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authorElena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org>2022-02-17 20:21:45 +0100
committerElena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org>2022-02-17 20:21:45 +0100
commitb059976b1786cc5ae1eb1f485c71f82b2a32c2b5 (patch)
tree5ec41579866aa80f358c9b348147507af907bc33 /source/historical_menswear
parentf601b25d79c230c8ca2aac6941fa68ddd7913115 (diff)
Pattern updates
Diffstat (limited to 'source/historical_menswear')
-rw-r--r--source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val61
-rw-r--r--source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst28
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val
index a576f4d..7f87d0b 100644
--- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val
+++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/1880_shirt.val
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<description/>
<notes/>
<patternName>1880 gentleman's shirt</patternName>
- <patternNumber></patternNumber>
+ <patternNumber/>
<company>Beeton's housewife's
treasury…</company>
<patternLabel dateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd" timeFormat="hh:mm:ss">
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ treasury…</company>
<line firstPoint="104" id="112" lineColor="black" secondPoint="105" typeLine="hair"/>
<point id="114" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A32" p1Line1="105" p1Line2="101" p2Line1="103" p2Line2="40" showLabel="true" type="lineIntersect"/>
<point id="118" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A33" p1Line1="104" p1Line2="99" p2Line1="102" p2Line2="1" showLabel="true" type="lineIntersect"/>
+ <point angle="90" basePoint="99" id="122" length="#cuff_length" lineColor="black" mx="-2.81127" my="0.751782" name="A34" showLabel="true" type="endLine" typeLine="hair"/>
+ <point angle="180" basePoint="99" id="123" length="arm_wrist_circ + 2.5" lineColor="black" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A35" showLabel="true" type="endLine" typeLine="hair"/>
+ <point firstPoint="123" id="124" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A36" secondPoint="122" showLabel="true" type="pointOfIntersection"/>
+ <point firstPoint="122" id="125" length="-#cuff_length * 0.1" lineColor="black" mx="0.501187" my="0.633479" name="A37" secondPoint="124" showLabel="true" type="alongLine" typeLine="none"/>
+ <point firstPoint="124" id="126" length="-Line_A34_A37" lineColor="black" mx="-3.0594" my="0.330096" name="A38" secondPoint="125" showLabel="true" type="alongLine" typeLine="none"/>
+ <point firstPoint="123" id="132" length="CurrentLength/2" lineColor="black" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A39" secondPoint="99" showLabel="true" type="alongLine" typeLine="none"/>
+ <point firstPoint="132" id="133" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" name="A40" secondPoint="122" showLabel="true" type="pointOfIntersection"/>
</calculation>
<modeling>
<point id="24" idObject="1" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
@@ -185,31 +192,34 @@ treasury…</company>
<point id="89" idObject="76" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
<point id="90" idObject="75" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
<point id="91" idObject="1" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="93" idObject="78" inUse="false" type="pin"/>
- <point id="94" idObject="77" inUse="false" type="pin"/>
- <point id="97" idObject="95" inUse="true" type="pin"/>
- <point id="98" idObject="96" inUse="true" type="pin"/>
- <point id="106" idObject="105" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="107" idObject="104" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="108" idObject="102" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="109" idObject="100" inUse="false" mx="-3.34636" my="-2.01042" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="113" idObject="103" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="115" idObject="101" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="116" idObject="114" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <path cut="false" firstToCountour="false" id="117" inUse="true" lastToCountour="false" name="gusset cut line" type="2" typeLine="dotLine" visible="1">
+ <point id="97" idObject="95" inUse="false" type="pin"/>
+ <point id="98" idObject="96" inUse="false" type="pin"/>
+ <point id="106" idObject="105" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="107" idObject="104" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="108" idObject="102" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="113" idObject="103" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="115" idObject="101" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="116" idObject="114" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <path cut="false" firstToCountour="false" id="117" inUse="false" lastToCountour="false" name="gusset cut line" type="2" typeLine="dotLine" visible="1">
<nodes>
