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| author | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org> | 2026-05-05 19:53:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org> | 2026-05-05 19:53:43 +0200 |
| commit | c9b2d4481aeeb171fe8eb60d114bfe867604893d (patch) | |
| tree | a08b2a50b139f1e5c9ea8ca1b99d04516bb57fd0 | |
| parent | cfdbc938dd97b5f9b78ca888735e01a4c70ef106 (diff) | |
More notes on the sleeves
| -rw-r--r-- | source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst index a5a0eb6..ae680b8 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst @@ -772,8 +772,12 @@ finish the seam. Fold the sleeve in half lenghtwise, right sides together, fold the gusset on the diagonal and align it and the rest of the sleeve over the free side of the sleeve, at one sewing allowance from the edge, sew down -the gusset and then continue through the sleeve. Press the allowance -open, and then towards the side with the gusset. +the gusset and then continue through the sleeve making sure not to sew +over the allowance of the previous seam. Press the allowance open, and +then towards the side with the gusset. + +.. note:: if sewing by machine, you will have to stop the seam at the + end of the gusset, and start it again with the sleeve. Fold the wider allowance of the gusset over the narrower allowance of the sleeve to make a flat-felled seam, then the wider allowance of the |