amazon. ( Yucky, yes!, but it's pretty efficient! )

However, I have just come across a slight variation in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIUYwqO394Y

I haven't tried it yet, but creating some slack in the threads might make it less brutal?

HTH,

Clare

Fascinating! I look forward to this.