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diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst index b594f29..eaeebde 100644 --- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst +++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst @@ -670,6 +670,27 @@ button and buttonholes on the front placket. Done! you can now wear your new shirt, and start making the rest of the half dozen :) +Variants +-------- + +Flat front +^^^^^^^^^^ + +To cut a front with no pleats, cut out a rectangle from the center front +that is as wide as the calculated ``#gathers_eccess`` in the pattern and +as deep as the ``#front_slit_length``. + +Continue cutting the slit on each side for ``#button_placket_width * 3`` +plus an additional ``#front_gathers_width - #button_placket_width / 2``: +this will be wider than the front slit that would have been cut for a +front with pleats, and is required to have space for the gathers below. + +Fold down the button placket twice either to the right or the wrong +side, as described above, hemstitch the right placket and topstitch the +left. + +Continue working the rest of the shirt. + Gallery ------- |