<node idObject="115" type="NodePoint"/>
<node idObject="116" type="NodePoint"/>
</nodes>
</path>
- <point id="119" idObject="99" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <point id="120" idObject="118" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
- <path cut="false" firstToCountour="false" id="121" inUse="true" lastToCountour="false" name="second gusset cut line" type="2" typeLine="dotLine" visible="1">
+ <point id="119" idObject="99" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="120" idObject="118" inUse="false" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <path cut="false" firstToCountour="false" id="121" inUse="false" lastToCountour="false" name="second gusset cut line" type="2" typeLine="dotLine" visible="1">
<nodes>
<node idObject="119" type="NodePoint"/>
<node idObject="120" type="NodePoint"/>
</nodes>
</path>
+ <point id="127" idObject="126" inUse="true" mx="-3.9943" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="128" idObject="125" inUse="true" mx="0.501187" my="0.633479" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="129" idObject="99" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="130" idObject="123" inUse="true" mx="0.264583" my="0.396875" showLabel="true" type="modeling"/>
+ <point id="134" idObject="133" inUse="true" type="pin"/>
+ <point id="135" idObject="132" inUse="true" type="pin"/>
</modeling>
<details>
<detail forbidFlipping="false" forceFlipping="false" hideMainPath="false" id="28" inLayout="false" mx="-0.177998" my="-0.707165" name="back" seamAllowance="true" version="2" width="#sewing_allowance">
@@ -300,6 +310,25 @@ treasury…</company>
<record path="121"/>
</iPaths>
</detail>
+ <detail forbidFlipping="false" forceFlipping="false" hideMainPath="false" id="131" mx="0" my="0" name="cuff" seamAllowance="true" version="2" width="#sewing_allowance">
+ <data annotation="" foldPosition="" fontSize="0" height="5" letter="E" mx="-251.224" my="-1417.12" onFold="false" orientation="" quantity="4" rotation="0" rotationWay="" tilt="" visible="true" width="5">
+ <line alignment="4" bold="true" italic="false" sfIncrement="6" text="%pLetter%"/>
+ <line alignment="4" bold="true" italic="false" sfIncrement="2" text="%pName%"/>
+ <line alignment="4" bold="false" italic="false" sfIncrement="0" text="%mFabric%, %wCut% %pQuantity%"/>
+ </data>
+ <patternInfo fontSize="0" height="5" mx="-553.868" my="-1417.12" rotation="0" visible="true" width="5"/>
+ <grainline arrows="0" bottomPin="135" length="1" mx="0" my="0" rotation="90" topPin="134" visible="true"/>
+ <nodes>
+ <node idObject="127" type="NodePoint"/>
+ <node idObject="128" type="NodePoint"/>
+ <node idObject="129" type="NodePoint"/>
+ <node idObject="130" type="NodePoint"/>
+ </nodes>
+ <pins>
+ <record>134</record>
+ <record>135</record>
+ </pins>
+ </detail>
</details>
<groups/>
</draw>
diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
index 71c4852..268ceb6 100644
--- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
+++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ treasury of domestic information
<https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012088023/page/718/mode/2up>`_
from 1880.
+While assembling the shirt is a relatively easy project, the pattern
+instructions are from a vintage book (and not one of the best, either),
+so it will require more adjustments to fit the target body than usual
+for a modern pattern.
+
+Before making this shirt in expensive fabric
+
This pattern is probably good for a relatively wide range of dates: I've
seen on the internet grainy scans of ads from the 1860 that seem to use
a pattern like this one, and it should work up to the Edwardian era, but
@@ -155,6 +162,17 @@ sleeves:
Instructions
------------
+Pattern adjustments
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Print the shoulder piece pattern and try it on; make any adjustments to
+it so that it lies nicely, the neck curve follows the base of the neck
+and arrives almost, but not quite, to the neck base in front, leaving
+the space for the button placket.
+
+You may also want to make a fabric mockup for these checks, and then
+bring the changes back to the pattern to cut the final pieces.
+
Cutting
^^^^^^^
@@ -164,11 +182,11 @@ Cut the full rectangles for the front and back.
:align: center
If the fabric is non-directional and has no right and wrong side, the
-best way to cut it is as described on the book: fold the rectangle in
-such a way that the sides will meet precisely in the center and bast
-them together, then fold them in such a way that the distance a – g and
-h – g is the desired width at the cuff, and cut all layers of fabric
-along the fold.
+best way to cut the sleeves is as described on the book: fold the
+rectangle in such a way that the sides will meet precisely in the center
+and bast them together, then fold them in such a way that the distance a
+– g and h – g is the desired width at the cuff, and cut all layers of
+fabric along the fold.
.. figure:: sleeve_cutting_pattern.svg
:align: center